About this Event
Join Fathomers on Sunday, October 6th, for three special workshops led by artist and educator Corinne Okada Takara at the beautiful Japanese American Cultural and Community Center garden! All workshops are free and materials will be provided. Participants will explore how traditional crafting practices can be combined with bioengineering to imagine new pathways for stewarding our rapidly changing world. In addition to creating their own take-home pieces, participants can opt to contribute their work to Takara’s interactive art installation Floating Future Gardens, which will be on view at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center as part of Fathomers’ exhibition Emergence: Art from Life from October 8th through December 15th, 2024.
Drop in for one workshop or sign up for multiple!
Kokedama: Molding Microbial Worlds and Weaving Innovation are family friendly, and all ages will be accommodated. The evening workshop, Mukimono Radishes: Carving Future Gratitude, is a 16+ event for which light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP, as space is limited. These workshops are presented in conjunction with PST ART: Art & Science Collide and co-hosted with Kizuna, a community-based nonprofit organization in Little Tokyo. Kizuna seeks to educate, empower, and engage the next generation of community leaders, with a special focus on learning about Japanese-American culture and heritage.
is an exhibition exploring the expansive field of synthetic biology, which has the power to transform modern life. As we redesign organisms to new ends and pursue the construction of novel life forms, we confront deep questions about homo sapiens— the “wise human”— and our manifold capacities of creation, destruction, recklessness, renewal, and hope. Emergence invites artists, scientists, and the public to think through these questions together. Emergence: Art from Life is part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide presented by the Getty and runs from October 8th to December 15th at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, United States
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