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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Complete the Cartoons, II: More creative drawing exercises (be imaginative!)” …
Seattle native Michelle Kumata’s artistic journey has taken her across the country to New York and across the hemisphere to Brazil, not only to discover …
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Longtime residents will tell you that Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo almost died in the 1990s. Lasting physical and psychological scars lingered from unjust incarceration during …
“Growing up in the 1950s and early 1960s, we were subjected to stereotypical portraits or invisibility,” Eddie Wong recalls. “We knew we could make a …
Courtney Ozaki is an arts producer and administrator, community leader, and taiko player living and working in the Denver Metro Area. She is Director of …
Read Part 1 >> What is the value of artists being ‘culturally connected’ to other Japanese Canadians (JCs)? The value of being culturally connected to …
On April 2nd, there will be a national “Japanese Canadian Art and Artists Symposium” at the Toronto Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, the last one was …
The Genki Spark was founded in 2010, by Sansei Chinese/Japanese American Karen Young, who was also a founding member of Odaiko New England. They are …
The lights flicker once, and people begin to move from the lobby into a long line. “Why all this drama?” the White woman behind me …
The stories of the valiant all-Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Infantry Regiment of World War II have been told in art forms ranging …
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