Children’s Art Workshops

Time: 18:00~20:00
Instructor: Eimi Yoo (head of Little Community Lab)
Yoo founded the workshop that nurtured collaboration between children, local areas and artist in Goshoura, Amakusa. She worked as a specialist in an art museum and at a city consulting firm before she launched her own independent business. She now works as a coordinator and workshop planner for non-profits and local governments. She has built cooperative networks to enliven remote communities, and created the children’s workshop “Everybody’s Workshop” at the public theater in Suginami, Tokyo.

Time: 9:00~12:00
Instructor: Members of the Youth Committee, Sado Branch, Niigata Architects Association
Architects of Sado make up the Youth Committee of the Sado Branch of Architects Association. As an initiative to renew abandoned homes, the Association renovated one of the old homes in Ogi to become Hyogoya, a DIY shared space for public use. During summer vacation the group organizes woodworking workshops and classes for children to encourage reuse of old materials. By combining the skills of the architects and youthful imagination, the group works towards the preservation of local towns and stimulation of local areas.

Time: 13:00~16:00
Instructor: Mitsuyo Toyoda (Associate Professor, Center for Toki and Ecological Restoration Niigata University)
At the Research Center for the Regeneration of Water Systems of Lake Kamo, Sado Island, which was founded in 2008, the motto is “everyone is a teachers and everyone is a student.” Toyoda designed this platform for people of various experiences to learn from each other. She has also launched programs to restore reed beds along the lake, and projects to invigorate coastal ecosystems that children and adults can enjoy alike. Her research is comprised of community-building efforts grounded in dialogue.