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2005 - 2006 Artists
To be announced in September, 2005.
Spring, 2004 Artists
The following artists were part of Year One of the JACCC's API/2 Program:
Kenny Endo
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kenny Endo began early training in western drums and percussion for performance with jazz, fusion, and classical artists. He discovered his roots through the Japanese taiko and in 1975 began working first with Kinnara Taiko of Los Angeles and then with the San Francisco Taiko Dojo. In 1980, he went to Japan to further his study of taiko drumming for ten years. He has studied and performed with masters in the Sukeroku, Suwa, Gojinjo, and Chichibu styles of group drumming. Endo is the first non-Japanese national to ever receive a 'natori' (stage name) in Hogaku Hayashi (Japanese classical drumming). He is known as Mochizuki Tajiro in the classical Hogaku world. Endo also performs the Wakayama style of Edo Bayashi (festival music of Edo). Endo has performed extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has paved new directions in using the traditional taiko, bringing a refreshing and creative approach to contemporary taiko music.
Support
Rehearsal/Incubation time, travel subsidy for April, 2004 presentation of World Premiere Collaboration with one of Japan's top drumset players, Kiyohiko Semba.
Sophiline Cheam Shapiro | Khmer Arts Academy
The Khmer Arts Academy is a public benefit organization dedicated to fostering the vitality of Cambodian arts and culture and to expanding the role arts and culture play in the development and well being of young people and of society as a whole. The academy uses numerous activities to create a continuum of recruitment, training, outreach, creation and performance that develops accomplished artists and diverse, informed audiences.
Support
Connection to Audiences (Interpretive materials) for February, 2004 presentation of new work at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre.
 
Arleen Chikami (l) is a Los Angeles-based visual artist who has been in group exhibitions in Southern California and Austria. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Pasadena Art Space, The Basement Gallery, and the Claremont Colleges. She has been a panelist for grants panels and artist symposia throughout the U.S. Ms. Chikami received her BFA from CSU Fullerton and her MFA from Claremont University.
Linda Nishio (r) has shown her work in numerous exhibitions across the U.S. and has received artist grants from the California Community Foundation, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, the Brody Arts Fellowship, and the NEA Visual Arts Fellowship. Ms. Nishio has served as a guest artist and adjunct instructor at UCLA, Otis College, the University of Kansas, and Rutgers University.
Support
Connection to Audiences (Interpretive Materials) for March, 2004 exhibition at the George J. Doizaki Gallery.
TAIKOPROJECT
The TAIKOPROJECT, founded in 2000, is an ensemble of America's premiere, emerging taiko drummers dedicated to preserving and disseminating American taiko drumming through workshops, classes, lecture-demonstrations, residencies, and public performances. The ensemble's work balances the traditions and rich history of American taiko with a contemporary edge exploring new dimensions in taiko.
Support
Rehearsal/Incubation time, technical support for Spring, 2004 West Coast Tour.
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