April 5, 2024 through February 23, 2025. Hello Auntie, Hello Uncle explores the many roles Elders play in our communities, celebrates their lives and achievements, and honors the wisdom gained with time. This exhibit elaborates on who an Elder can be and what a society that values and supports an Elder might look like. In […]
August 16, 2024 through May 11, 2025. Seattle’s pre-WWII nihonmachi, or Japantown, looked very different than it does today. In the decade before the war, three Issei artists flourished in the thriving Japanese community before the mass incarceration changed the face of the neighborhood forever. Kamekichi Tokita (1897-1948), Kenjiro Nomura (1896-1956), and Takuichi Fujii (1891-1964) […]
The Book of Names National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration National Tour 2025-2026 On February 18, 2025, we launched an ambitious effort to bring the Ireichō, a book monument containing the names of 125,284 individuals of Japanese ancestry unjustly incarcerated during World War II, to different camps and communities throughout the US. The […]