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DESCRIPTION:<strong><em>Kagoshima 9066 Westridge</em></strong>\, cowritten 
 by Frank Sata and Naomi Hirahara\, traces the life of Sata&rsquo\;s father
 \, J.T. Sata\, through his photographs\, sketches\, paintings and sculptur
 es. A man committed to a life of art&mdash\;not necessarily as a professio
 n\, J.T. emigrated to America from Kagoshima in 1918. In Los Angeles\, he 
 was active with the Issei photo community while working odd jobs. During W
 orld War II\, J.T.\, his wife\, Yoshie\, and Frank were incarcerated at Sa
 nta Anita Assembly Center and the concentration camps in Jerome\, Arkansas
 \, and Gila River\, Arizona. <em>Kagoshima 9066 Westridge</em> includes ar
 twork completed in all three detention centers as well as candid snapshots
  J.T. took after World War II on the campus of Westridge\, an exclusive gi
 rls&rsquo\; school in Pasadena\, where he worked as a janitor until his re
 tirement.&nbsp\;\n\n<strong>Frank Sata</strong> will discuss the impact of
  his father&rsquo\;s art and why he felt compelled to publish this book in
  this moment with <strong>Bryan Takeda</strong> of the Nikkei Federation. 
 Co-writer <strong>Naomi Hirahara</strong> will also be presenting selectio
 ns from the book and discussing the process of creating this visual histor
 y. <strong>Yvonne Ng</strong>\, Librarian at the Arcadia Public Library\, 
 and <strong>Shawn Iwaoka</strong>\, Collections Assistant at JANM\, will h
 ighlight the history of the Santa Anita Park racetrack\, where Sata was in
 carcerated\, and how the library and museum&rsquo\;s collections preserve 
 that history.\n\n<em>This project was fulfilled with support from the Cali
 fornia Civil Liberties Public Education Grant\, a program of the Californi
 a State Library\, and is in partnership with the <a href="https://www.arca
 diaca.gov/enrich/arcadia_public_library/index.php" target="_blank">Arcadia
  Public Library</a>.\n</em>\n<a href="https://janmstore.com/" target="_bla
 nk">Kagoshima 9066 Westridge will be available in limited quantities throu
 gh the JANM Store.\n</a>\n<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\
 ;"><a href="https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp\;tx
 objid=409c978e-f55c-4bae-aa4d-3179d672d69d" target="_blank">RSVP NOW</a></
 strong>
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SUMMARY:JT Sata: A Japanese Immigrant in Search of Western Art
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