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FOOTHILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY
Art Instructor, Adaptive Learning Divison
2015-present, Los Altos, CA
JFKU ARTS AND CONSCIOUSNESS ADJUNCT FACULTY
Art and Culture and Transformation
2014-present Berkeley Campus, CA
CREATIVITY EXPLORED STUDIO FOR DISABLED ADULT ARTISTS
TEACHING ARTIST, 2014–2016, San Francisco, CA
TAKE pART PROGRAM GRANT PANELIST, 2020, San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs
ARTS RESEARCH CONSULTANT, 2008 – 2010
The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) is an independent, nonprofit research institute, Half Moon Bay, CA
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Arts Educator Facilitator, OER Academy on Arts Integration, 2009, KQED & Mills College
CURATOR
2019-22 San Bruno BART Japanese American Tanforan Assembly Center Permanent Exhibition
2017 Artists’ Eyes, Art of Incarceration, National Japanese American Historical Society,San Francisco Japantown Peace Gallery, Building 640 in the Presidio
2014 Our American Stories, Illuminating Asian American History, Culture, and Identity,City College Of San Francisco
2010 Distillations, Meditations on the Japanese American Experience, co-curated, JFKU Arts & Consciousness Gallery, Berkeley
2007-13 1st – 7th Annual Coastside Doctors Without Borders Art Fundraiser, Half Moon Bay, CA
COMMUNITY ARTIST, 2000–present
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Multicultural Art with Kids, Richmond Neighborhood District Center, San Francisco, CA, 2015
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La Honda and Pescadero Elementary GATE Art Program, 2014–present
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Gerhardt House, Volunteer training, Santa Fe, NM, 2015
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Monthly Art Session, Coastside Senior Center,
2013-present, Half Moon Bay -
Painting a New Vision, 2014, Presidio, SF, CA
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Intergenerational Lighting the Way Lantern Painting, 2012, Half Moon Bay, CA
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Coastside Children’s Programs, 2005–2011, Half Moon Bay
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Arts Enrichment Grant Program, teaching artist,
2009–2010, San Jose, CA
KITSUNE COMMUNITY ART STUDIO, 2009–present
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Owner and facilitator of community art studio for creativity workshop, Half Moon Bay, CA
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Mourning Your Unborn Child Through Creative Ritual
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Art and Composition, Putting it All Together Series
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Art Meditation
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Mother/Daughter Art-making
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One-on-One Art as Process
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TEACHING ARTIST FOR ELDERS, 2006 – 2010
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CEYA, Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts,
2008– 2010-
Mask Making – On Lok Adult Day Center, and Victorian Manor, San Francisco
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Collaborative storytelling and drawing, Victorian Manor, San Francisco
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Mandala lesson, including Andy Goldsworthy presentation by High School students
and eco mandala creation, Victorian Manor, San Francisco
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Patterns in art, Victorian Manor and Ruth Swindells Alzheimer’s Day Center, San Francisco
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Alzheimer Creativity Workbook for Families, wrote and produced, 2005, Lodi, CA
ARTS RESEARCH CONSULTANT, 2008–2010
The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) is an independent, nonprofit research institute, Half Moon Bay, CA
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Arts Educator Facilitator, OER Academy on Arts Integration, 2009, KQED & Mills College
EVENT ORGANIZER
2016 NCWCA Art Journey Retreat, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art,
O’Hanlon Center for Art, Mill Valley, CA
2014 WCA Art Day @Djerassi, Women’s Caucus for Art, Djerassi Art Residence, Woodside, CA
2007-13 1st–7th Annual Coastside Doctors Without Borders Art Fundraiser, Half Moon Bay, CA
AWARDS
2023 California Arts Council Established Art Fellow, San Mateo County
2019 Artist in Residency, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
2017 Fellowship, Vermont Center for Art
2016 Artist in Residence, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2015 Artist in Residence Santa Fe Art Institute
2014 ISKME Big Ideas Fest Artist in Residence
2014 Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center Sponsorship Award
2013 Half Moon Bay Review Reader’s Choice Favorite Local Artist Honor Mention
2012 Peninsula Arts Council Diamond Award for Donor Sponsor - Coastside Doctors Without Borders Art Fundraiser
ORGANIZATIONS
Asian American Women’s Artist Association, member
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, past board member
WEAD, Women’s Environmental Arts Directory
EDUCATION
Masters of Transformative Art, JFK University, Berkeley
Traditional Kimono Sewing, Workshop Residency, San Francisco
Expressive Arts with Elderly Clients, JFK University, Pleasant Hill
Transformative Alignment, Art and Image as Guides, Pat Allen, Ph.D., A.T.R.
Holistic Approaches to Arts Education, JFKU, Berkeley
Dream it Build it, Installation Workshop, The Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
Native American Pottery, Taos Institute of Art - Taos, New Mexico
Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, San Jose State University
EXHIBITING ARTIST 2006-Present
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Dream Refuge for children imprisoned,Towson University, Baltimore
2022
Dream Refuge for children imprisoned
Japanese American Museum of Oregon, Portland
2020
Dream Refuge for children imprisoned Ritual Performance
SF Fine Arts Festival, Ft Mason
2019
Dream Refuge for children imprisoned, Triton Museum of Art,
Santa Clara,CA
2017
Stories of Displacement Community Art Project, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
EO9066 Then They Came for Us, Springfield College,
Springfield, MA
Shining Light on Remembrance, Ruth’s Table, San Francisco, CA
2016
Resilience & Identity,Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
2015
Storytelling and Ritual, Santa Fe Internment Camp, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2014
Healing Adornment, Harbor Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2011
In Liminal Space, Enso Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Sansei Granddaughters’ Journey: From Remembrance to Resistance, AZ Gallery, San Bruno, CA
RESISTERS: A LEGACY OF MOVEMENT FROM THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Seattle, WA
2021
Shadows from the Past: Sansei Artists and the American Concentration Camps,Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Hidden Histories, Japanese American Museum of San Jose, CA
Refugees, Resistance, Resilience: Creating Emotional Resonance, Springfield College, MA
2019
Emboldened, Embodied exhibition and performance, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, SF, CA
New Domestics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey
And Then They Came for Me, Futures Without Violence Gallery, Presidio, SF, CA
NCWCA F213, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Domestics, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Break the Silence: Sharing Stories on Mental Health and Healing through the Arts,LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Agrarianaa, Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj), San Jose, CA
Fahrenheit 213, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Arc Gallery, SF,CA
Exclusion! The Presidio's Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration, Presidio Officers’ Club, San Francisco
2018
(Where) Do We Belong? Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle
New Domestics,Monterey Art Museum, Monterey, CA
Visual Art and Hallucination Installation and Talk, Canadian Anthropology Society CUBA Conference, Santiago, Cuba
Diasporic Alchemy, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
In(di)visible,Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas
2017
Exclusion! The Presidio's Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration, Presidio Officers’ Club, San Francisco
9066, Voices of Japanese Americans from the Inside, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA
Justice for All? Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA
2016
At Home in the World, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2015
Welcome all Refugees, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
Healing Shields, UCSF Women’s Medical Center, SF
2014
Generation Nexus: Peace in the Post War Era, National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) Building 640 in the Presidio, SF
2013
UnderCurrents, Asian American Women Artists Association, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center SOMArts Cultural Center, SF
Women's Work: Culture and the Feminine, artXchange Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2011
Rootbound, Heaven and Earth, COCA, Carkeek Park, Seattle
SF Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason, SF
A Place of Her Own, Asian American Women Artists Assoc., SOMArts Cultural Center, SF