Even the full moon listens to falling water (2019), woodblock print.
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On display June 4, 2025 - September 7, 2025
Open Wednesday – Sunday
11 AM – 4 PM CST
Accessibility
This exhibit is located throughout the Museum, however most artwork can be found on the first floor and is wheelchair accessible. An album with images of the installations on the second floor is available for those who are mobility impaired.
The Floating World:
Tokyo to Texas
Contemporary Woodblock Prints in Conversation with Antique Ukiyo-e Prints from the Artist’s Collection
-Daryl Howard-
on display at the Neill-Cochran House mUseum
June 4, 2025 - September 7, 2025
The Neill-Cochran House Museum is honored to present The Floating World: Tokyo to Texas. This exhibition features work by Central Texas artist Daryl Howard displayed with antique Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Howard’s own collection. The exhibition pulls back the curtain on Howard’s creative process by directly pairing pieces of her own with the masterworks that inspired her passion for Japanese art and culture. In addition to displaying Howard’s original and collected works, the Neill-Cochran House Museum will present a series of events to engage the Austin community with Japanese arts and culture in the summer of 2025.
The Neill-Cochran House Museum is seeking sponsorships to help bring The Floating World: Tokyo to Texas to its Central Texas audiences. The exhibition, an opening reception, a talk with the artist, and workshops for both adults and families will highlight corners of Japanese culture in Texas, provide the context and history of Japanese culture, and allow visitors to have hands-on experiences with the art form itself.
At dawn’s first light at evening’s final glow I will never leave you I & II (2023)
Important dateS
The Floating World Opening Reception
Saturday, June 14 | 4:00pm - 6:00pmWoodblock Print Adult Workshop
Saturday, June 21 | 1:00pm - 5:00pmDaryl Howard Artist Talk
Sunday, August 10 | 3:00pm - 4:00pmSunday Funday: Printmaking w/ Daryl Howard
Sunday, September 7 | 11:00am - 2:00pmDetails and registration coming soon!
selected images
About the artist
After receiving her BFA from Sam Houston State University, Daryl lived and taught art at a school in Tokyo in the 1970’s. During this time Howard was introduced to a private collection of 18th and 19th century Ukiyo-e woodcuts. Feeling an immediate connection to the works of art and wanting to learn more about the woodblock printmaking process, Daryl embarked on an apprenticeship with Master Printmaker Hodaka Yoshida.
By the time she left Japan, Howard had become proficient in the medium, well on her way to perfecting the painstaking demands of carving and printing. Immediately returning to graduate school in 1976 at the University of Texas at Austin, she began her experience with a second medium, mixed media collage.
Sponsors
Become a sponsor for this exhibition or an exhibition-related event? Download the Sponsorship Packet below, or contact Cristina Feldott at (512) 478-2335 or cfeldott@nchmuseum.org.