Living Our Culture – Group Show and Silent Auction

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Save our History!

Join the Board of Directors of the Japanese American Service Committee for an evening celebrating Japanese American arts and culture June 7, 2012. Browse and bid at our artful Silent Auction, and mix and mingle over cocktails and appetizers at the Greenhouse Loft, one of the country’s premier sustainable event venues, located just 10 minutes from the Loop in Wicker Park.

Artwork by established and emerging Japanese American artists will be on display. Artists will be on hand to discuss their work:
_• Michio Iwao – bird carving
_• Laura Kina – painting
_• Mayumi Lake – photography
_• Lisa Nishi – fabric
_• George Suyeoka – wood scultpure
_• Irene Suyeoka* – weaving
_• David Tanimura – digital collage

Featured Silent Auction Artists:
_• Tony Fitzpatrick
_• Michiko Itatani
_• Laura Kina
_• Mayumi Lake
_• Lisa Nishi
_• Mark Nagata
_• Amy Lee Segami
_• George Suyeoka
_• David Tanimura
_• Michael Tanimura 

Special Young Professional Rate!
I negotiated with the JASC about fact that I myself couldn’t afford a ticket to my own event. JASC is now offering a special rate of $75 a person for individuals under the age of 35 to attend Living Our Culture.

Tickets are $125 per person. JASC members will receive a coupon good for $25 off any Silent Auction purchase!

Click here to purchase tickets!

Thursday, June 7, 2012
Greenhouse Loft
2545 West Diversey Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

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