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“Ever since we both attended the Vancouver School of Art back in the 1950s, I have always r…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Aug. 31, 2022

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Sansei Granddaughters’ Journey Exhibit at Tanforan Detention Center Site

In 2018, five Sansei women artists traveled to Manzanar’s annual pilgrimage in order to honor…

Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 4, 2022

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Ottawa Artist Norman Takeuchi: Scrolling Exhibition

Even in the midst of a global pandemic, restrictions have not slowed down Ottawa Nisei artist Nor…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 14, 2022

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Renaissance Artist and “Mad Man” – The Life of Shugo Seno

The world of Japanese American visual artists is diverse. Most art historians focus on the notable …

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 12, 2022

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Past and Present Collide in Artist Kellen Hatanaka's Exhibit SAFE | HOME

STRATFORD — In artist Kellen Hatanaka‘s installation SAFE | HOME at the Nikkei Nat…

Kelly Fleck • April 7, 2022

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The Yume. Digital Dreams Art Project: Shifting Paradigms

The Yume. Digital Dreams art project The Yume. Digital Dreams art project launched by Julie Tamiko…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 5, 2022

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Leo Amino: Building a Brighter Art Through Plastics - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> In 1946, on the initiative of the famed artist Josef Albers, Leo Amino was in…

Greg Robinson • March 25, 2022

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Leo Amino: Building a Brighter Art Through Plastics - Part 1

The modern sculptor Leo Amino, who achieved fame in the postwar artworld but then faded from view, …

Greg Robinson • March 24, 2022

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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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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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Ottawa artist Norman Takeuchi: Long Division Exhibition