San Francisco’s Museum of Craft and Design recently hosted a Recycled Plastic Fish Art Workshop for kids. Key ideas behind Jerry Takigawa’s “False Food” exhibit were discussed, and the kids created their own fish art while learning about creative reuse and waste reduction.

Here’s what some of the young artists had to say:
“I think it…

“It is often the place in between two distinctly discrete modes of communication that can be the most thought provoking—not an enigma, nor an ambiguity, but a deliberate blend of vision and purpose—a creative fusion. The attraction to Jerry Takigawa’s writings and his body of graphically resonant photo work was prompted partly by the…

Defined as the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet, horizons can also signify the limits of a person’s mental perception, experience or interest. In Expanding Horizons, Jerry Takigawa and Pamela Takigawa invite you to look past the obvious, the immediate, the surface. The result is a rich and…

I want to express my appreciation to Meredith Mullins for posting the article “Artistic Expression Speaks Out for World Oceans” on the OIC Moments (Oh I See Moments) blog, June 6, 2013. For me, False Food is a metaphor for survival. While the albatross are deceived by plastic, mistaking it for food, we…

Jerry Takigawa’s book, Grace in Uncertainty, won Gold and Best of Show in this year’s Summit Creative Award competition in the Industry Self-Promotion category. Based in Portland, Oregon, the Summit International Awards recognizes the work of creative agencies worldwide with annual billings under $30 million. The 2013 Creative Award competiton drew over five thousand…