Floating Future Gardens Public Workshop Series

Join Fathomers on Sunday, October 6th, for three special workshops led by artist and science educator Corinne Okada Takara at the beautiful Japanese American Cultural and Community Center garden! Participants will explore how traditional crafting practices— such as kokedama, radish carving, and natural fiber weaving— can be combined with bioengineering to imagine new pathways for stewarding our rapidly changing world. In addition to creating their own take-home pieces, participants can opt to contribute their work to Takara’s interactive art installation Floating Future Gardens, which will be on view at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center as part of Fathomers’ PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition Emergence from October 8th through December 15th, 2024. All workshops are free and materials will be provided— drop in for one or sign up for multiple!

These workshops are presented in conjunction with Fathomers at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center's PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition Emergence and co-hosted with Kizuna, a community-based nonprofit organization in Little Tokyo. Special thanks to Muranaka Farm for donating their expertly grown radishes for Mukimono carving and to our partners at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.