Past and present collide in dancer Takako Segawa's new performance
Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
01 Nov 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Dancer and choreographer Takako Segawa explores how Japanese culture echoes through Canada in new dance performance, Echoes: Vibrations from Japan to Canada. Photo credit: Yves Soglo. Choreographed and performed by Segawa, this original dance performance takes viewers on a journey through time...
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03 Oct 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Artist Miya Turnbull's new exhibition, Revealed, opens at Shintani Gallery on Oct. 4. Mask #5 by Miya Turnbull. Photo courtesy of the artist. In Turnbull's new exhibit, Revealed, she invites viewers to peel back the layers of her masks and, perhaps, reveal things about themselves in the process....
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08 Aug 2024
Posted by Theresa Oye 
Minyo Workshop participants at JCAM centre in Winnipeg, June 21 to 23. Photo credits: Noriko Takahashi and Theresa Oye. Groups from Hamilton—with one member who now lives in Nanaimo—Calgary, Lethbridge, and Edmonton flew in, and the dancers from Thunder Bay drove to Winnipeg. Instructor Jean...
Read more → 29 Jul 2024
Posted by nikkeivoice 
The Hollow Man by Yonsei artist Jon Sasaki will stand outside the Livestock Building at Hastings Park in Vancouver, B.C. The "anti-monument" spotlights racist actions of Ian Alistair Mackenzie. Photo courtesy: Jon Sasaki. The work is scheduled to be installed in October 2024 at Hastings Park...
Read more → 25 Jul 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Author Lynne Kutsukake with her new novel, The Art of Vanishing, during the book's launch at Ben McNally Books in Toronto on June 18. Photo credit: Kelly Fleck. The cover of Lynne Kutsukake's new novel, The Art of Vanishing. Photo courtesy: Knopf Canada. Kutsukake dives into the bustling and avant-garde...
Read more → 23 Jul 2024
Posted by Catherine Jo Ishino 
Authors featured in the 12th Annual LiterASIAN Writers Festival. (Left to right): Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Joy Kogawa, Angie Wong, Keiko Honda, Ujjal Dosanjh, and Lindsay Wong. Photos by: Catherine Jo Ishino. Represented were first-time published writers to more seasoned ones. The Pan-Asian...
Read more → 22 Jul 2024
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Canada and the Atom Bomb Photo Exhibition at Toronto City Hall. The exhibition is open to the public in the Toronto City Hall Rotunda from Aug. 2 to 4 and 6 to 8. The exhibition precedes the HNDC’s Aug. 6 commemoration at the City Hall Peace Garden. This year’s commemoration theme is “Now is the Time:...
Read more → 19 Jun 2024
Posted by Sam Frederick 
Title: "Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno." Collection: Kenichi Maeno Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2014.4.4. Year: circa 1940s. Photo courtesy: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. This item is from the Kenichi Maeno collection...
Read more → 18 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Emiko Agatsuma and Miya Turnbull will perform Ladder at Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax on June 28 and 29. Photo credit: Annaka Gale. After a long process of collaborating online, the two artists are currently working together in Halifax to create a 20-minute performance that combines butoh dance and handmade...
Read more → 14 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Toronto taiko troupe Nagata Shachu wraps its 26th season with Possibilities at Fleck Dance Theatre on June 21. Photo courtesy: Nagata Shachu. “It was the first time I had ever seen a taiko group before, and I was just totally blown away to see 13 people playing these massive drums. I still...
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