The NDSU Department of Visual Arts will host an artist residency featuring Mitsuo Kakutani, March 30 to April 1. While at NDSU, ceramic artist Kakutani will work with students in addition to creating his own work.

Originally from Hyogo, Japan, Kakutani’s artwork is in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Haifa Museum in Israel. He has been the featured artist for several exhibitions in Japan, Florida, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. Kakutani also has taught at several universities in the United States and Japan.

Kakutani’s artistic interests include anagama firing, which is a Japanese style tunnel kiln, in addition to tanegashima firing and experimenting with woodfire on glaze and clay.

For more information, contact Dan Siverson at 1-8849.