Atelier Étoile is hosting a children's art workshop in conjunction with the two-person exhibition "Where Horses Meet Flowers" by Natsu Yamaguchi and Maihi at Daimaru Tokyo Store, running from February 4 to 17, 2026.
After opening for registration, all sessions across all dates quickly sold out, receiving an enthusiastic response.
The workshop begins with children engaging in dialogue with Atelier Étoile's mediators while viewing the artwork, carefully articulating "what they see" and "how they feel."
Following this, participants create their own artwork in the same space, cherishing their individual sensations and memories through hands-on creation. Completed works can be taken home along with the day's experience.
Rather than presenting correct answers, the workshop starts from each individual's feelings and questions, allowing thought and imagination to quietly expand. The program carefully captures the emotions, discomfort, and sensations that cannot fully be expressed in words that emerge from viewing art, connecting them to dialogue and creation.
Children experience the process of encountering others' perspectives while confirming and updating their own sensations. This program, where viewing, dialogue, and creation flow continuously without separation, offers a firsthand experience of Atelier Étoile's practice of opening art not as something "to be understood," but as "a space for continuous thinking."
Those interested in this initiative are welcome to inquire about the event and future activities.
Event Overview
Dates
Saturday, February 7, 2026 / Saturday, February 14, 2026
10:00 AM / 1:00 PM / 3:00 PM (Approximately 90 minutes per session)
Venue
Daimaru Tokyo Store, 10th Floor, Culture School
Age Range
Ages 5 to 12
Capacity
9 participants per session (Pre-registration required)
※All dates and sessions are fully booked
Artist Profiles
Natsu Yamaguchi
Born in Osaka in 1988, currently based in Tokyo. Graduated from the Illustration Course, Visual Design Department, Kyoto Seika University in 2011. Licensed master calligrapher from the Bunka Shodo Gakkai. Became an independent illustrator in 2016. While developing expressions across diverse fields including collaborations with luxury brands, events, advertising, and publications, she has focused on artistic production in recent years. The technical foundation of her work lies in calligraphy, a culture unique to the East. Influenced by art movements from the 19th to early 20th centuries, she creates portraits, still lifes, and drawings using minimal expression centered on watercolor and ink, conveying through brushstroke fluctuations, bleeding, and negative space.
[Major Exhibitions]
- "Colors" (Tokyo, Galerie LE MONDE, 2018)
- "Fill and Line" (Tokyo, Galerie LE MONDE, 2019)
- "ART SHINSAIBASHI" (Osaka, Shinsaibashi PARCO, 2023)
- "ART SESSION" (Tokyo, Ginza Tsutaya Books, 2024)
- Exhibition (Kyoto, Kyoto Tsutaya Books, 2024)
Maihi
Painter based in Kamakura. Spent her student years in California, USA and Florence, Italy studying visual arts. Held solo exhibitions in Japan and New York, then resumed production in 2022 after a period devoted to family child-rearing and caregiving. Fascinated by horses since childhood, she has continuously depicted horses as a motif since the early stages of her career. In recent years, she has created works themed around "A Revolving Lantern: Horses Crossing Time and Space," exploring the meaning of "memory" and "time" while painting blurred contours and the presence of in-between spaces.
[Major Exhibitions]
- 2002: NIWAKA (SoHo, New York) Press coverage
- 2022: Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (Marunouchi, Tokyo) Exhibition
- 2022: UNDER THE PALMO (Hayama, Kanagawa) Solo exhibition
- 2023: GEISAI#22 & Classic Participation
- 2024: Yugawara Retreat Ensō (Yugawara, Kanagawa) Solo exhibition
- 2024: NORA HAIR SALON (Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo) Solo exhibition
- 2025: New energy (Shibuya, Tokyo) Participation
- 2025: Kugenuma Art Festival (Kugenuma, Kanagawa)
- 2025: Solo exhibition Different Kyomachibori Artfair (Osaka) Participation
