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…
“Balancing Cultures moved me profoundly.”
—George Takei, Actor, Author, Activist
Jerry Takigawa’s seminal book (Aline Smithson) Balancing Cultures has been released by Dayo Press. It presents the work of a multi-award-winning photography series about the artist’s family’s experience in the WWII American concentration camps. Awakened by a discovery of old family photographs taken in the Jerome,…
The i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series, presented by New York’s School of Visual Arts, will present Jerry Takigawa on Tuesday, June 22. The i3 lecture series “features leading photographers and artists, hardware and software developers, and industry experts.” This summer’s lecture series was curated by Debra Klompching. SVA has been a…
Juror Harry Gamboa, Jr. selected Jerry Takigawa’s Balancing Cultures series to receive Foto Forum’s first annual Santa Fe Photography Award. Foto Forum Santa Fe is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that creates an artistic space to explore the current relationship between photography, storytelling, science, and technology through artist exhibitions, workshops, visiting artist lectures, research,…
Becoming (in)Visible: Countering Asian Hate, is a multimedia group exhibition which opens Friday, June 4, 2021. Organized by the Carl Cherry Center and Celadon Arts, the exhibition addresses issues of bias, scapegoating, and xenophobia. It also stresses the importance of visibility, representation, and cross-cultural connection. With the significant, troubling increase in anti-Asian hate crimes and…