The Annual Christmas Soiree at J.A.’s studio on Granville Island will be held on Friday, November 30th 5-9pm and Saturday, December 1st 3-7pm. The studio is located at 1650 Duranleau St. Granville Island (entrance is right beside the bright yellow awning of MAKE). According to J.A.: “All 6 artists on our floor are involved and…
GALLERY NINE presents Vancouver-based Filipino artist J.A. Tan. The 27 year old painter who is a Fine Arts graduate from the prestigious Emily Carr University of Art+Design has been quietly raising the Filipino flag in a unique way, particularly when one of his works was chosen by the United Nations to be featured as…
The Art of J.A. Tan is featured in the October-November 2015 issue of The Autism File, a bi-monthly magazine dealing with all aspects of autism. The article was written by Debra Muzikar, author of the book, “The Art of Autism: Shifting Perceptions.” Click here to read the magazine. Excerpt: “Using art to show how his…
Classical musicians from Central Washington University (CWU) invited artists with autism to collaborate on a unique concert. Composers used paintings to inspire their creations. The concert series was called “Sound Paintings” and was presented by CWU’s Piano, Composition, and Percussion studios in collaboration with autistic artists from “The Art of Autism.” J.A.’s painting “Third Movement”…
“All Without Words” is the musical journey of a parent raising a non-verbal child with autism. The theme on which eleven trumpet jazz-concerto variations are based is built around the spontaneous singing of the composer’s son—it is the actual voice of the child, set as a melody and played by the trumpet, accompanied by an…
One of J.A. Tan’s projects this year was participating in “The Sketchbook Project,” a collection of creative works in the form of sketchbooks that are contributed by individuals from around the world. You can view J.A.’s sketchbook “One Day…” by clicking on this link. His theme was “Travel with Me” and features pencil drawings. Here…