An Evening with Mako & Haejin Fujimura

Schedule

Fri May 01 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Trust Performing Arts Center | Lancaster, PA

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The Fujimuras discuss their new book "Beauty and Justice: Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage"
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Do Beauty and Justice Need Each Other?


This is the question the Fujmuras seek to answer each day through their respective callings. Their new book is a synthesis of their own curiosityty and practice, and we are privileged to welcome them to The Row House Forum for a special night under the vaulted ceiling of the Great Hall in The Trust Performance Center.


Timeline:
  • 6:00 Reception and book signing
  • 7:00 Welcome and short film
  • 7:30 Conversation with Mako & Haejn led by Tom Becker, Founder and Curator of The Row House, Inc.
  • 8:00 Audience questions (written)
  • 8:15ish Dismissal, mingling, venturing out to Lancaster establishments

This free event has been made possible by the generous sponsorship of The Open Discourse Coalition.

Makoto Fujimura is an internationally renowned artist, writer, and arts advocate. His books include Art + Faith, Silence and Beauty, Refractions, and Culture Care. He is a former presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts and the founder of IAMCultureCare (formerly known as International Arts Movement).

He graduated from Bucknell University in 1983 where he currently serves as a Trustee.

Fujimura studied traditional Japanese painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts under a Nihonga Master Kazuho Hieda. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1989.

Haejin Fujimura is a lawyer, entrepreneur, speaker, and strategist whose work bridges justice, beauty, and cultural transformation.

She is the founding attorney of Shim & Associates, a law firm rooted in cultural renewal, and the CEO and cofounder of Embers International, a global non-profit working to end family exploitation and human trafficking.

Her entrepreneurial ventures include Culture Care Creative, Academy Kintsugi, and Fujimura Institute.

Together the Fujimuras have served as Equity in Action Visiting Scholars at the University of Pennsylvania. They live near Princeton, NJ.



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