Our Mission

Founded in 1972, Japanese Artists Association of New York (JAANY), a non-profit organization, with membership of approximately fifty artists in the metropolitan area, was established for the following reasons:

1. To assist Japanese artists living and working in New York.

2. To organize exhibitions of members works and related Japanese works.

3. To establish an information center for Japanese visual arts.

4. To help improve cultural relations, and exchange information between Japan and the United States.

Admins

President: Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart

Vice President: YUKAKO

Director/Board Advisor: Tokoha Matsuda

Treasurer: Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart

Director: Aiko Aoyagi

Director: Natsuko Matsumura

Director: Ryoichi Miura

Director: Masako Onoda

Director: Hiro Takeshita

Director: Atsuko Mu Yuma

Honored Founder and President

Kunio Izuka

Supporting Members

Yoshiko Ebihara

Isaac Fujiki

Akihiko Hirao

Max Horbund

Yoshiko Ikeda

Toshio Kiso

Naomi Osawa

Kaori Shimizu

Nick Suemura

Kaoru Tamura

Akemi Tanno

Steven Walker