Saturday, January 20, 2007 - Saturday, March 17, 2007, 2007
If They Came For Me Today: The Japanese American Internment Project
where: San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA
The large-scale Japanese American Internment Project traveling exhibition honors fifteen survivors of the Japanese American internment camps during WWII and Japanese American artists whose work has been influenced by the internment experience. The initial project was based on a series of interviews and creative writing workshops with 11th graders at George Washington High School in San Francisco and has been expanded to include the creative talent of students from CW/W's ROOTS program at Balboa High School and Horace Mann Middle School in San Francisco.
This project is expanded and will and will be at the San Francisco Library, Skylight Gallery (6th Floor) from January 13 through March 18, 2007.
Opening Reception will take place on January 20, 2007 at 2pm in the Koret Auditorium. It will include our honorees; Key Note Speakers Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda; a special reading by Poet Janice Mirikitani; and musicians George Yamasaki, Stuart Yasaki and friends will perform Swing Music of the Camp era.
This event is co-sponsored by Community Educational Services, Teachers for Social Justice, and Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California.
The Japanese American Internment Project exhibition was shown at the National Japanese American Historical Society, located at 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA; and at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California in San Francisco, CA.
100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA
The large-scale Japanese American Internment Project traveling exhibition honors fifteen survivors of the Japanese American internment camps during WWII and Japanese American artists whose work has been influenced by the internment experience. The initial project was based on a series of interviews and creative writing workshops with 11th graders at George Washington High School in San Francisco and has been expanded to include the creative talent of students from CW/W's ROOTS program at Balboa High School and Horace Mann Middle School in San Francisco.
This project is expanded and will and will be at the San Francisco Library, Skylight Gallery (6th Floor) from January 13 through March 18, 2007.
Opening Reception will take place on January 20, 2007 at 2pm in the Koret Auditorium. It will include our honorees; Key Note Speakers Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda; a special reading by Poet Janice Mirikitani; and musicians George Yamasaki, Stuart Yasaki and friends will perform Swing Music of the Camp era.
This event is co-sponsored by Community Educational Services, Teachers for Social Justice, and Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California.
The Japanese American Internment Project exhibition was shown at the National Japanese American Historical Society, located at 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA; and at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California in San Francisco, CA.
for more visit http://www.community-works-ca.org
