Yokumoku Museum in Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, will hold the hands-on workshop Picasso de Art "Let's Paint on Unglazed Pottery!" on December 6, 2026 (Sunday), as a program related to its special exhibition "Ceramics by Picasso, Miró, and Barceló — Love for Catalonia." The museum has introduced many of Pablo Picasso's ceramic works over the years. This program focuses on the decorated plates that appear throughout the exhibition, and participants take on the challenge of treating an unglazed plate as their canvas.
After viewing the exhibition together with a curator, participants paint on an unglazed plate to create an original piece of pottery. By linking the discoveries and ideas gained from viewing the works to their own expression, participants can experience the joy of creating that Picasso and his fellow artists pursued.
The finished pieces are fired at a specialist pottery workshop and handed over at a later date. The program lets visitors not only "see" works at an art museum but also "make" them, and even enjoy the time spent waiting for the finished piece.
Event Overview
- Event name: Picasso de Art "Let's Paint on Unglazed Pottery!" (素焼きの陶器に描いてみよう！)
- Date: December 6, 2026 (Sunday)
Sessions and capacity:
- Session 1 (Morning) — Children's Class: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (120 minutes), capacity 12 participants
- Session 2 (Afternoon) — Pair Class: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (120 minutes), capacity 6 pairs (12 participants)
Instructor: Kanako Obata, Head Curator, Education and Outreach
Technical guidance and firing: Agetsu Kobo (亜月工房), 6-17-16 Sagamiono, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0303
Participation fee (includes materials, pottery, firing, and museum admission):
- Children's Class: ¥11,000 per child (tax included)
- Pair Class (price for 2 people, tax included):
- 1 junior high school student or older + 1 elementary school student or younger: ¥22,000
- 2 junior high school students or older: ¥23,000
Please note:
- Pair Class participants must register as a pair of two.
- Cannot be combined with other discounts.
Receiving your finished piece
Once the fired piece is complete, it can be received in one of the following ways:
- Pick-up: Collected at the museum reception desk on or after the designated date and time.
- Delivery: Shipped from the pottery workshop to the address of your choice. A separate shipping and packing fee of ¥1,530 applies.
Please note:
- The hand-over date may change depending on the progress of firing.
- For deliveries, arrival may be delayed by natural disasters or similar events.
How to Apply
Reservations can be made through the application form on the official website's Learning page, under the "Picasso de Art" listings.
Official website (Learning page): https://yokumokumuseum.com/category/picasso-de-art/
- Registration closes as soon as capacity is reached.
- Please read the Learning Terms posted on the official website carefully and agree to them before applying.
About Picasso de Art
Yokumoku Museum holds the original program series "Picasso de Art" from time to time. Aimed at nurturing participants' capacity to feel and to create through contact with Picasso's creativity, the series offers new ways of viewing artworks and experiences that make art feel closer.
About the Related Exhibition
Ceramics by Picasso, Miró, and Barceló — Love for Catalonia (ピカソ・ミロ・バルセロのセラミック―カタルーニャへの愛―)
Through December 20, 2026
Yokumoku Museum is currently hosting this exhibition, supervised by Spanish art scholar Kenji Matsuda. Centered on ceramic works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Miquel Barceló, three leading artists from Spain, it shows how deeply each was connected to the land of Catalonia and the different ways they expressed their feelings for it.
Exhibition page: https://yokumokumuseum.com/5009/
Venue Information
Yokumoku Museum (ヨックモックミュージアム)
- Address: 6-15-1 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
- Access: 9-minute walk from Omotesando Station (Tokyo Metro), Exit B1. Alternatively, take the Toei Bus "01" route from Stop 51 at the east exit of Shibuya Station and get off at "Aoyama Gakuin Chuto-bu Mae," then walk 1 minute.
- Parking: None
- Official website: https://yokumokumuseum.com/
