Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

Happy Girls' Day! Wishing all girls and women good health this year. Thank you to everyone who took part in our Hinamatsuri fundraiser by purchasing lunch sets and origami kits.... Learn more about this holiday at the http://jaccc.org/hinamatsuri !

JACCC is excited to announce a new Request for Proposals for THE KINTSUGI SPIRIT - commissioning artists of ALL CREATIVE DISCIPLINES to interpret the philosophy of Kintsugi through their art practice. The application deadline is April 30, 2021. Find out more at http://jaccc.org/kintsugi.

Bonsai Artist: Jeff Lahr Title: Drum-style pot, Japanese Black Pine Title: "root over rock" style ficus tree Title: Schefflera... Learn more about the artist, their arrangements, and the full bonsai exhibit at http://jaccc.org/bonsai-at-home.

A song, a poem, Heart-shaped hands flashing a sign. Social distance crossed. Michael Tanouye, Santa Monica, CA... Submit your own haiku Email: [email protected] Text/Call: (626) 789-5269 For more details, visit http://JACCC.org/haiku #discoverJACCC #iLoveJACCC #haikuchallenge #bookworm #literaturelover # #haiku # #poetry #fridayreads #

Bonsai Artist: Friend of Jim Gremel and Michael Hagedorn Title: Green Atlas Cedar Learn more about the artist, their arrangements, and the full bonsai exhibit at http://jaccc.org/bonsai-at-home.

Here is a selection of the beautiful arrangements of the second installment of Ikebana at Home by the @ikebana.Ohara School members. Be sure to check out the full photo & details of each design for all 80 displays at jaccc.org/ohara through March 31, 2021. By Sherie Lin By Lucille Ouyang... By Marianne Lu By Ludmila Kashemirova By Satsuki Palter By Katey Ho See more

Bonsai Artist: David Whiteside Title: Sweetgum (Liquidambar orientalis) Learn more about the artist, their arrangements, and the full bonsai exhibit at http://jaccc.org/bonsai-at-home.

Between Heaven & Earth Rainbows are dancing by Sprinkling blessings to All Trinidad Campbell... Submit your own haiku Email: [email protected] Text/Call: (626) 789-5269 For more details, visit http://JACCC.org/haiku #discoverJACCC #iLoveJACCC #haikuchallenge #bookworm #literaturelover # #haiku # #poetry #fridayreads

Next week we'll be launching Art in the New Normal, a video series about how artists and artforms are thriving amidst the pandemic. We've got some AMAZING artists lined up, so keep an eye out!

Walking deep in thought Lost in a bamboo forest Silence leads me home Tosh Tamura... Submit your own haiku Email: [email protected] Text/Call: (626) 789-5269 For more details, visit http://JACCC.org/haiku #discoverJACCC #iLoveJACCC #haikuchallenge #bookworm #literaturelover # #haiku # #poetry #fridayreads

Today is Kagami Biraki (Opening the Mirror) Day! In Japan, it’s tradition to break the mochi on January 11th to symbolize opening up the year to harmony and good fortune. Join our culinary director, Jane Matsumoto, for a virtual kagami biraki, followed by an easy recipe to cook up the mochi pieces into a delicious snack! Check out the video at http://www.jaccc.org/oshogatsu-delights.

In this second installment of our special ikebana series, we feature modern, creative ikebana designs shared by artists from the prominent @ikebana.Ohara School using materials available during their pandemic "safer-at-home" experience. As you explore these arrangements, we hope you may find reprieve and a space for your thoughts to exist and thrive. View the full exhibit at http://jaccc.org/ohara. Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral arrangement that aims to bring out the inner qualities of the materials and express balance, harmony, and form. At the core of the practice is building relationships between oneself and the materials, between student and teacher, and between artists and the world.

Bonsai Artist: Lloyd Garver Title: Cork Bark Oak with a pomegranate accent plant Learn more about the artist, their arrangements, and the full bonsai exhibit at http://jaccc.org/bonsai-at-home.