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Cranes Creating world peace, one tiny crane at a time. |
ORIGAMI
RESUMEOF STACIE TAMAKI
Exhibitions & Public Work | Commissions | Publicity | Random Gifts
EXHIBITIONS
AND PUBLIC WORK
Purple Moon Dance Project - San Francisco, CA.
July 7, 14, and 15, 2006
Artist was contacted by the curator of the production of "Mahina" being performed at the Zeum theatre in the Yerba Buena Gardens in Downtown San Francisco. The theme of the performance was inspired by the Pacific islander myth of Hina, a goddess who lives on the moon. Mahina is a story about facing timeless challenges and ultimately responsibility - to ourselves and the world we want to live in. The artist provided three sculptural pieces to be used in the entry area to help reflect the message that we all contribute to the condition of the world in which we live.
The message of the Purple Moon Dance Project is to increase the visibility of lesbians and women of color and to encourage social change, peace and healing in our society through the medium of dance.
Silicon
Valley Football Classic - San Jose, CA. (volunteer project)
December 28, 2004
Artist was requested by the San Jose Convention Center Visitors Bureau
to teach an origami class to the wives of the out of town coaches in
town for the football game. Held at the Capitol Club, the artist volunteered
her time to teach the women from Illinois and Alabama how to fold an origami
crane and displayed a small collection of finished pieces.
Mandarin
Oriental Hotel - San Francisco, CA. (volunteer project)
November 8, 2004
Artist was requested to come on location at the hotel and demonstrate
how to fold an origami crane for a bridal event where Wedding Consultants
from the Greater Bay Area had been invited to attend. Artist also brought
a finished set of 1000 cranes to exhibit at the event.
Leiko
- Campbell. CA.
November 2001- February 2003
Retail storefront. Work was on exhibit, not for sale.
Artist
Studio - San Jose. CA.
March 2003 - Present time Standing collection on display
by appointment only.
Bloomingdale's
- Palo Alto, CA. (volunteer project)
2002
Artist was requested to display cranes at the store's bridal event as
1000 cranes are a symbol of good luck to the bride and groom at Japanese-American
weddings.
750
Gallery - Sacramento, CA.
March 10 - April 2, 2000
Peace Crane exhibit: Included were 3 sets of one thousand cranes, 1 framed
collage and 2 collaborative collages incorporating the work of the photographer/co-exhibitor
Patricia Ternahan.
Masonic
Lodge - Los Gatos, CA. (volunteer project)
1998
Artist was asked to be a guest speaker, and brought finished pieces to
exhibit and gave a folding class to the wives of the Masonic members.
Artist
Studio - San Jose CA
1997 - 2001
Standing collection on display by appointment only,
Japanese
American Citizens League - San Jose Chapter (volunteer
project)
1996
Artist volunteered to create origami displays for the JACL National convention
being hosted in San Jose that year. Pieces were displayed at the San Jose
Fairmont Hotel. First phase of the project was creating floral origami
centerpieces for a luncheon. The second and larger phase was creating
a flock of 75 cranes ranging in size from one to four feet high. The cranes
were hung using a lift, from two parallel cables strung across the ceiling
of the ballroom. This display was for the final banquet in the main ballroom.
COMMISSIONS
Pre-Qualified
Artist Pool for the city of San Jose, California - Office of Cultural
Affairs
May 2005 through May 2008
Artist's work was juried and selected into a general pool of artists from
which the City of San Jose commissions public art projects.
Sets of
six foot high one thousand cranes shipped to:
2004
- Caracas, Venezuela
2003 - Washington D.C.
2001 - San Francisco
Butterflies
for wedding cake decorations
2002
Artist was
commissioned to hang a set of 1000 cranes
2002
After
the bride saw the artist's collection at Leiko she was inspired to fold
cranes as her wedding favors. As a surprise her groom organized both families
to fold the set of 1000, commissioned the artist to hang them, shipped
them to Los Angeles and presented them to her at the wedding reception.
PUBLICITY
Home and
Garden Television - Crafters Coast to Coast, National Television
November 2004
re-aired February 2005
re-aired February 6, 2006
The artist had two segments on the new series that aired on HGTV last
fall. First was a six minute segment featuring her design and construction
process of her miniature origami crane and beaded wire cherry blossom
tree. The second was a one and a half minute segment featuring her design
and construction process of her beaded wire flower and beaded dragonfly
hair comb.
NBC - KNTV
Channel 11 - San Jose, CA.
2002
Segment included showing of origami collection and artist teaching anchor
woman step by step on live television how to fold an origami crane.
RANDOM GIFTS
Past gifts include hundreds of individual cranes given along with the telling of the story of "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" to strangers in public places (i.e. waiting rooms, restaurants, airports and on airplanes) in Santa Clara County, San Francisco and also while traveling in Washington, Florida, Los Angeles, Colorado, New York, Jamaica, Curacao and Paris.
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