Join the creators of the award-winning art installation on the Exclusion Memorial Departure Deck at this year’s Mochi Tsuki celebration.

Who: Anna Brones and Luc Revel
When: Saturday, January 6th from 1:00-1:45 p.m.
Where: Woodward Middle School Gymnasium
Cost: FREE

The art installation has been nominated for the 2024 International Award for Public Art (IAPA) and has been appreciated by visitors to the Exclusion Memorial from around the globe. Anna and Luc will present background on how they arrived at the themes, design, and fabrication of their artwork and will take questions from the public.

Add a Free Taiko Performance

Seattle Kokon Taiko will give two free performances at Mochi Tsuki, at noon and 2 p.m. Each show will seat a maximum of 700 guests, so grab a free ticket to reserve your spot when you arrive at Mochi Tsuki. If you attend the noon Taiko show, stay seated in the gym for the Meet the Artists event immediately following. If you plan to attend the 2 p.m. Taiko show, ensure yourself the best seating by attending the Meet the Artists event at 1 p.m.

For more than 30 years the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community has hosted Mochi Tsuki, a festival to ring in the New Year. The public is welcome to celebrate by making mochi in the traditional way–steaming sweet rice over an open fire, followed by pounding the rice by hand with traditional, handcrafted cherry wood mallets (kine) in a granite bowl (usu). Visitors can get in on the action by trying their hands at pounding the mochi, forming it into cakes by hand, and eating it while it’s still warm and sticky!