BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.6596@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20220625T000000Z DTEND:20220625T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<span style="text-decoration: underline\;">EVENT UPDATE\n<span style="text-decoration: underline\;">This program is postponed until furth er notice. All those who have already RSVPed will be contacted when a new date is set.\n\nJoin poet<strong> traci kato-kiriyama</strong> as they e xplore their new book <em>Navigating With(out) Instruments</em>. In this dynamic program\, guests will travel through the JANM galleries for themat ic readings by kato-kiriyama from their book before settling down with <s trong>Clement Hanami</strong>\, Art Director and VP of Exhibitions at JANM \, for a conversation around their relationship to the museum\, community\ , and creation.\n\n<em>Please note that the first portion of the program w ill take place in several locations throughout JANM. Guests are also welco me to join only for the second portion of the program which will be seated as well as livestreamed to a virtual audience beginning at 2:45pm. Questi ons regarding access can be directed to publicprograms@janm.org.</em>\n\n< em>About the book:</em>\n\nWith their second book\, <em>Navigating With(o ut) Instruments</em>\, traci kato-kiriyama uses their present—political unrest\, family love and loss\, her own cancer diagnosis—to bridge the t raumas of the past generations with the hope of the future ones. Often sea mless\, often with a loud bang\, kato-kiriyama moves from genre to genre\, from poetry to prose\, essay to monologue to letters—framed by US colon ialism and war mongering alongside the intimate navigation through memory\ , death\, and transformation—to urge readers to protect and to share the ir legacies\, both personal and communal\, as a means of global survival.\ n\n<em>About the author:</em>\n\ntraci kato-kiriyama (they+she) is an awar d-winning multi-\, inter- and transdisciplinary artist\, recognized for th eir work as a writer\, performer\, theatre deviser\, cultural producer\, a nd community organizer. Their recognition &amp\; support includes the Art Matters Foundation\; the CA State Senate Breaking Silence Award\; ONE Arch ives Pride Publics\; and the NEFA National Theatre Project for TALES OF CL AMOR and PULLproject Ensemble. tkk’s writing\, commentary and work appea rs in numerous media and print publications.\n\n<em>Navigating With(out) I nstruments</em> is available now in the <a href="https://janmstore.com/p roducts/navigating-without-instruments?_pos=1&amp\;_sid=27e71e4f3&amp\;_ss =r">JANM Store</a>. DTSTAMP:20240416T161500Z SUMMARY:Navigating With(out) Instruments with traci kato-kiriyama &amp\; Cl ement Hanami URL:/en/events/2022/06/25/navigating-without-instruments-with-traci-kato-k/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR