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Central Valley Artists seek to Map Japanese American Experience through Multi-Media Process
The Yonsei Memory Project (YMP) is an ambitious plan to chronicle using art, story-telling, memory …

John Sammon • March 4, 2022

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artists Brynn Saito Japanese Americans Nikiko Masumoto Patricia Wakida Yonsei Memory Project
artists Brynn Saito Japanese Americans Nikiko Masumoto Patricia Wakida Yonsei Memory Project
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Tracing the Past With The Present: Yonsei Artist Lauren Iida
Yonsei artist Lauren Iida and I first met online years ago when I interviewed her from Cambodia. Si…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 21, 2021

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artists arts Lauren Iida
artists arts Lauren Iida
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Rediscovering the Life and Art of Bumpei Usui
On my refrigerator is a magnet with a reproduction of a painting called 14th Street, a colorfu…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 17, 2021

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artists Bumpei Usui generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration New York (state) painters United States
artists Bumpei Usui generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration New York (state) painters United States
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Toronto Artist Noriko Yamamoto: Artistry in Motion - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> How did your relationship with ‘Silent Storytelling’ begin? When…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Dec. 14, 2021

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artists Canada dance Noriko Yamamoto Ontario Toronto
artists Canada dance Noriko Yamamoto Ontario Toronto
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Toronto Artist Noriko Yamamoto: Artistry in Motion - Part 1
“I think the meaning of art is difficult, and it’s different for everyone. For me, ar…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Dec. 13, 2021

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artists Canada dance Noriko Yamamoto Ontario Toronto
artists Canada dance Noriko Yamamoto Ontario Toronto
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Works of Sansei Artists recalling World War II Imprisonment of Japanese Americans on Display at the Monterey Museum of Art
Sansei (third generation American born) Japanese Americans often have prior family histories that h…

John Sammon • Nov. 24, 2021

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artists California generations Jerry Takigawa Masako Takahashi Monterey Monterey Museum of Art photographers photography Sansei Tom Nakashima trauma United States World War II
artists California generations Jerry Takigawa Masako Takahashi Monterey Monterey Museum of Art photographers photography Sansei Tom Nakashima trauma United States World War II
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Just 4 Easy Steps: "Humor How-To..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 20, 2021

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artists cartoonists cartoons humor
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The Highflying Artistry of Miné Okubo
A whimsical drawing by Miné Okubo portrays a family and dog adrift in a hot air ballo…

Edna Horiuchi • Nov. 12, 2021

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art artists arts concentration camps drawing generations graphic arts Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese language newspapers Kashu Mainichi (newspaper) Kristen Hayashi Miné Okubo newspapers New York (state) Nisei postwar Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
art artists arts concentration camps drawing generations graphic arts Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese language newspapers Kashu Mainichi (newspaper) Kristen Hayashi Miné Okubo newspapers New York (state) Nisei postwar Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
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São Paulo hosts the exhibition “Wakabayashi, Master of Japanese-Brazilian Painting"
The renowned Japanese painter Kazuo Wakabayashi turned ninety years old last May, and to celebrate …

Luci Júdice Yizima • Oct. 14, 2021

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abstract paintings artists Brazil Kazuo Wakabayashi modern paintings painters
abstract paintings artists Brazil Kazuo Wakabayashi modern paintings painters
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Japanese Canadian Art in the Time of Covid-19 - Part 8: British Columbia edition
Read Part 7 >> After rereading the responses from this chapter’s featured artists from…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 30, 2021

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arts British Columbia Canada COVID-19 Japanese Canadian art Vancouver (B.C.)
arts British Columbia Canada COVID-19 Japanese Canadian art Vancouver (B.C.)
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