Check out this amazing residency program hosted by the University of Victoria’s “Past Wrongs Future Choices” initiative, set for Fall 2024. It’s a unique chance to delve into the historical narratives of WWII internment and dispossession of Japanese descent communities through artistic and scholarly work. Who Should Apply: Any level Scholars. Artists of all forms...Continue reading
Japanese Canadian Legacies Society Arts + Culture Fund information session Calling all artists! Japanese Canadian Legacies Community Fund’s Arts stream opens November 1, 2023. Grants of up to $20,000 are available for artists who are Japanese Canadian Descendants or Survivors. Established or emerging artists who have attained Professional Practice in the Arts may apply. The...
On November 16 and 30, NAJC is hosting free online film screenings, part of the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF). For 14 years, CLiFF has presented films about workers from around the world. Our annual participation in this film festival continues this year. We will be showing six films (see film list below) at...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN NOW! Japanese Canadian artists and Japanese Artists living in Canada NAJC GEI : Art Symposium Sept 16-18, 2022 The first national multi-day symposium of Japanese Canadian artists and Japanese artists living in Canada will take place in Greater Victoria September 16-18, 2022. Marking the 80th anniversary of the Japanese...
Skip the controversy of wearing masks. Covid has brought masks into the mainstream as an essential wardrobe item. Join costume designer, poet, woman of theatre Laura Fukumoto for a fun and engaging mask-making workshop and learn to make your own.Continue reading