Contact
General Enquiries: Akemi Solloway:
Manga Workshops, Artist Liaison and Venue Layout Coordination/Production: Ian Rudd
PR: Emily Bastian
Ground Team Coordinator: Piers Coma
Martial Arts: Roger Payne
Dealer/Stall Enquiries: Martin Solloway:
Cosplay & Game Show Coordinator/PR: Emily Bastian
J-Pop Party Coordinator/Website: Paul Browne :
Guest Liaison: David Mack
Japanese Art Festival Illustration: Juan-Carlos Cambon
People and Organisations Participating in the Japanese Art Festival
A wealth of talent and creativity lies behind the people involved in the event. The Japanese Art Festival is proud to be associated with the many artists, people and organisations that are involved.
Akemi Solloway, lecturer of Japanese culture and arts
Akemi Solloway is the main organiser of the Japanese Art Festival and is also a lecturer of Japanese culture and daughter of an old samurai family.
It is her aim to present authentic Japanese culture in an accessible and enjoyable manner. Read more about Akemi here. Photo copyright © 2006, David Nuttall
AJAMCA
The Anglo-Japanese Anime, Manga and Culture Association was created following discussions about Japanese culture in Anime and Manga during talks given by Helen McCarthy and Akemi Solloway at Fuyucon in Nottingham in October 2007.
Founder-member Ian Rudd has a wide interest in Anime, Manga, Comics, Popular Culture and Music. He is currently learning Japanese. He has visited Japan four times, having just returned from a trip there at the end of 2008 and is already planning his next trip there.
Japan-UK 150
The Japanese Art Festival is also associated with Japan-UK 150, celebrating 150 years of friendship between Japan and the UK.
Japan-UK 150 features a series of events in the UK organised to celebrate 150 years of friendship between our two countries, will run from autumn 2008 until the end of 2009. It will feature a wide range of activities designed to encourage exchange in such fields as culture, the arts, sport, education and science.
NAMsoc
The Nottingham Anime and Manga Society is Nottingham's largest and oldest running society dedicated to all things Japanese and anime related. Based just outside the centre of Nottingham they hold weekly anime showings. NAMsoc also organise social events, special showings, trips and conventions, plus talks and presentations from some of the UK's leading authorities on anime.
J-Pop Go
J-Pop Go is a semi-regular music event that brings a variety of Japanese pop music to various clubs and events in the UK. Featuring a range of DJs, J-Pop Go has provided music for club nights, launch parties and more recently assisted with the Grand Cosplay Ball event in London.
Mid Sussex Martial Arts School
Established for over 20 years, MSMAS is a non-profit permanent dojo located just outside Haywards Heath in Sussex. The school focuses on some of the traditional martial arts of Japan including Judo, traditional Aikido, Iaido and Kendo.
Mid Sussex Martial Arts School
Sonia Leong
Sonia Leong will have a range of her original artwork prints, manga and books available over the course of the Festival weekend.
Other Supporters of the Japanese Art Festival
- Exeter University Japan Society
- London University Japanese Traditional Music Society
- Glasgow University Japan Society
- Japanese Garden Society
- British Origami Society
- Goldsmith University Anime Club
- Edinburgh university Japan Society
- Nippon Connections (Japanese Society of the University of Aberdeen
- Amecon
- Oxford university Japan Society
- Alcon
- Animeleague
- JNTO
- Derby Anime and Manga Society
From Japan
- Nihon Manga Gakai (Japan Society for Studies in Cartoon and Comics)
- Kyoto International Manga Museum
- Tokyo Design Festa
- Musashino art university
- Kyorin university
- Association of Japanese Animations
The Japanese Art Festival is also proud to feature artwork from the likes of Philip English, Sonia Leong, Declan Talbert, Jodie Azhar, Juan-Carlos Cambon, Celine Choo, Mark Gardner, and the talented artists of Umisen Yamasen.
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