Meet the Emerging Radiance Team
Tani Ikeda
Tani Ikeda is a 4th generation Japanese American Emmy award-winning documentary director and augmented reality artist. She is a Sundance Fellow, Tribeca grantee, and Stanford artist in residence. Her work is a love letter to the resilience of her elders and future generations.
Michelle Kumata
Michelle Kumata is a 3.5 generation Japanese American artist influenced by heritage, identity and legacy. Her current work focuses on sharing Nikkei stories with a wider audience as a way to stake our place, inform, engage, inspire, and connect.
Partners
Meta Open Arts
Densho
IMMEDIATE JUSTICE
Invisible Thread
ARTXIV
Future Arts
Milli
Mural
Michelle Kumata, Artist
Lele Barnett, Curator
Tamar Benzikry, Curator/Executive Producer
Dominic Nieri, Producer
Dina Pugh, Executive Producer
Amy Hirotaka, Community Advisor
Alice Ito, Community Advisor
Ty Matsuoka, Community Advisor
Victor Mizumori, Community Advisor
Kim Muromoto, Jr., Community Advisor
David Neiwert, Community Advisor
Jessica Rubenacker, Community Advisor
Ed Suguro, Community Advisor
Beth Takekawa, Community Advisor
Heather Trescases, Community Advisor
Mari Shibuya, Art Advisor/Mural Assistant
Mark Takamichi Miller, Art Advisor
Michaele Miller, Art Advisor
Erin Shigaki, Art Advisor
Ben Kumata, Mural Assistant
Gerald Kumata, Mural Assistant
Saya Moriyasu, Mural Assistant
Jana Nishi Yuen, Mural Assistant
Augmented Reality
Tani Ikeda, Director / Executive Producer
Michelle Kumata, Artist / Executive Producer
Tamar Benzikry, Curator / Executive Producer
Tom Ikeda, Executive Producer
Annie Pomeranz, Producer
Simone Ling, Producer
Debra Webb, Producer
Kana Hammon, Associate Producer
Lele Barnett, Associate Producer
Freddie Sulit, Associate Producer
Patrick Weishampel, Producer / Concept Artist Supervisor
Farhez Rayani, Producer / VFX Supervisor
Christin Smolinski, Animator
Olivia Guethling, Technical Artist
Antoinette Bumatay, Technical Artist
Zachary Marlow-McCarthy, Technical Artist
Virtual Reality
Michelle Kumata, Artist / Executive Producer
Tani Ikeda, Director / Executive Producer
Tamar Benzikry, Curator / Executive Producer
Alex Hessler, Producer
Tom Ikeda, Producer
Annie Pomeranz, Producer
Freddie Sulit, Associate Producer
Farhez Rayani, VFX Supervisor
Olivia Guethling, Concept Artist
Christin Smolinski, Animator
Antoinette Bumatay, Technical Artist
Zachary Marlow-McCarthy, Technical Artist
Farmhouse
Michelle Kumata, Artist
Tani Ikeda, Creative Director
Tamar Benzikry, Curator / Executive Producer
Dominic Nieri, Associate Producer
Future Arts, Producer
Jerry Chihara, Architect
Jana Nishi Yuen, Painting Assistant
Bellevue Arts Museum, Founding Host
Luiza Dale, Exhibition Communications Design
Kristen Leung, Producer
Jennie Lamensdorf, Executive Producer
Anna Bruemmer, Communications
Maggie Azary, Social Media
Kana Hammon, Communications
Maya Siegel, Social Media
Film
Tani Ikeda, Director / Executive Producer
Dominic Nieri, Producer / Executive Producer
Michelle Kumata, Artist / Executive Producer
Tamar Benzikry, Executive Producer
Tom Ikeda, Executive Producer
Julia Bruk, Producer
Sara Lazkani, Producer
Dominic Nieri, Cinematographer
Julia Bruk, Camera Operator
Tani Ikeda, Camera Operator
David Benhaim, Camera Operator
Dominic Nieri, Editor
Web
Tani Ikeda, Creative Director
Michael Huang, Producer
Brenda Luu, Producer
Pari Gabriel, Designer / Web Developer
Richard Saethang, Web Developer
Patrick Weishampel, Designer
Kana Hammon, Copy Writer
