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In Japan, flower-arranging, known as ikebana or “living flowers,” is one of the most refined and spiritual of art forms. With its roots in the …
It is quite difficult for the viewer of Ray Yoshida’s wide ranging and yet interconnected work not to wonder if his paintings and collages are …
Snakes get a bad rap in the West. In Christianity, the snake symbolizes temptation and the fall from grace, and in Greek mythology, the most …
“One girl cried,” says Edwin Ushiro, recalling an audience member’s reaction to his art. “She said it touched her.” For Ushiro, art is about more …
“The opening was mind-blowing,” says Clement Hanami. “People came out of the woodwork to see this show. We had lines trying to get in and …
Five Japanese courtesans, their kimono sliding unashamedly off their shoulders in the heat, look on in alarm at their companion who has collapsed on the …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Only in America!" Check back every weekend for subsequent entries...
While recently visiting my father’s art studio and viewing the vibrant cascades of colors in his larger than life paintings, I felt as if I …
“This isn’t just a kid putting in a random group of young artists and ‘taking’ or ‘borrowing’ a great space,” Eric Nakamura says. “It’s much …
The Japanese American experience has rarely been examined through a Sansei lens. Art by first-generation Issei and second-generation Nisei who were among the 120,000 incarcerated …
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February 7 • 5 p.m. (PST) |7 p.m. (Mexico City)
Episode 11
Featured Nima: Sergio Hernández Galindo
Guest Host: Alberto Matsumoto
[Language: Spanish]
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