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A little over a year ago, the painter Venancio Shinki Huamán, one of the great names of Peruvian ar…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Dec. 14, 2017

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The 17 missing Nikkei in Argentina: Gaby Oshiro

A while ago, I was browsing Facebook and suddenly I see the notification of a post from a closed gr…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Sept. 4, 2017

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The Remarkable Life and Times of Grace Eiko Thomson - Part 5

Read Part 4 >> Your career path? What might be lessons for emerging artists and curators? I…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 10, 2016

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Koko and Toru's Art Show at the Langham Hotel in Kaslo, BC

“To discourse on the meaning and symbolism of the work is counterproductive and redundant a…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 25, 2015

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Mark Yungblut Interview: Portrait of a Young Kiri-e Artist - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> 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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Tilsa Tsuchiya. Experiences, anecdotes and intimacies of the mythical Nikkei painter

30 years after her death, three artist friends of the Peruvian painter Tilsa Tsuchiya share their m…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • Feb. 20, 2015

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Henry Fukuhara, a second-generation Japanese painter who started a watercolor painting workshop on the site of a former concentration camp

I first heard the name Henry Fukuhara, a second-generation Japanese watercolor artist, in May 2014 …

Shigeharu Higashi • Feb. 18, 2015

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At 85, Tacoma Sumi Artist Fumiko Kimura Continues To Explore Artmaking Process

How would you prepare for a showing of your own artwork—one that spans a career of more than …

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 11, 2014

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Venancio Shinki: father, nisei and artist - Part 1

The 17 missing Nikkei in Argentina: Gaby Oshiro

The Remarkable Life and Times of Grace Eiko Thomson - Part 5

Koko and Toru's Art Show at the Langham Hotel in Kaslo, BC

Mark Yungblut Interview: Portrait of a Young Kiri-e Artist - Part 2

Mark Yungblut Interview: Portrait of a Young Kiri-e Artist - Part 1

Making Art That Matters: Sugar/Islands and Stories of Hawai‘i’s History

Tilsa Tsuchiya. Experiences, anecdotes and intimacies of the mythical Nikkei painter

Henry Fukuhara, a second-generation Japanese painter who started a watercolor painting workshop on the site of a former concentration camp

At 85, Tacoma Sumi Artist Fumiko Kimura Continues To Explore Artmaking Process