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Kizuna 2020: Bondade e solidariedade nikkeis durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Giant Pigeons Carry Messages of Love and Gratitude in Toronto

TORONTO — Sisters Emmie and Lisa Tsumura have been using art to share messages of gratitude and love in Toronto and Ajax during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

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Kizuna 2020: Bondade e solidariedade nikkeis durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Japanese Canadian Art in the Time of Covid-19 - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Who were/are the Japanese Canadian culture makers of yesterday, today, and beyond this era of Covid-19? One name that I have ...

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Kizuna 2020: Bondade e solidariedade nikkeis durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Japanese Canadian Art in the Time of Covid-19 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Reflecting on the art of Yvonne Wakabayashi, second-generation artist Miya Turnbull (daughter of Alberta potter, Marjene Matsunaga Turnbull), and Barb Miiko Gravlin ...

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Kizuna 2020: Bondade e solidariedade nikkeis durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Japanese Canadian Art in the Time of Covid-19 - Part 1

How do worldwide issues of crisis like a World War or pandemic affect the way artists work? While I am not aware of any Japanese ...

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Artist Akira Yoshikawa Joins JC Giants at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you talk a bit about your career as an artist? When did you become conscious of wanting to be one? I ...

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Artist Akira Yoshikawa Joins JC Giants at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario - Part 1

“Throughout a lifetime, one comes across by chance or by arrangement a certain energy that aligns with one’s own. Individual components are integrated to ...

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A Union of Artists: Kimi Gengo and Bunji Tagawa - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Kimi Gengo Tagawa achieved early renown for her poetry, winning prizes and publishing a volume of verse while still in her twenties ...

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A Union of Artists: Kimi Gengo and Bunji Tagawa - Part 1

One useful study for understanding Japanese American history would focus on “power couples,” that is, spouses or long-term romantic partners who are both accomplished figures ...

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Nishimura Sisters: Before, During, and After Tashme - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> YELLOW CHERRIES/YELLOW PERIL?! I am intrigued by the story of post-internment Ontario Japanese Canadian (JC) history in the booklet you wrote ...

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Nishimura Sisters: Before, During, and After Tashme - Part 1

“The exhibition title evolved from Sisters to Tashme Sisters because both of them began belated examinations of their origins in an internment camp and the ...