Fifty years ago, 12 artists in San Francisco’s Nihonmachi founded “Community Arts” with practicality and social inclusion. They expressed their talents by serving their communities and instituting a new movement of conscientious artists and supporters – a movement that continues with a new generation of artists.

From the hundreds of posters created at the JAM Workshop, we’ll be displaying 56, representing some of our most important works from 1976 to 2000. The history of Asian Americans during the last quarter century of the 20th Century can be visualized through these significant posters, all printed in the traditional methods, each one by hand.The exhibit will take place in two venues: Studio Gen in Japan Center East on the 2nd floor showcasing 20 prints and 38 prints in the Japantown Peace Gallery at NJAHS, 1684 Post St. The exhibits are curated by Rich Tokeshi and Leon Sun, two of the original JAM members and two of the most prolific silkscreeners of our generation.