From Okinawa to Hawaii and Back Again: What It Means to Be American

 

Read my short essay "From Okinawa to Hawaii and Back Again: What It Means to Be American." The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and Zocalo Public Square invited me to write a piece inspired by one of my paintings in the exhibition "Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai'i - the art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara" on view through Sept 6, 2015 at the Japanese American National Museum.

http://www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/journeys/from-okinawa-to-hawaii-and-back-again/

Press coverage for "Sugar/Islands" - on view @JANM through Sept 6, 2015

Check out the press coverage so far for "Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai'i - the Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara," curated by Krystal Hauseur, on view now through Sept 6, 2015 at the Japanese American National Museum.

Press:

Alexis Miyake, "The Secret History of Hajichi," First & Central: The JANM Blog, August 27, 2015.

"Okinawa Days at JANM," Rafu Shimpo, July 21, 2015, Life and Arts p. 1 and 4.

Heidi Kulicke, "A Double Shot In Little Tokyo: Stories of War and Island Heritage Are Highlighted in a Pair of JANM Exhibits," Downtown News, July 20, 2015, p. 14.

Darryl Mori, "Q&A with Sugar/Islands Artist Laura Kina," Discover Nikkei, July 16, 2015. Reprinted in Rafu Shimpo July 22, 2015 p. 3.

Michelle Mills, "New Japanese American National Museum shows traverse Japanese-American journey to truth," San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 8, 2015.
Reprinted on July 10, 2015 in:
Los Angeles Daily News
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Torrance Daily Breeze
Pasadena Star-News
Whittier Daily News
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Bernardino Sun
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Redlands Daily Facts

"Two New Exhibitions to Open at JANM," Rafu Shimpo, July 9, 2015.

Darryl Mori, "Making Art That Matters: Sugar/Islands and Stories of Hawai'i's History," Discover Nikkei, July 7, 2015.

Allyson Nakamoto, "New Exhibition Touches on Okinawan History," First & Central: The JANM Blog, June 30, 2015.