Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was an acclaimed international sculptor, designer, and landscape architect. A Japanese American, Noguchi was born in Los Angeles but raised in Japan and studied pre-medicine at Columbia University, New York. In 1942, he founded Nisei Writers and Artists Mobilization for Democracy, and voluntarily entered a U.S. internment camp in Arizona during World … Read more
Setsuko Winchester, Japanese American ceramic artist, photographer and journalist will discuss her conceptual art work, Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project. The FFF/YBP is an attempt to shine a new light onto an old aspect of America’s history with race and ethnicity, prejudice and bias and how they shaped this country’s ideas of freedom, justice and citizenship.
Hunter College, CUNY Asian American Studies Program Presents Passing Poston: A Discussion Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Time: 1:30PM to 3:00PM Place: Hunter College, CUNY 695 Park Avenue, Manhattan Hunter West 1729 Meet the filmmakers! The Asian American Studies Program welcomes Ruth Okimoto, Joe Fox and James Nubile for a discussion about their new … Read more