CURRENT + UPCOMING PROJECTS
Click on the projects below to learn more!
STORIES OF SOLIDARITY
A Neighborhood Mapping +
Art and Story Sharing Project
In partnership with Warm Cookies of the Revolution + Mile High Japanese American Citizens League
COLORADO'S API FOOD CULTURE:
Rice & Resilience
History Colorado Center
April 2022 - 2023
A Celebration of API Heritage Through Food:
Cultural Roots Night Market
and Mix-tape
History Colorado Center
April 16th, 2022
ISHIN DENSHIN
Transmissions from the Heart
May 31st - August 1st, 2022
The Collective
IKKAI Means Once: A Transplanted Pilgrimage
(Premiering January 2023)
ZOTTO [ぞっと]
A Supernatural Folktale
(coming FALL of 2022)
ASSASSIN WITH SON
A Stop-Motion Samurai Film
about Fatherhood
(In Production)
Amplify
An artist-centered initiative of the
Japanese Arts Network
YOKOSO! CULTURAL MIX-TAPE
Sharing Japanese culture through a multi-disciplinary live arts mix-tape.
LUNCHBOX MOMENTS
with Colorado Asian Cultural Education Network
#IAMNOTBROKEN
AMPLIFYING Asian Mental Health Resources
PAST PERFORMANCES
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RINO Art Park Opening 2021
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Broomfield / Ueda Sister Cities Cultural Arts Exchange 2021
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Lone Tree Arts Center, Passport to Culture + Sensory Friendly Program
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Sakura Foundation 5 Year Anniversary
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Colorado Business for the Creative Arts 2020 Annual Luncheon
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Broomfield Council on the Arts & Humanities - Summer Saturday Drive-Thru
NEXT GEN JA
A monthly intergenerational gathering embracing
community connections to
Japanese culture
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
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International Summer Dance Institute (2019, 2020, 2021) + Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum (2019)
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Mochi Magic + Kaori Becker
with Japan America Society of CO
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Central City Opera
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Madame Butterfly
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Music! Words! Opera! Workshop
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Eien Hunter-Ishikawa
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Natto and Knife Sharpening Workshops
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Mile High JACL Day of Remembrance
PAST PROJECTS
LAUREN IIDA'S
FIVE POINTS MERCHANTS
(SPIRE Building - Denver, CO)
FIRST VOICE STORY CIRCLE OF THE JAPANESE DIASPORA
May 28th & 29th, 2021
TAKUMI
THE ARTS & CRAFTS OF HIDA, TAKAYAMA
SUMMER 2021
KINTSUGI: THE ART OF HEALING Finding Beauty in Repair
Summer - Fall 2020
In partnership with the McNichols Civic Center Building
and Denver Arts & Venues
A PhotoVoice Project
In partnership with NAAPIMHA
THE BENTO SESSIONS
ZEMBU + Morning Bear
Summer 2020
YouTube LIVE - Summer 2020
History Colorado - February 2020
Ai [Love] Virtual Concert
August 2020
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