Founded by Lafayette residents Yukie Fujimoto, Christy Mack and Lissa Resnick, AMP is a reflection of their vision and commitment to create public art that shows adults and children alike where the artistic experience can go – not where it is today. 

AMP commissions professional California artists and choreographers from different disciplines and backgrounds and brings them together to create completely new work under exploratory themes, with the public presentations in unexpected spaces of San Francisco’s East Bay.

the founding three

Yukie Fujimoto 

Yukie Fujimoto is a dance educator, arts advocate, choreographer and a mother of three who is greatly invested in social justice issues. She was a senior company member with ODC/Dance and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Mills College, Oakland. She is the Founder of ALL THE RIGHT MOVES, a dance program that offers free dance classes to members of the Boys & Girls Club of Oakland. Currently, she serves on the Lafayette Public Art Committee, the Lafayette School District Superintendent Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, Happy Valley Elementary School DEI Chair and the Park Theater Fundraising Committee.

Christy Mack 

Christy Mack is an arts advocate and founder of Bess, a brand studio designed to bring cause-driven organizations and projects to life. She is a member of the Lafayette Public Art Committee and has worked with San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum, Intersection for the Arts, Lamorinda Arts Council, and numerous artists. Christy has awarded more than $1 million to California non-profits advancing equity as both a board member and grant maker and was recognized as a Diablo Magazine Threads of Hope honoree and received a U.S. Congressional Award for her efforts.

Lissa Resnick 

Directed by Lissa Resnick, a Harkness award-winning choreographer, No Strings Attached Dance Company was founded in Los Angeles and expanded to the SF Bay Area in 2013. Lissa links ballet technique with contemporary dance and theater. The company’s work has been featured throughout California including ODC PUSHfest, where they received the 2018 Audience Choice Award, Djerrasi , Women Ballet Residency Program, Z Space Theater, sjDANCEco, North Hollywood’s El Portal Theater, and named LA Weekly’s “Top Five Dance Shows This Week.”