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Current ExhibitsOREGON’S NIKKEI: AN AMERICAN STORY OF RESILIENCE This is a story of discrimination, resilience, and identity. It begins in rural Oregon and the streets of Japantown where Japanese immigrants embraced American ideals. It leads to the bleak landscape of American concentration camps. The story continues with the rebuilding of communities and the ongoing fight for justice. This exhibit explores the story of Japanese Americans in Oregon from early immigration and the establishment of farms and communities to the abrupt, unjust incarceration during World War II, and finally as citizens playing vital roles in Oregon today.
with: Grace, Grit and Gaman: Curated by Marsha Matthews and Linda Tamura, this new exhibition shares the rarely revealed story of the grace, grit and gaman (perseverance) displayed by Japanese American women. You’ll gain a view of multiple generations of Japanese American women and the unique challenges they have faced—in their own ways, on their own terms, and in their own times. Join us for a virtual panel discussion, Grace, Grit and Gaman: Generations of Japanese American Women, Wednesday, June 23, 6:30-7:30pm, moderated by Dr. Linda Tamura and featuring Dorothy Sato, Julianne Parker, and Vicki Nakashima. Please call or email to register:
Museum hours: Starting June 18: open to the general public BY RESERVATION ONLY. Adult $8, Senior $6, Student $5, Children 11 & under Free.
Upcoming Exhibitions Na Omi Shintani: Dream Refuge for Children Imprisoned Dream Refuge for Children Imprisoned is an installation by San Francisco artist, Na Omi Shintani, exploring the trauma of children that have been incarcerated. This sacred space Shintani has created consists of a series of cots arranged in a circle with an image of a sleeping child drawn directly on each mattress. The piece draws parallels between Japanese American children that were incarcerated in American concentration camps during WWII, American Indian boarding school children who were denied their culture and taken from their communities, and the Central American children who are imprisoned, separated from their families, and living in squalid, unsafe conditions at the US border. Resilience — A Sansei Sense of Legacy Resilience — A Sansei Sense of Legacy is an exhibition of eight artists whose work reflects on the effect of Executive Order 9066 as it resonated from generation to generation. While several of the artists in Resilience employ traditional Japanese methods in the construction of their work — Lydia Nakashima Degarrod’s use of boro stitching on her works on paper and Judy Shintani’s use of kintsugi on the ceramic vessels which accompany her deconstructed kimonos — others use iconography relating to Japanese culture as a jumping-off point for personal explorations on the subject of the incarceration camps — Reiko Fuji’s photographs-as-kimono and Tom Nakashima’s mixed media collage on Byôbu folding screen. Each in their own way, the artists in this exhibition express moments of deeply-felt pain and reluctant acceptance–emotions which were often withheld by their elders. Online Exhibits Discover Nikkei
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