JSei Family Festival 2020
J-Sei Family Festival, a 2-day virtual experience
Intergenerational Workshops and Chalk Art – Sat, Sept 19
Virtual Family Festival and Festival Pop-Up – Sun, Sept 20
in honor of Keiro no Hi, respect for the aged as celebrated in Japan
J-Sei Family Festival will be a virtual experience in honor of Keiro no Hi “respect for the aged day” as celebrated annually in Japan. We lift up our seniors, at all ages and stages in life, and the families who care for them. We are all part of a community of care and invite you to join us as we celebrate aging, encourage interaction, and share the joy of living well.
Intergenerational Workshops & Chalk Art – Saturday, September 19th
We invite you to join with family and friends to make greetings or gifts for elders in our community. The workshops are: Making Strawberry Daifuku Mochi (1 pm), Origami 3-piece Flower (2 pm), and Japanese Decoupage Craft (3 pm). A Do-It-Yourself Chalk Making kit is also available to create a Chalk Art Message at your home. Reserve your space to attend our workshops, join an activity & order craft kits, by completing the Workshop Form. For your convenience, activity kits will be available for pick on: Mon 9/14, 2-4 pm; Tu 9/15, 10-12 noon; or Sat, 9/19, 10-12 noon. Pick up location: J-Sei, 1285 66th St, Emeryville, CA 94608 A special feature will be a Keiro no Hi Chalk Mural to be created by Momo Cha at J-Sei. The Chalk Art design process on Sat 9/19 will be videotaped, posted and shared. You are invited to request a DIY Chalk Making Kit, create your own chalk art message on your sidewalk or driveway, and post a photo on our Instagram.
Virtual Family Festival Program & Festival Pop-Up – Sunday, September 20th
Join us for our Festival Pop-Up featuring a variety of bento box lunches by local Bay Area chefs. With the shelter-in-place, the shift to take out, has allowed for more creative collaboration among friends. We welcome this opportunity to present this unique offering at J-Sei. A limited number of bento will be available by advance order. A link to order bento will soon be available. Check back for more information. The Family Festival Program will include entertainment by featured guest Ukulenny and KaToFu, a new senior ukulele trio, Intergen choir ensemble with J-Sei and Daruma no Gakko, senior reflections on Keiro no Hi, and visual art display of Chalk Art by Momo Cha and community chalk art messages. For the live stream on Sunday, September 20th at 2 pm, visit JSei on YouTube.
Guest Bios
Momo Cha is an UI/UX designer as a profession and an artist as a hobby. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she grew up with an appreciation for visual creativity all throughout her life. Momo’s designs and illustrations have been exhibited in galleries around the world with her street paintings featured all around the Bay Area. She has been street painting since 2003 as a high school freshman and been participating in festivals and doing commissions for clients ever since. One of the highlights in street painting is educating visitors about the process and encouraging them to be creative. Lenny San Jose aka Ukulenny is an ukulele performer and educator based in Oakland, CA. He received his music training at UC Berkeley and CSU East Bay and taught music in public schools for 5 years before becoming a full time musician. A proud Kala Brand artist, Lenny specializes in the one man band looping format, playing uBass, ukulele, beatbox, saxophone, melodion, and otamatone during his shows. With his eclectic mix of genres from jazz to Beatles, Motown to the 80s, and even the occasional Top 40 tune, Ukulenny continues to spread ukulele joy to music lovers around the world. Pre-pandemic, Lenny was teaching ukulele at the Albany Community Center, and currently he teaches privately and leads free online workshops on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. More info at www.ukulenny.com.
