Artists’ Portrait Exhibition at Carl Cherry Center for the Arts

Opening Friday, January 14, Face It: Artists’ Portraits will be shown at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts through February 19, 2022. The Cherry Center is located at 4th and Guadalupe in Carmel, CA, and is open Wednesday through Friday, 11am – 4pm and Saturday, noon – 4pm.

Curated by Martha Manson, the…

Balancing Cultures Featured in Elizabeth Avedon’s Selection of Best Photography Books of 2021

Elizabeth Avedon Journal has included Balancing Cultures in Part 1 of her Best Photography Books 2021 Round-Up.

Elizabeth Avedon is a photography book and exhibition designer, independent curator, and writer. She is a sought-after consultant for photographers—editing, sequencing, and advising towards their exhibition, book, and portfolio projects. She serves as faculty for both the…

“Our Favorite Photobooks of 2021”

Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy produce What Will Your Remember, an online photography review magazine based in the greater Boston area. About Balancing Cultures they wrote:

Amidst the burgeoning expressions of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States, Takigawa’s eloquent and poignant collaged photographs give voice to the enduring effects of WWII internment camps on…

Balancing Cultures is Reviewed in PhotoBook Journal

PhotoBook Journal Contributing Editor Wayne Swanson writes: “This understated collection is at once a record of the indignities endured by 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II and an expression of the balancing act facing all minorities striving to find a place in a new land. The collages also convey the…

Balancing Cultures Online Book Talk and In-Gallery Signings

As Jerry Takigawa was growing up, when anyone in his family spoke of “camp” they weren’t referring to a pine-scented summer retreat—they were referring to the WWII American concentration camps sanctioned by Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. Join us on Saturday, August 14, between 4 and 5pm, to hear the  backstory of Jerry’s multi-award winning…