Comment’s Report on International Arts Movement Encounter
The International Arts Movement (IAM) is a non-profit arts organization founded by the Japanese-American Nihonga painter and National Council on the Arts member Makoto ("Mako") Fujimura. IAM’s mission is “to gather artists and creative catalysts to wrestle with the deep questions of art, faith and humanity in order to inspire the creative community to engage the culture that is and create the world that ought to be.” Each year, IAM holds the IAM Encounter with workshops, lectures, salons, film screenings, exhibits, and more. This year, more than ten countries and thirty-five U.S. states were represented.
At the 2008 Encounter that convened from February 28 to March 1 in Tribeca (lower Manhattan), Mako referred to a “Third Language.”
Related Resources
Interview with Mako Fujimura at Symposium 2008
Worship and the Visual Arts
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