Irene Suyeoka
Irene Suyeoka es una destacada tejedora y artista de Chicago. Es miembro de la Asociación de Antiguos Alumnos de la Escuela del Instituto de Arte de Chicago, el Centro de Artes Textiles, American Craft, el Hand Weaver's Guild of America, el North Shore Weavers' Guild y el Marli Guild. Continúa creando y tejiendo, e imparte clases de diseño y tejido.
Actualizado en julio de 2008
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Kibei
3 de julio de 2008 • Irene Suyeoka
Kibei (from the Japanese ki = return, bei = America) refers to an American of Japanese ancestry, who is raised in Japan, but returns to America. She is a perpetual outsider, an American while in Japan, and Japanese when she returns. My Japanese American story began with my grandmother, who left Japan, one of only two women on a ship bound for America. She landed in Hawaii, where my father, Shinishi Nishimoto, was born, and eventually settled in Fresno, California, …
