In May 2008, ten senior Brock University students traveled with Professor Jane Leavitt and Michael St. George to Japan where they offered a Pilot Project integrated art programs for Japanese children in a preschool, an elementary school and a junior high school as well as Teshima Shinaikan, an orphanage on Teshima Island. 

A unique factor of this visit was that Brock students interfaced with Japanese culture by home staying with the families of the children they taught, thus creating an integral life experience for both Canadian and Japanese students. 

“I will always stand behind TAP for the work it does with and for children. I believe this is not an ending but a beginning to an unbelievable and ongoing journey that I would love to be a part of.”

-Nikita Cox, TAP Japan 2008 Participant