• Social Hour at 6:30 pm

• Program at 7 pm

• Light refreshments served - Open to the Public

About the Artist

Sukey Hughes grew up in the Chicago area, and has lived in Colorado, Mexico, Japan, South Africa, New Mexico and presently California. In 1969, Sukey and her husband moved to Japan where 

she undertook an intensive apprenticeship in papermaking under a Living Prefectural Treasure, Seikichiro Gotoh, under whom she also studied katazome printmaking. Much of her nearly four years in Japan was spent researching and visiting papermaking villages, which resulted in her book Washi: The World of Japanese Paper, still considered a classic in the field. 

For many years Ms. Hughes wrote, taught, and lectured widely on Japanese papermaking, particularly through such institutions as the Universities of California, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the SB Natural History Museum, the Japan Society in NYC, and the Museum Foundation of New Mexico. For a time she owned a press, printing letterpress books and a broadside with poet Gary Snyder. Continuing to make her own paper, she began manipulating it to resemble leath in 1986 and began a series of ancient-looking garments, shields and pouches, which have been exhibited in galleries in Santa Fe, Taos, Aspen, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and other cities, as well as Japan. The Smithsonian Institution invited her to contribute samples of her papers for their permanent collection. 

In the early ‘90s she apprenticed in Greek/Russian icon painting under master iconographer Robert Lentz in Albuquerque. Since then she has taught herself to paint in oils, mostly figurative. She also dabbles in collage, acrylics, oil pastels, jewelry making, and any other art or craft that tickles her fancy, as experimenting and learning new media is her greatest joy.