| Grantee | Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson |
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| Project Title | Echoes from Japan: Enriching Communities through Expanded Cultural Exchange and Artistic Expression at Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson |
| Outline | To support the hiring of a new part-time Event Coordinator who oversees and enhances diverse cultural activities at the Gardens. The Event Coordinator also coordinates with the leadership team and manage over 30 events annually such as expanded art gallery exhibits, koto and cello concerts, Nihon-buyo and Buto performances, a cosplay festival, Japanese film and documentary screenings, manga workshop series, and cultural lectures. The project also aims to engage various demographics and interests within the community through an improved outreach program and to strengthen their partnerships with other organizations throughout the greater Tucson and southern Arizona areas. |
| State | AZ |
| Grantee | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Japan House |
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| Project Title | Kogei: Sharing the Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan |
| Outline | To support a new initiative over a 12-month period to provide programs that primarily target K-12 students and groups from underserved and non-traditional communities in the Midwest to increase knowledge, accessibility, and interest in Japan with innovative, creative approaches to grassroots exchanges through three programs: 1) Japanese artist residencies and workshops, 2) a free, dedicated 9-month museum exhibition with the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, and 3) public lectures and programming. |
| State | IL |
| Grantee | Everett Community College |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Japanese Cultural Resource Center Project |
| Outline | To support the hiring of a new part-time program coordinator who will help the project director with programming to re-establish the following relationships with the sister city Iwakuni, the friendly port city Ishinomaki, tea ceremony programs on campus, speaker series by the government/community leaders, volunteer recruitments for Nishiyama Garden and its projects, and other Japanese cultural activities including taiko performance, shakuhachi performance, flower arrangement, Japanese cooking classes, etc. throughout the academic year. |
| State | WA |
| Grantee | Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii |
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| Project Title | JCCH Cultural Connect Series |
| Outline | To conduct 10 events inspired by Hawaiian Nikkei culture Japanese events. JCCH’s focus is on the Hawai’i Japanese American experience. However, it is a focus on the story of immigration. |
| State | HI |