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"Transpacific Borderlands" Artist Profiles

Sept. 19, 2017

JANM

Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo examines the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin America…

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Origami with M. Craig

Feb. 5, 2012

MCraig

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Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles

Nov. 11, 2011

JANM

The exhibition, Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles, is on view at the Japanese American National Museum from October 15, 2011 through February 19, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. Drawing the Line ex…

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil (Embrace the ordinary and nurture a spirit of gratitude)

April 5, 2011

sfsmithphoto

Yama Project is a documentary of a Japanese farming and arts community in Brazil known as Comunidade Yuba.The farm is located in a rural agricultural region in the western part of São Paulo state. Ranging in age from fourth-generation newb…

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Tanabata at JANM 2009

Aug. 27, 2009

ylkawashima

After witnessing the beautifully elaborate Tanabata decorations in Sao Paulo, the Discover Nikkei staff who went to Brazil in 2007 asked, Yoshihito Yonezawa, president of Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai if he had a plan to have a Tanabata festival …

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"Living Treasures" of New York - Jimmy Mirikitani (1920-2012)

March 9, 2009

APA_Institute

The New York City arts community is one of the most renowned in the world. Yet amidst the richness of cultures, activities, art institutions, landmarks, and the hustle and bustle of life in The Big Apple, are “Living Treasures of New York”…

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"Living Treasures" of New York - Eugenia Sumiye Okoshi (1921-2008)

March 9, 2009

APA_Institute

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Cycle "Light and Fire", FIRE Series - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Peru

Nov. 4, 2008

victornishioyasuoka

Burned in photos, for real; what they were, what they are from the ashes and the absence of color.

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Cycle "Light and Fire", CANVAS Series - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Peru

Nov. 4, 2008

victornishioyasuoka

Reused canvases to give color and movement to neutral furniture. Instead of ending up in landfills, they protect the furniture's upholstery for a while and then continue their normal course of degradation (although, unfortunately, they las…

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Cycle "Light and Fire", VARIOUS Series - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Peru

Nov. 4, 2008

victornishioyasuoka

Various, experiments, essays, etc.

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Cycle "Light and Fire", PROTO-LAMPARAS Series - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Peru

Nov. 4, 2008

victornishioyasuoka

Proto-lamps, preliminary tests of what could become something artistic.

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"Light and Fire" Cycle, FOOD Series - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Peru

Nov. 4, 2008

victornishioyasuoka

Cookies in varnish, seeking transparency for the new cycle of exhibitions "Light and Fire", started in September 2008, Jinnai Gallery, Peruvian-Japanese Cultural Center.

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Cycle "Light and Fire", LAMPS Series -Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Peru

Oct. 22, 2008

victornishioyasuoka

From the new cycle of exhibitions LIGHT AND FIRE, which began from September 2 to 30, 2008, at the Jinnai Gallery, Peruvian-Japanese Cultural Center. Most of the materials are reused... the same lamps will, in due time, be reused to create…

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Tuesday Night Cafe, Los Angeles, California

July 3, 2008

fmpotter

Those who claim there's nothing to do in Little Tokyo have obviously never been to Tuesday Night Cafe, a summer concert series at the Union Center for the Arts in Los Angeles that features music, poetry, spoken word, dance, hip hop, visual…

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JASC Japanese American Sevice Committe of Chicago's Mural Project

May 28, 2008

intrepidmouse

The Community Mural Project began with workshops in January 2007 as part of the Japanese American Service Committee's 60th Anniversary Celebration. The project honors the legacy of the Japanese Americans who resettled in Chicago during and…

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ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - Artist Laurel Nakadate

April 17, 2008

wkberkey

Born in 1975 in Austin, Texas, Laurel Nakadate is one of the featured artists in the exhibition "One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now" currently on display at the Japanese American National Museum. In her work, Nakadate, oftentimes w…