Representing a Community Through Art: Embodying Life in Little Tokyo

“I love stories. I love personal stories. I love life stories. Anybody. I don’t care what your background is. For me, it’s a personal love. I love hearing about the human journey. I don’t care what your journey’s been. I don’t care how plain or uninteresting you think it’s been. Everybody has amazing stories. Everybody has powerful stories. That has been my experience.”
— Dan Kwong
In 2018, The Little Tokyo Service Center started a program called the “+Lab Artist Residency Program” that provides the space and tools that artists need to create. Four artists ...