Arts & Crafts

Koi, reproduction print, by Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

Tributaries: Reflections of AIKO SUZUKI

This DVD project pays tribute to the work and life of Aiko Suzuki—a remarkable, prolific visual artist who, from 1967 until her untimely death from cancer in 2005, worked in an astonishing variety of media, ranging from dramatic textile constructions, to abstract paintings in acrylics and oil, and from subtle monoprints to forthright video installations.
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Glass

Cute animal paper balloons from Japan

magnets by Lotus Miyashita

Japanese fabric handbags
Origami & washi from Japan

Cushions by Flaming Angels

Linda Ohama
Watari Dori (Bird of Passage)
limited edition print
32×24″

This is the final piece of a series of prints about the internment of Japanese Canadians. Reproduced and sold to raise funds for the Redress movement, this print came to signify the community’s action to redress the injustices of the past.

Takao Tanabe, Spanish Banks, 35×26, limited edition print

Clay Between My Fingers
Millie Chen, Jamelie Hassan, Baco Ohama and Garry Williams
41 pages. softcover. ISBN 0920159788  $10
This publication presents a challenge to the traditional association of ceramics with function. Much ceramic work continues to be considered in relation to the vessel – the cup, plate and teapot – but there is much more to consider. The four artists in this publication work with ceramics in a broader context, looking at the history, cultural use and social value of clay.

Dear Lake
Sadashi Inuzuka
12 pages softcover ISBN: 0920123260  $1
Dear Lake is a catalogue of an exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery, Sept. 7 to Oct. 27, 1996. It includes pictures of the exhibit and essays by Grace Eiko Thomson and Kiyoji Tsuji.

Images of Internment: A Bitter-sweet Memoir in Words and Images
Dr. Henry Shimizu
68 pages  Softcover ISBN: 978-1-896627-16-8  $22.95
In 1999 Dr. Shimizu created a series of oil paintings based on his life in New Denver.  As a teenager he lived with his family in the internment camp at New Denver from 1942 to 1946.  Each of these 27 pictures are reproduced on a full page, with a story on the facing page.

I RO HA (NI)
Curator: Michael Tora Speier

8 pages Softcover  $5
Powell Street Festival 2001 presents five irrepressible Nikkei artists and their evanescent creations–Emu Goto, Kao Kaori, Lotus Miyashita, Lynda Nakashima and Miyuki Shinkai.  Their work seriously addresses the many layered themes of this year’s 25th anniversary celebration: history; memory; location; neighbourhood.  The artists in the show are connected by their deeply childlike worlds of perception, personal languages, built of simplicity, directness and emotional energy.

Japanese Canadians in the Arts
Members of the Japanese Canadian community
252 pages  Softcover  ISBN 0-9698249-0-4  $25 $10
This is a directory of Japanese-Canadian professionals, ranging from the areas of arts, music, film/video, architecture, and visual arts, etc., with their personal information on their education/training and accomplishments, etc., which is produced with the help of many individuals from the Japanese-Canadian community across Canada and from members of the local arts community.

Mothertalk: Life Stories of Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka
Roy Kiyooka, edited by Daphne Marlatt
190 pages  Softcover  ISBN 1-896300-24-3  $16.95
In 1993 Mary Kiyooka sat with her son Roy Kiyooka, one of Canada’s most important avant-garde painters, and a tape recorder and in her native Japanese shared her memories with him—her childhood in Japan, her arrival as a married woman in Canada, and her family’s experience in Alberta during the Japanese internment period.

Shojo Manga: Girl power!
Edited by Masami Toku.
80 pages Softcover ISBN 978-1886226104  $15
This gorgeous and thoughtful collection of essays, while still more of a beginner’s primer than an extended tour of the field, nonetheless fills a gaping hole in the growing body of manga studies in the West. Shojo Manga! Girl Power! collects a dozen essays from a variety of knowledgeable scholars and writers, as well as a handsome section of full-color illustrations showcasing the artists featured in the accompanying exhibition.

Reflections of My Heart
カナダ生まれのねりきり
Junko Friesen
A beautiful original collection of wagashi (cakes made from white lima beans) created by Junko Friesen coupled with images of Vancouver, by Koichi Saito, which environment inspired these creations. Includes a short history of wagashi and a recipe. $30

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2008 Vancouver street banners by Bratsa Bonifacho

Now on sale $10

Bratsa Bonifacho is an internationally recognized brilliant colorist who designed the 2008 Vancouver street banners. These colourful and playful banners are a great way to bring in art and joy into your home.

Yoga mat bags created out of these banners are also available!