Pictures of Belonging Press Coverage

2023.11.17 Kristopher Kato, “Pictures of Belonging: Rediscovering Three Remarkable Japanese American Artists,” Discover Nikkei: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2023/11/17/pictures-of-belonging/

2024.1.29 “Wang Curates New Traveling Exhibition of Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women,” UC Merced Newsroom: https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2024/wang-curates-new-traveling-exhibition-three-trailblazing-japanese-american-women

2024.3.29  Scotti Hill, “How Commemorations to the Disenfranchised Have Forced a Reckoning with Utah’s History and Present,” Southwest Contemporary Vol. 9: https://southwestcontemporary.com/how-commemorations-to-the-disenfranchised-have-forced-a-reckoning-with-utahs-history-and-present/

2024.4.5 Rebecca Carballo, “Women Who Made Art in Japanese Internment Camps Are Getting Their Due,” The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/arts/hayakawa-hibi-okubo-japanese-art-exhibit.html

2024.4.18 Mikaela Ponce, “Pictures of Belonging-A Celebration of Japanese American Experiences,” The Daily Utah Chroniclehttps://dailyutahchronicle.com/2024/04/18/celebration-of-japanese-american-experiences/

2024.4.24 Jody Murray, “UC Merced Professor Curates a California Woman’s 7 Decades of Artistic Accomplishment,” UC Merced Newsroom: https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2024/uc-merced-professor-curates-california-woman’s-7-decades-artistic-accomplishment

2024.5.2 

Les Roka, “Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ Pictures of Belonging exhibition impressively commands viewers to think anew about American modernism,” The Utah Reviewhttps://www.theutahreview.com/utah-museum-of-fine-arts-pictures-of-belonging-exhibition-impressively-commands-viewers-to-think-anew-about-american-modernism/

2024.5.4 
Palak Jayswa, “On the way to Topaz, descendants see art that came out of injustice,” The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/arts/2024/05/04/way-topaz-descendants-see-art-that/

2024.7.18

Art Hansen, “Illuminating Nikkei Women Artists’ Work and Their Connections,” Nichi Bei Newshttps://www.nichibei.org/2024/07/illuminating-nikkei-women-artists-work-and-their-connections/

2024.10.29

“Nationally Touring Exhibition That Rewrites the History of Modernism in the US Arrives at Smithsonian American Art Museum in November. Exhibition Includes Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women Artists.” Smithsonian News Release: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/nationally-touring-exhibition-rewrites-history-modernism-us-arrives-smithsonian

2024.11.15

David A. Taylor, “Discover the Remarkable Paintings of Three Japanese Americans Whose Life Stories Are Told Through Their Work,” Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/discover-the-remarkable-paintings-of-three-japanese-americans-whose-life-stories-are-told-through-their-work-180985472/

2024.11.20 & 11.21

Masako Hashigami Shinn, “Miki Hayakawa: A Life and Legacy of Art and Resilience — Part 1 & 2,” Discover Nikkei: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2024/11/20/miki-hayakawa-1/ & https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2024/11/21/miki-hayakawa-2/