SOUL COLLAGE for All – Thursday, May 13, 2 pm – postponed

As we transition through this past year’s pandemic and all that we carry, art can help us find our way. Explore SOUL COLLAGE, an intuitive process for self discovery. Join us online to create your own collage, discover the wisdom, and share them with each other.

Soul Collage, an expressive arts practice founded by Seena B. Frost in the 1980s, is now practiced worldwide. The method develops creativity and intuition, encourages self-discovery, and provides personal guidance. Visual Artist and facilitator Cynthia Tom will share this creative process with us at J-Sei. Participants will receive a 5 x 7 mixed media mat board and sleeve, and a list of suggested materials to collect.

Cynthia Tom’s work evolves from an intuitive, communities of color-inspired place.

She is a visual artist (painter, mixed media, found object sculptor, installation, photographer) and curator who explores ancestral patterns, healing, empowerment spirituality, and feminism through the lens social justice, fostering dialog and building community in innovative ways

RSVP to jill@j-sei.org with Soul Collage in the subject line.

J-Sei At the Movies: Baseball and Barbed Wire

Meet the director and producer of American Pastime

Friday, April 9, 5:30 pm [note earlier start time]

Join us to watch American Pastime, a 2007 drama about upheaval and heroic survival in the Japanese American concentration camps of World War II. One of the very few movies depicting the Japanese American experience, the plot centers on one family and their efforts to start a baseball team at Topaz, culminating in a climactic competition between internees and a local team. Filmed near the original Topaz camp in Utah, the film includes era-accurate details and also features historic footage and real-life survivors playing incarcerees. It’s a moving account of family bonds and dignity maintained under extreme circumstances.

Director Desmond Nakano and producer Tom Gorai will be our guests to take your questions and discuss the making of the film. You won’t want to miss this special event celebrating Spring and the enduring human spirit.

RSVP with “April Movie Night” in the subject line.
You’ll receive Zoom information prior to the event.

Support J-Sei At the Movies

Thanks to you, J-Sei At the Movies recently celebrated its third anniversary! We look forward to more creative programming with educational and inspiring Japanese and Japanese American films. We are especially grateful for the up close and personal chats with filmmakers as we learn so much from the exchange.

We love having a growing and enthusiastic audience. You are the best! We welcome any donations to help us offset costs for Movie Night. Thanks for considering this.