dear community (5x5 art print)

This digital painting / illustration of the poster image for my creative video, dear community, is the perfect gift for people interested in Japanese Canadian arts and culture, as well as cities, politics, and complex histories!

dear community is a creative video that emerged out of my experiences as an activist in two communities: the Japanese Canadian community (my own community) and Vancouver's Downtown Eastside community. It uses conversations with family and friends; visions of home; illustration; and all kinds of writing, both written and spoken, in order to question conventional tellings of Japanese Canadian history as well as the kinds of politics—and futures—that these tellings afford.

100% of sale profits from this print will be donated to the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative, a local non-profit organization dedicated to improving the habitability and safety of SRO hotels, in addition to supporting the tenants who dwell within them.

Watch dear community here: https://youtu.be/uN9b8AOXoaw
Learn more about the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative here: https://srocollaborative.org/