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WORKSHOPS View Workshop Calendar Our in-house taiko, classical Japanese dance and shamisen programs periodically offer beginner workshops ranging from one-day to five-week sessions. All workshops take place at our AIRMW building (4875 N. Elston)　 Taiko Shamisen Dance ↓ Current offerings below ↓ Taiko UPCOMING WORKSHOP DATES 1.5 hour beginner workshops Monday, April 20 All adult workshops from 6:30-8pm *Kids class from 5:30-6:15pm (ages 4-10) when offered AT THE AIRMW HUB 4875 N Elston Ave Chicago, IL 60630 Register Minimum of 5 participants required for workshops to proceed. Maximum of 20 participants. Payment due upon registration and is non-refundable. For questions email: tsukasataiko@airmw.org Shubukai UPCOMING WORKSHOPS New workshop dates coming soon Register For questions email: rika@airmw.org Shamisen UPCOMING WORKSHOPS New workshop dates coming soon Register For questions email: info@airmw.org

SUPPORTERS Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW) is supported by general operating support received from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, National Endowment for the Arts, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), the Walder Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts and the Joyce Foundation. Our Dojo Project is supported in part by a Chicago Cultural Treasures Grant by IFF.

Asian Improv Records (AIRecords) is record label project managed by Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW) to support experimental music and Asian & Asian American artists. More than a label, AIRecords is a cultural archive of Asian and Asian American artists active in the creative music communities in Chicago and beyond. AIRMW oversees the project to continue supporting underrepresented artists and musical experimentation. AIRecords was founded in 1987 by Bay Area musician-activists Jon Jang and Francis Wong as a vehicle for Asian American composers, performers and their collaborators to release music to the public during the emergence of the Asian American Consciousness Movement. Beginning with Jang’s landmark LP recording The Ballad or the Bullet? and in quick succession Glenn Horiuchi’s three LP releases Next Step (1998), Issei Spirit (1988), and Manzanar Voices (1989); the label catalog has grown to over 100 titles. Visit our website: asianimprovrecords.com LEARN MORE