Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This video features artist Nishiki Sugawara-Beda and Craig Hadley, Executive Director of the Dennos Museum Center, in conversation about her work and process in the studio at the Tusen Takk Foundation.
A small selection of Nishiki’s work will be on exhibit at the museum, July 25 – August 29, 2021.
Nishiki Sugawara-Beda is a Japanese-American visual artist based in painting and installation, and she holds an MFA from Indiana University and a BA from Portland State University. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally to promote cultural diversity and exchange. Exhibition venues include: Spartanburg Art Museum (SC), Morris Graves Museum of Art (CA), and Amos Eno Gallery (NY). Publications include: New American Paintings, Expose Art Magazine, AEQAI, and London Post. Awards include: Seed Grant, Diversity Fellow Program, International Enhancement Grant, Idaho Art Fellow, and Sam Taylor Fellowship. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
Named for an expression of thankfulness, the Tusen Takk Foundation nourishes artists by giving them a place to work, engagement opportunities to enrich the culture of Northwest Michigan, and a platform to share their work internationally.
Tusentakk.org
Music by Jason Dake.
This video features artist Nishiki Sugawara-Beda and Craig Hadley, Executive Director of the Dennos Museum Center, in conversation about her work and process in the studio at the Tusen Takk Foundation.
A small selection of Nishiki’s work will be on exhibit at the museum, July 25 – August 29, 2021.
Nishiki Sugawara-Beda is a Japanese-American visual artist based in painting and installation, and she holds an MFA from Indiana University and a BA from Portland State University. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally to promote cultural diversity and exchange. Exhibition venues include: Spartanburg Art Museum (SC), Morris Graves Museum of Art (CA), and Amos Eno Gallery (NY). Publications include: New American Paintings, Expose Art Magazine, AEQAI, and London Post. Awards include: Seed Grant, Diversity Fellow Program, International Enhancement Grant, Idaho Art Fellow, and Sam Taylor Fellowship. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
Named for an expression of thankfulness, the Tusen Takk Foundation nourishes artists by giving them a place to work, engagement opportunities to enrich the culture of Northwest Michigan, and a platform to share their work internationally.
Tusentakk.org
Music by Jason Dake.
