Jerry Yoshitomi

Jerry Yoshitomi is an independent cultural facilitator/consultant engaged by foundations, public arts agencies, and arts organizations to research and provoke innovative new practices. Over ten thousand arts professionals, artists, and arts organizations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have successfully implemented methods from his writings and workshops to increase attendance, as well as earned and contributed income. Jerry was lead consultant on information and network strategies for LINC—Leveraging Investments in Creativity—a national initiative to improve the lives/conditions of artists. He is the facilitator for a collaborative of Performing Arts Presenters at major research universities and served as facilitator for the START (State Arts Agency) Initiative of the Wallace Foundation, managed by Arts Midwest. Mr. Yoshitomi also chaired the National Task Force on Presenting and Touring the Performing Arts, resulting in the 1989 seminal report, An American Dialogue. He chaired three panels at the National Endowment for the Arts, served four years on the California Arts Council, was treasurer of the Music Center of Los Angeles County, and was the executive director of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles. Jerry is also a member of the planning committee for the National Arts Marketing Project Conference.

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