The butohBuddies are Kiyono Kishi, Nina Moore, Lipton Mah, Ruth Ichinaga, and me. We are buddies. We practice and perform butoh and movements that are maybe not pure butoh, but that are buddies with butoh. Our dance and movements or stillness, and all aspects of our production are on our…
I chose to profile only 3 species of plants and 1 species of butterfly because I ran out of time. The three plants are: Willow, Fescue (bunchgrass), and Dutchman’s pipevine. The butterfly is pipevine swallowtail. None of these look exactly like the species I intended to portray, but that’s ok…
Home202433″ x 23.5″FabricThis quilt is about Point Molate being not just another place, another location but also home. It is my hope that when we reframe a space as a home, as a place of longing and belonging, that we treat it with love and respect, and not merely exploit…
I showed my quilt, The Residents, about some of the residents of Point Molate to some of the Point Molate residents. I hope they approve. I’m honored to say that my first quilt will be part of the exhibit, Point Molate, thanks to ARTSCCC (Arts Contra Costa County) and Richmond…
I finally finished my portrait of Nina which started out as a bad left handed drawing on a zoom call with the butohBuddies group in 2020. Then I took the drawing and stitched it on repurposed fabric. Then I procrastinated let it incubate for a little longer so I can…
I’ve been a follower of Alice Fox, a UK based artist who works with nature. In her new book, Wild Textiles, she showed an example of a leaf quilt, which intrigued me. I wanted to try this out. On Nov 1, I collected fallen poplar leaves at my workplace. They…
In 2020, some months into the lockdown, I began meeting with my with butohBuddies over Zoom. I quickly made contour drawings them with my non-dominant hand during the meetings. I made 4 drawings and I gave two away so far. I held on to the last two drawings, decided to…
Artist statement: Sending Love is a collaborative installation by Reiko Fujii, Manon Wada, Irene Wibawa, and Maggie Yee, which references the collective of care that has formed between them. They are four multidisciplinary artists who first met through Asian American Women Artists Association and an affiliate program called A Place…
“Belonging is the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group. The show invites artists who have created/co-created spaces/artworks honoring their personal needs, desires, or responsibilities while taking a sense of agency and power over their circumstances.…
I started with a screenshot of myself on zoom. Then I used my non-dominant hand to draw myself (not really blindly, though bc I tried that and I wasn’t satisfied) on a piece of paper. Then I chose a transparent fabric that was originally used for caging insects at work.…