Mayumi Tsutakawa

Mayumi Tsutakawa is an is an arts writer and editor. She often speaks and writes about the history of Japanese Americans and her family’s 120-year history in Washington State. She was formerly manager of grants for organizations at the Washington State Arts Commission and prior to that she headed the King County Arts Commission. She serves as an Asian film programmer for Seattle International Film Festival. Mayumi co-edited several multicultural anthologies, including They Painted from their Hearts: Pioneer Asian American Artists and The Forbidden Stitch: Asian American Women's Literary Anthology . She was born and grew up in Seattle, attended Scripps College, and received her Master of Communications degree from the University of Washington.