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Jacoulet presentation this Friday evening
One of Paul Jacoulet’s Rainbow Series published prints. (Contributed Photo)
The Northern Marianas Humanities Council cordially invites the public to a presentation by visiting anthropologist Dr. Don Rubinstein that will be held at the Fiesta Hall of Grandvrio Resort (formerly Hafadai Beach Hotel) on Friday, April 29, beginning at 6pm.
Rubinstein’s presentation is titled “The Art and Vision of Paul Jacoulet in Micronesia.”
Working in the exacting medium of Japanese woodblock (ukiyo-e) printing, Jacoulet produced a stunning collection of portraits based on his visits to the Marianas and Caroline Islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Jacoulet’s first published prints, the iconic Rainbow Series (1934), featured seven beautiful Chamorro women in Saipan, each featured in a different color.
These women included Conception Guerrero, Rosalia Calistro, Juanita Untalan, Catharina Tudela, Dolores Amparro, Mariana Diaz, and Carmen Blanco.
Rubinstein will provide an overview of Jacoulet and his work with a particular focus on the Rainbow Series.
Descendants of the Rainbow women who attend the presentation will be provided with a ribbon whose color corresponds to the rainbow color of their relative’s portrait.
Rubinstein has been on the faculty of the University of Guam’s Micronesian Area Research Center since 1988. He teaches graduate courses in University’s Micronesian Studies Program.
This presentation is sponsored by the Northern Marianas Humanities Council as a part of its ongoing Community Lecture Series. It is open to the public and free of charge.
Please call council staff at 235-4785 for more information about this upcoming event. (PR)
