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Teaching the Art of Origami









2019 - 2020
Greensburg-Salem High School
Greensburg, Pennsylvania


2019 - 2020
St. Paul School
Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia














2020 - 2021
North Elementary
Morgantown, West Virginia




2020 - 2021
West Virginia Diocese Residency
Corpus Christi



2021 - 2022
East Central Greene
Carmichaels Area Middle School




Making Origami Birds




Morgantown Magazine
"A Lesson In Art & Audience"
June 10, 2021
North Elementary teachers are thinking up creative ways to educate their students.
2021 - 2022
Southeastern Greene
Bobtown Elementary School
Johnstown Mural
Public Art Mural in Johnstown Pennsylvania
2021












2022
West Greene Elementary School















Brownsville School District, Pennsylvania


2022 - 2023
Jefferson-Morgan
Greene County, Pennsylvania









2022 - 2023
North Elementary
Morgantown, West Virginia








Her work addresses a perspective on nature that is found within my own culture. I believe personal history is influenced by one's culture, which originates through nature. My work demonstrates how the two are deeply connected, as I have been investigating how I personally relate to my own culture through nature. I will never forget the moment when I found a single small cherry blossom tree outside my studio during my first year of study in the United States. I have never missed my country as much as I did in that moment, it triggered an intense memory of home which invoked some very strong emotions. From that experience, I have learned that a cherry blossom tree could serve as a symbol of where I come from, as well as enable me to share a very special and personal experience, as the cherry blossom is a very iconic symbol of Japanese culture.
Hiromi’s paintings are created in the Japanese traditional painting technique. I import most of my painting materials, such as Japanese traditional pigments and animal based collagen glue from Japan. Most of my work is painted on wooden panels or paper, which I have used to begin creating Japanese style screens. $his method allows the imagery to help build a connection for the viewer to my culture and background in a personal way. She screens serve as a cultural barrier which is always present, yet not always noticeable, in our everyday life.
Since the recent natural disaster in her home country of Japan, she has begun to yearn for the resiliency so often seen in nature. Her paintings represent her wish to exist with nature and culture in a harmonious relationship not only in my life, but also in the person she is and will become.
2015 – 2016
McGuffey Middle/High School
Washington County, Pennsylvania
2017 – 2018
Wheeling County Day School
Ohio County, West Virginia
Bentworth Middle/High School
Washington County, Pennsylvania
2018 – 2019
Fort Cherry
Washington County, Pennsylvania
2019-2020
North Elementary
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Greensburg-Salem High School
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
St. Paul School
Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia
2019 - 2020
North Elementary
Morgantown, West Virginia
2020 - 2021
North Elementary
Morgantown, West Virginia
West Virginia Diocese Residency
Corpus Christi
2021 - 2022
Bobtown Elementary School
Southeastern Greene County
Carmichaels Area Middle School
East Central Greene County
West Greene Elementary School
Greene County
Fayette County Career & Technical Center
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Johnstown High School
Cambria County, Pennsylvania
2022 - 2023
Brownsville School District
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Laurel Highlands School District
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
North Elementary
Morgantown, West Virginia
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Jefferson-Morgan
Greene County, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Airport Display
RAC Artist Hiromi Katayama's art work created at Bentworth High School was chosen to be on display at the Pittsburgh International Airport from
September - December 2018.




Hiromi Katayama
2018 - 2019
Hiromi at Ft. Cherry, Washington County, Pennsylvania
2019

