Fostering well-being through immersive creative experiences and collaborations.
“We want to share with others our creative process and the inspiration we feel when we make art…even if it gets a little loud and messy.”
— Kristie
Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides x Jake Shimbukuro x Tracey Niimi
We are all creative beings. As children, our minds were free to dream. Yet, as adults, much of our creative expression has been squashed by conformity – lost on our path to grown-up-hood. But what if we could get the magic back and use that magic to improve our well-being?
Abstract Collab is an experience unlike any other where artists and audience members collaborate to create actual works of art in real time – uniting in the joy of the creative process. In ABSTRACT COLLAB, there is no predetermined outcome for creativity is about allowing oneself to dream and seeing where the unexpected will lead.
First envisioned by renowned Hilo-artist Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, and award-winning filmmaker Tracey Niimi, Abstract Collab will have participants either create on their own individual canvas and/or join Kristie in expressing themselves on a large collective canvas while Jake creates a unique music score in real time – both participants and artists feeding off the collective collaborative energy created as brush strokes, dance, and musical notes fly in an immersive, unrehearsed world where the magic we once felt as kids, returns. While this is happening, Tracey will capture the creative energy as it is unleashed into a film that brings viewers of the final body of work right back to the very moment of creation in a unique audiovisual multimedia art experience.
What is Abstract Collab?
Watch the video to hear Jake and Kristie share why they created Abstract Collab. Interested in joining their live events? Sign up for their newsletter and follow them on Instagram and Facebook @abstractcollab.
This is ABSTRACT COLLAB. An awakening of the senses. A journey of inspiration. A chance to reconnect with the creativity within.
Meet the Team
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Jake Shimabukuro
Co-Founder - Ukulele Virtuoso
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Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides
Co-Founder - Abstract Painter
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Tracey Niimi
Co-Founder - Filmmaker
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Ami Kunimura, Ph.D, MT-BC
Director of Well-Being
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Miya Tsukazaki
Creative Producer
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