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From Okinawa to Hawaii and Back Again
I am a Hapa, Yonsei Uchinanchu (a mixed-race, 4th-generation Okinawan-American) who was born in Riv…
Laura Kina • Sept. 18, 2015
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Journal Entry #1 Reason of Many: "Being Realistic..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…
Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 12, 2015
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Pictures at an Asian American Exhibition: Roger Shimomura, “American Matsuri” at the Tacoma Art Museum
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I am thinking about what it means to be seen.
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Every October, the foyer and the …
Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 13, 2015
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Discovering a Family Connection in JANM's Collection
Jack Yamasaki, my father’s uncle, is someone I only have the faintest memories of seeing on o…
Lynn Yamasaki • July 28, 2015
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Q&A with Sugar/Islands Artist Laura Kina
Artist Laura Kina is one of two artists featured in the new exhibition, Sugar/Islands: Finding Okin…
Darryl Mori • July 17, 2015
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Mark Yungblut Interview: Portrait of a Young Kiri-e Artist - Part 2
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Your art seems to focus on traditional aspects of Japanese culture like templ…
Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 10, 2015
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Mark Yungblut Interview: Portrait of a Young Kiri-e Artist - Part 1
Among the remarkable generation of Canadian Nisei artists, there are names like Roy Kiyooka (1926&n…
Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 9, 2015
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Making Art That Matters: Sugar/Islands and Stories of Hawai‘i’s History
“I am constantly struck by how incredibly brave and committed Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Mom…
Darryl Mori • July 7, 2015
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Carlos Runcie Tanaka, Pieces of art and life
All art is made of life, but not all life is made of art. The Peruvian Carlos Runcie Tanaka 1 (Lima…
Javier García Wong-Kit • June 25, 2015
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A Comic Book Artist In Brazil
I met the designer and comic book artist Cristina Eiko Yamamoto, 37, at the launch of the graphic n…
Henrique Minatogawa • June 17, 2015
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