Meet our new J-Tells!

A warm welcome to our J-Tells!

Ayana Yonesaka
Celi Tamayo Lee
Charlene Kelley
Elena Nielsen
Eryn Kimura
Junho Kim
Marissa Bergmann
Yuki Maruyama

J-Tells are emerging artists who have been selected to engage in a process of discovery, dialogue and creative synergy to develop a multimedia installation that will serve as the beacon for Suite J-Town. Keep your eyes out for them in Japantown this spring!

Read more about these passionate young artists on our J-Tells page!

J-Tell Birthday Cake!

J-Tell Welcome Dinner

J-Tells and Creators - All Smiles!

Suite J-Town Receives Funding from the California Arts Council

First Voice was selected for the California Arts Council’s highly competitive Creative California Communities grant, a one-time fund from the California State Assembly, for the purpose of revitalizing neighborhoods through the arts.

The California Arts Council will support 23 projects in communities across the state through a new program, Creative California Communities. This program will transform communities by harnessing arts and culture as a key economic development strategy.

Projects supported by the Creative California Communities program represent a wide range of arts disciplines, and aim to revitalize neighborhoods through the arts, foster new arts engagement, stimulate tourism, create jobs for artists, invest in young people, and build relationships between local arts, business, and government entities.

- See more at: http://www.cac.ca.gov/news/prdetail.php?id=179

Suite J-Town is made possible by the California Arts Council, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Grants for the Arts and concerned individuals.

Nancy Hom commissioned to create Mandala for Suite J-Town

Bay Area artist Nancy Hom, famous for her community engaging mandalas, has agreed to collaborate on Suite J-Town's arts installation. The show is slated to open in early April, concurrently with the Sakura Matsuri Festival in San Francisco's Japantown.