STAFF & Contact
Mac Gill
Project Manager
Mac grew up in Wisconsin and holds a BFA in Theatre & Drama and a BFA in Japanese from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MLIS in Library & Information Sciences, an MFA in Literary Translation and a graduate certificate in digital humanities from the University of Iowa and spent a year of intensive Japanese study with the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies.
Mac spent two years on the JET Program as a Coordinator for International Relations in Nahari, Kōchi Prefecture, working with the local senior center, assisting with town events, visiting schools, and planting rice.
Mac’s other professional experience includes freelance translation, the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, and the Nahari Public Library.
Yuka Yokoyama
Curator
Yuka’s formative years were spent in Hiroshima, Japan, and she holds a BA in Art History from Joshibijyutsu University of Art and Design in Japan and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of the Arts in Pennsylvania.
Her academic interests include modern architecture, design history, and community-based art and activism. She is a bilingual researcher, exhibition curator, and grant writer at the Digital Museum.
Her professional experience encompasses roles in museums, commercial galleries, and nonprofit organizations in Japan, New York, and Philadelphia, including the Sori Yanagi Design Institute, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Nippon Club, Jack Shainman Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, and Shofuso Japanese House and Garden.
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Phone: (212) 840-6942/6899
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