I know what lasting trauma these violations cause as someone whose parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were unjustly incarcerated by the US government during World War II.
Sharon Mizota
Sharon Mizota is an art writer and archivist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and other publications. She is a recipient of an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers’ Grant and a coauthor of the award-winning book Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art.
Posted inOpinion
Asian-American Art Is Plagued by Generational Amnesia
Many members of the current generation do not recognize or even know about past efforts to create visibility for Asian-American artists.
Posted inArt
At the Japanese American National Museum, a Book Becomes a Monument
Internment camp survivors and their descendants are invited to stamp Ireichō, a book that represents the first definitive count of those incarcerated.