The ACCJ Kansai Community Service Committee held its first Charity Art Auction Gala to support the Child Chemo House Center in Kobe, Japan. Artists from different parts of Japan and abroad came together for this one-night occasion to support this worthy cause.
Child Chemo House is Japan’s first specialized childhood cancer treatment facility to provide an environment where children with cancer can live with their families during treatment.
The Theme of the event was ‘Henna crowns’; the combination of chemotherapy and art. This is the ancient asian and middle eastern art technique of creating temporary flowering henna tattoos on the heads of women whose hair fell out from the effects of cancer treatment.
Artists Include:
- Jin Homura (Gifu)
- Yoshimi Ohtani (Kanagawa)
- Yutaka Inagawa (Hiroshima)
- Teruya Yuken (Okinawa/ New York)
- Takumi Yamazaki (Tokyo)
- DAAS (Kobe)
- Terunobu Hirata (Australia)
- Guido Saldana
- Rubén Peña
- Dave Dawang
- Tiery Le Painter
- Alicia Sparnon
- Chris Christophers with Toshiaki
- Ban Masahiro
- Morikawa Artcat
- Daisuke Suzuki
- Kim Dunstan
- Tamiko Tanaka
- Shigetomo Yamamoto
Participating Student Artists From:
Osaka YMCA International School
Canadian Academy
Uriwarinishi Elementary School
Koyo Junior High School
Special guest performance by: jazz pianist Cassandra Peake
Aoi Tiayo was one of the official sponsors for this event.
content for pictures: Photos taken by Dave Dawang at Frenzy Productions Media
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Please continue to support to Child Chemo House and visit: www.kemohouse.jp