The sound of one hand painting

Move toward creative Nirvana on Saturday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in a free workshop called “Discover Zen Painting.” Students will craft the likeness of Daruma, the first Zen patriarch, using brushes, ink and paper in traditional Japanese style.

The class will be taught by Michael Hofmann, who spent 35 years as a painter in Kyoto and studied under Jikihara Gyokusei, Zen priest and master of calligraphy. The class coincides with LACMA’s exhibit The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin.

This Saturday, June 4 event is free with museum admission but requires a ticket, available the same day at the museum, to reserve one of the limited spaces in LACMA’s Pavilion for Japanese Art at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard. The one-hour workshop begins at 1 p.m.

Posted 6/2/11