Artists of Resilience: A Generation of Art and Activism

Join the Japanese American Museum of Oregon on Thursday, December 1, 2022, from 6:00 – 7:00pm for a virtual conversation with three of the artists whose work is featured in the exhibition Resilience: A Sansei Sense of Legacy—Kristine Aono, Reiko Fujii, and Jerry Takigawa (who co-curated the exhibition with Gail Enns). Lucy Capehart, Director…

Balancing Cultures—Recent Acquisitions

Jerry Takigawa’s photography series, Balancing Cultures, presents his family’s experience with the WWII American concentration camps. Within the past five years, Balancing Cultures has garnered eleven awards, eight solo exhibitions, multiple reviews and articles, fifty-five group exhibitions, and a monograph—published in 2021. Today, we’re honored to announce the acquisition of multiple sets of…

Resilience: A Sansei Sense of Legacy Exhibition Travels to Portland, Oregon

Continuing on its five-year national tour, Resilience: A Sansei Sense of Legacy will be on display at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon (JAMO) October 2 through December 22, 2022. Co-curated by Jerry Takigawa and Gail Enns, the exhibition presents the work of eight Sansei artists from across the United States. Working in different…

Balancing Cultures a Top Ten Winner in the 2022 LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards

This year forty photographers, from five continents were named LensCulture 2022 Critics’ Choice Award winners. Of those forty, ten were selected as Top Ten winners, a distinction that will earn them each a $1000 grant in recognition of their work and participation in a group exhibition to be held in Paris during

Atlanta Photography Group Portfolio 2022 In-Person Opening and Virtual Artist Talk

The in-person Opening Reception for Atlanta Photography Group’s Portfolio 2022 will take place at the Atlanta Photography Group Gallery from 6–8pm on Thursday, May 19. “Strong, cohesive bodies of work” were selected for this exhibition by juror Karen E. Hass, the Lane Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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