ダリル・モリは、芸術や非営利事業に関する執筆を専門とし、ロサンゼルスを拠点に活躍しています。三世、南カリフォルニア出身のモリ氏は、UCLAやボランティアをしている全米日系人博物館など幅広い分野へ寄稿しています。現在、アートセンター・カレッジ・オブ・デザインにて、ファンドレイジングや渉外関係に従事しています。
（2012年12月 更新）
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Tracing a Path to Justice: Historian-Author Samuel O. Regalado and Nikkei Baseball
2014年5月13日 • ダリル・モリ
“The stories I heard were compelling and vivid,” Samuel O. Regalado says. The historian and author of Nikkei Baseball: Japanese American Players from Immigration and Internment to the Major Leagues recalls the early years of work on his book. Regalado was raised in the Los Angeles suburbs and grew up in an ethnically diverse neighborhood. He became aware of Japanese Americans and their hidden legacy in baseball at an early age. Years later, as a scholar, he received a fellowship …
Vivid History: Scholar-Author Eric Muller and the “Colors of Confinement”
2014年4月10日 • ダリル・モリ
During World War II, amateur photographer Bill Manbo had a camera with him while unjustly incarcerated in a Japanese American concentration camp. Nearly 70 years later, scholar Eric Muller learned about Manbo’s pictures from that period, and was stunned by what he saw. “I felt like a cartoon character doing one of those silly dramatic triple-takes when they see something astonishing,” Muller recalls. The pictures provided a glimpse into life behind barbed wire at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. But there was …
Changing the “Everyday” Asian Image: Behind the Scenes of "Marvels & Monsters"
2014年1月21日 • ダリル・モリ
“It was amazing,” Alexandra Chang of New York University (NYU) recalls. “My first reaction was the shock of the enormity of the collection. My second reaction was excitement to get this out to the public.” As NYU’s Curator of Special Projects and Director of Global Arts Programs, Chang had seen a lot over the years. But seeing William F. Wu’s collection of comic books featuring stereotypical images of Asians and Asian Americans took her by surprise. Wu, a respected science …
Satomi Shirai: Finding Beauty in Dislocation
2013年11月15日 • ダリル・モリ
Artist/photographer Satomi Shirai has found a successful creative path by exploring the feeling of being lost. Featured in the Smithsonian exhibition, Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter, which recently was on display at the Japanese American National Museum, Shirai’s photography explores the feelings of disorientation when moving from one location to the next. Born in Tokyo and a graduate of its Musashino Art University, Shirai worked as a freelance photographer until moving to New York in 2004, eventually earning …
Roger Shimomura: Rebel With a Cause
2013年7月22日 • ダリル・モリ
“It’s the best life in the world,” Roger Shimomura says, of being an artist.“It’s unpredictable. You can be lucky, unlucky, work hard or not, be crazy or sane, and you have an equal chance to make a lasting mark.” In a remarkable career that has spanned more than 50 years, 135 solo exhibitions, and a long list of awards, Shimomura, a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American), has used his art to battle stereotypical images of Asian Americans. He is one of …
Behind the Scenes of "Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter"
2013年5月7日 • ダリル・モリ
For the artists and museum professionals behind the Smithsonian’s landmark exhibition, a portrait is much more than an artwork. It’s an encounter—an opportunity to meet someone and glimpse his or her world, through the eyes of an artist. Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter displays the diversity of contemporary Asian American identity through the groundbreaking work of seven visual artists—CYJO, Zhang Chun Hong, Hye Yeon Nam, Shizu Saldamando, Roger Shimomura, Satomi Shirai, and Tam Tran. It was created through …
Timothy Teruo Watters: Following an Artist’s Footsteps
2013年2月20日 • ダリル・モリ
“When you walked into (my grandfather’s) house, you saw his paintings hanging like a gallery, you saw stained glass windows he created, you saw wood tables he built and you just smelled art,” says artist Timothy Teruo Watters. From an early age, Watters was inspired by the artistic passion of his maternal grandfather and namesake, the late artist Teruo Iyama. It was Iyama who bought Watters his first blank canvas. “I definitely don’t think it has been that long, but …
The Artist as Ghost Hunter: Edwin Ushiro and Envisioning Spirits
2013年2月4日 • ダリル・モリ
“One girl cried,” says Edwin Ushiro, recalling an audience member’s reaction to his art. “She said it touched her.” For Ushiro, art is about more than just creating beautiful images. It’s about telling stories with psychological impact. “If an image or thought pops into my head, I will mull over its historical significance and my emotional attachment to it,” he explains. The Los Angeles-based painter, illustrator, and mixed media artist, whose work is highlighted in the Japanese American National Museum’s …
Supernatural and the Salon Pop Series: Engaging Next-Generation Audiences with Art and Pop Culture
2013年1月25日 • ダリル・モリ
“The opening was mind-blowing,” says Clement Hanami. “People came out of the woodwork to see this show. We had lines trying to get in and the galleries were packed.” Hanami is recalling the Japanese American National Museum’s landmark 2007 exhibition, Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues, which inaugurated the Museum’s long-running and successful Salon Pop program series. Salon Pop explores the creative talents of Asians and/or Asian Americans whose unique and innovative work is currently having an impact on American popular …
Uncovering Hidden History: Author Greg Robinson Explores Japanese American Journalism in Pacific Citizens
2012年11月16日 • ダリル・モリ
“I was stunned when I started, and to some extent still am, at how rarely this precious source seemed to be used or cited by historians of Japanese Americans, notably those of the war years,” says scholar-author Greg Robinson. Robinson is talking about the Pacific Citizen newspaper, which for more than 80 years has chronicled the Japanese American and broader Asian American communities. The paper is published by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation’s oldest and largest Asian …
