Friendship through Culture (2026) / 文化がわかる。心がかよう。 (2026)

JCCC Community Arts Exhibition

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre is pleased to present Friendship Through Culture (2026), a community arts exhibition reflecting on the evolving meanings of a phrase that has long shaped Japanese Canadian cultural life.

This year’s exhibition explores the evolving meanings of a phrase that has long shaped Japanese Canadian cultural life. What first emerged as a gentle expression of survival and resilience in the face of discrimination has shifted over time into an open, if complex, practice of belonging. Today, Friendship Through Culture (2026) carries multiple potential interpretations—diasporic, generational, newly arrived, and hybrid—and asks us how culture can both preserve memory and create new ways of living together.

Exhibition Dates: March 1 – May 29, 2026

The exhibition features original works across a range of media, including painting, photography, textiles, sculpture, installation, video, and craft.

Browse Works:

Works 1 - 60  Works 61 - 139

Full List of Artists: 

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Zere Abylgazina
David Akio
Asai
Asobu Art Collective
Laura Beaton
Janice Mende Bennink
David Bernhard
Connie Bist
Myroslava Boikiv
Declan Boushy
Diana Bullock
Elena Butkov
Marilena Isacescu Carlea
Chris Corridore
Barbara Eguchi
Lindsay Erdman
Alana Keiko Fleming
Elaine Hamelin-Mitchell | Rosso Art & Design
Steven Hasegawa
Hyedie Hashimoto
Deborah Hatanaka
Tibi Hegyesi
Kentaro Imoto
Neli Iordanova
Ruth A. Mora Izturriaga
Lakshmi Preethi Kamak
Kioni
Amy Lee
Tsutao Machida
Mihoko Maeno
Carin Katagiri Mahon
Michael Marcynuk
Betty Mochizuki
Stephen North
Mariana I. Padilla
Electra Pappa
Maryam Pazooki
Nancy Peng
Karen Perlmutter
Tamiko Potts
Michelle Ramos
Mio Reynolds
Riki
Robottobani
Karen Sekikawa 関河カレン
Keiko Shintani
Thomas.A. Sokoloski
SOWL
Brenda Spielmann
Ken Sugamori
Manabu Takaishi
Jerrold Tanaka
Mui-Ling Teh
Beverley Thum
Yuki Tokita
Weichan Wang
Ebru Winegard
Rita Wong
Queenie Xu
Deniz Yilmaz
Ryo Yonekawa
Yu
Zhan Zhang