Art and the Creation of a Resilient Japanese American Spirit
During the World War II incarceration of west coast Japanese Americans, countless artists found their lives shattered, shunted behind barbed wire. Some of them went on to achieve fame. As a group, they exerted an outsized influence on American art and design, yet rarely spoke of their incarceration experience.
Roger Shimomura, Artist, Collector
The Sansei artist opens a show in New York.
The History Page: Order of Infamy
Essay marking the 70th anniversary of FDR's signing of Executive Order 9066.