Artsu Matsuri 2026

Friendship through Culture (2026) / 文化がわかる。心がかよう。 (2026)JCCC Community Arts ExhibitionThe 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 years 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 interpretationsdiasporic, generational, newly arrived, and hybridand asks us how culture can both preserve memory and create new ways of living together.Exhibition Dates: March 1 May 29, 2026The exhibition features original works across a range of media, including painting, photography, textiles, sculpture, installation, video, and craft.Opening Reception: Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2:00 5:00 PMThe opening reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.Participating artists will soon be announced!