traci kato-kiriyama
Artist’s Quote
My mere pledge:
Take every chance to burn old
self,
Ignite every fire
inside,
Evoke you, the inferno
Who will always be with me
Luminary’s Quote
I am daughter
Of the sea, moon and sun
I burn blue
In the coldest winter,
Turn ice
In the hottest summer.
I am my best friend, lover,
The only one
Who will always be with me.
– Michiyo Fukaya
Fukaya, Michiyo, A Fire Is Burning, It is in Me: The Life And Writing of Michiyo Fukaya. Gwendolyn L. Shervington, editor. Norwich: New Victoria Publishers, 1996..
Bio
traci kato-kiriyama is an award-winning artist, organizer, and cultural producer and is the principal writer/performer with PULLproject Ensemble (TALES OF CLAMOR); director/co-founder of Tuesday Night Project – presenter of the Tuesday Night Cafe series (currently the longest-running Asian American-produced mic series in the country); and Writ Large Press author of a new book due for release in May, 2021. She has been presented as a performer, poet, theatre deviser, guest lecturer, speaker, facilitator, arts activism consultant, and Artist-in-Residence in hundreds of venues across North America.
IG: traciakemi1