ART+3C
JAPAN / NETHERLANDS
Art + Care + Communication + Connection
ART+3C brings together Art and three Cs: Care, Communication, and Connection.
It creates space for people affected by cancer to express their lived experiences and reconnect with society through art.
A diagnosis can change the way you see yourself.
ART+3C grew from the lived experience of cancer in Japan. Medical care treats the body, but there are experiences and emotions that cannot always be expressed through clinical language alone.
Through art-making, people affected by cancer give form to their experiences, creating something that can be seen, worn, shared, and connected to others.
01
Expression
Personal experiences and emotions are expressed through art, without needing to put everything into words.
02
Wearing
The artworks are transformed into scarves and other wearable forms, bringing personal expression into everyday life.
03
Connection
When the works are worn, shared, or encountered by others, they create new communication and connections between people and society.
03 — Stories
From art to wearable form
Personal experiences first take shape as artworks.
These works are then transformed into scarves and other wearable forms, allowing personal expression to travel beyond the exhibition space and connect with people in new ways.
Workshops
PARTICIPANTS & FAMILY MEMBERS
PEOPLE REACHED THROUGH PUBLIC EVENTS
Selected Collaborations & Activities —
Toyonaka Municipal Hospital / Friends of Himeji City Museum of Art / Public events and exhibitions in Osaka and Tokyo
Media — Featured by NHK (Japan’s public broadcaster) and major Japanese newspapers
05 — From Japan to the Netherlands
Japan→
Netherlands → Japan
06 — Collaboration
We are open to research, practice exchange, exhibitions, workshops, and collaborative projects with organisations in the Netherlands and Europe.
Research
Art & Care Practice
Workshops
Exhibitions
Social Design
International Exchange
07 — Founder
Founder / Creative Director
ART+3C, Japan
Jasmine (Rie Ebara) is a designer and the founder of ART+3C. Drawing on her own experience of cancer, she created ART+3C to explore how art, design, and human connection can give form to experiences that medical care alone cannot fully address. Her practice connects lived experience with creative expression, wearable design, and social dialogue.