Non-profit organizations and qualified individuals are invited to apply for funding to co-sponsor exhibits and public seminars on subjects of broad interest dealing with Japan that will engage the Japanese American community to learn more about their heritage.
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Past recipients of funding include:
Advocates for Language Learners El Marino: A Performance Arts Showcase, Children's Day Festival
US Kabuki Kenkyu Kai: Shinsei Kai: Emerging Stars Of Japanese Arts
Nikkei Student Union at UCLA: Nikkei Student Union’s Annual Culture Night
Student-run production at Royce Hall that educates people on Japanese American Culture and promotes political awareness.
Yukai Daiko: Spring Workshop at UCLA
Student-run production at UCLA Northwest Auditorium to promote awareness of Japanese history and culture to the campus and community.
Nikkei Student Union at UCLA Odori: Satsuki no Mai: Dance of the Azalea
Satsuki no Mai offers ways of appreciating Japanese culture unseen in conventional nihon buyou performances to unify generations of Japanese Americans.
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center: Oshogatsu Children’s Workshop, Remembering Sadako
Japanese Americans, youth ages 6-12 and their families, will learn about Japanese culture through visual (calligraphy), performing (taiko) and culinary arts (mochi making).
Japan American Society of Southern California: 4th Japan Bowl of California
Academic competition that tests the achievements of high school students who are studying the Japanese language.
Little Tokyo Community Council: Sustainable Little Tokyo Community Forums
Seminars in four community forums related to environmentalism in Japan and its connections to Little Tokyo.
Japanese American National Museum: Natsu Matsuri Family Festival; G.W. Kimura
Festival will include crafts, cultural performances, lectures, and activities.
MAK Center for Art and Architecture: Groundswell: Guerilla Architecture in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake; Kimberli Meyer
Exhibition of new architecture projects after the Japan earthquake accompanied with a series of public lectures held at the Schindler House.
Tanaka Video: The Life and Times of Minoru Yasui; Ms. Tanaka and Ms. Yasui
Film about Min Yasui an Nisei attorney in Oregon during WWII who reopened a lost case 40 years later that helped all types of minorities gain rights in America.