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In
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Posted on
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003
San
Francisco Chronicle
By Annie
Nakao, Chronicle Staff Writer
After
six decades, the luggage that Japanese Americans carried with
them to internment camps at the start of World War II has become
a reminder of those days of infamy
The day
they came for him and every other Japanese person in San Jose,
Eiichi Edward Sakauye had his yellow suitcase packed. "I had
a toothbrush, a first aid kit, bedding, my PJs, regular clothes
-- I brought a suit, too, just in case -- some Reader's Digest
and Popular Mechanics magazines . . . and my pocketknife," he
said. “The blade was less than 3 inches long. I don't think
the officer inspecting our bags was supposed to let me keep
it. But I told him I had been a Boy Scout and Boy Scouts are
always prepared. I think that's why he gave it back to me.”
(Click
here for complete article)
Posted on
Mon, Aug. 04, 2003
San
Jose Mercury News
By Leigh
Weimers, Mercury News
AROUND
AND ABOUT: There'll be a fascinating gathering Tuesday
at 5 p.m. at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose on Fifth
Street. It's the opening of a mixed-media installation by Sunnyvale
artist Flo Oy Wong -- ``1942: Luggage from Home to Camp'' --
in which she uses suitcases as symbols of the internment experience
of Japanese-Americans in World War II. The exhibit is housed
in a replica of a Tule Lake barracks, constructed by museum
director/curator Jimi Yamaichi. And to heighten the realism
that afternoon, Wong has invited Lola Tanaka Abe, Elsie Mayeda
Honda, David M. Sakai, Eiichi Edward Sakauye, Esau Shimizu and
Misao Yamano Shiotsuka -- to attend.
(click here
for complete article)
Posted on
Tue. Augl. 05, 2003
San
Jose Mercury News
By Leigh
Weimers, Mercury News
A change
in the date of that reception at the Japanese American Museum
of San Jose, marking the opening of artist Flo Oy Wong's show,
``1942: Luggage from Home to Camp.'' It'll be Thursday from
5 to 7 p.m.
Posted on
Sat, Jul. 05, 2003
San
Jose Mercury News
Suitcases
of sorrow
DISPLAY BY SOUTH BAY ARTIST HONORS W.W. II-ERA INTERNEES
By Cynthia
Cho Mercury News
If you suddenly
were forced to evacuate your home, what would you take with
you? Eiichi Edward Sakauye packed linens, clothes, shoes, a
small pocketknife and copies of Reader's Digest and Popular
Mechanics. According to orders issued by the Army's Western
Defense Command, he couldn't take much else.
It was 1942,
during World War II, and Sakauye and his family, along with
thousands of other Japanese and Japanese-Americans, were being
relocated to internment camps.
(click
here for complete article)
Nikkei
West
http://www.nikkeiwest.com
Luggage
from Home to Camp at JAMsj
SAN JOSE—Nationally
known mixed-media artist Flo Oy Wong's new exhibition, “1942:
Luggage from Home to Camp,” exploring what Japanese Americans
carried to internment camps during World War II, runs July 1,
2003 through June 30, 2004 at the Japanese American Museum of
San Jose, 535 N. 5th St. in Japantown.
(click
here for complete article)
1942:
Luggage From Home to Camp Project Quilt Garners Award
Amy Higuchi
of San Jose led a team of quilters Ð Judy Azebu, Betty Hagiya,
Jane Hayashi, Tina Higashi, Clara Ichikawa, Mary Ishimaru, Kiyoko
Kamiya, Martha Kawakami, Laura Kinoshita, Taye Kitazono, Esther
Oda, Ann Saito, Kathleen Shimada, Eiko Shimizu, C. Sprague,
and Tina Urata Ð to create the quilt, which commemorates what
Japanese American internees packed for camp during World War
II.
(click
here for news release)
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San Francisco
Quilters Guild presents
"Symphony
of Color" Quilt Show 2005
Saturday,
March 5 (10AM-5PM) and
Sunday, March 6 (10AM-4PM)
Concourse
Exhibition Center 685 - 8th St. at Brannan St. San Francisco,
CA
Featured
Quilter: MIRIAM NATHAN-ROBERTS - Special Exhibits: Antique Quilts/Quilt
Challenge: Masks on Parade/
"Rice Sacks
for My Siblings" by conceptual artist, Flo Oy Wong
/"1942:Luggage
From Home To Camp" quilt presented by the Japanese American
Museum of San Jose/
Admission:
$8 Adults. (Admission free for 2nd day visit with intact show
wristband) For more information:www.SFQG.org
Flo Oy
Wong Website launched
www.flo-oy-wongartist.com
Symposium:
October 11, 2003
San
Jose Museum of Art
110
South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-271-6840
Wendy Ng
Judy Young,
UC Santa Cruz
Flo Oy Wong
Jimi Yamaichi
Steve Fujita,
Moderator
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here for more info>
Reception:
August 7, 2003
5:00 -7:00 pm
Japanese
American Museum of SJ
535 North Fifth Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Meet
Flo Oy Wong and the six interviewees at a special reception
at the museum. Special guests include the honorable congressman
Mike Honda and Dr. Jerrry Hiura, newly appointed representative
to the California State Arts Commission.
For
more information, contact the museum at: (408) /294-3138.
Invitation
Flo
Oy Wong's reception remarks
Photos
from Opening Reception Aug 7, 2003
Exhibit
Opens
July 1, 2003
Japanese
American Museum of SJ
535 North Fifth Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Museum
Hours:
11:00 am to 3:00 pm, Tue. - Fri.
11:00 am to 2:00 pm, Sun.
Closed on Sat. & Mon. Or by appointment
Upcoming
Events
July
13, 2003 — Sunday, 9 am
KICU Channel6/ 36
Roy Avila Community Affairs Program
Interview with Flo Oy Wong and Jimi Yamaichi
July
20, 2003 — Sunday
Tsing Tao Daily Newspaper
Feature
article (in Chinese language)
September
10, 2003 — Wednesday, 7:30 pm
KQED Channel 9: SPARK Program
7:30
pm
KQED and
the Bay Area Video Coalition have joined forces to produce a
new TV series and multimedia arts initiative that spotlights
Bay Area visual and performing artists and arts organizations.
Flo Oy Wong,
Jimi Yamaichi and Elsie Honda will be featured on this award
winning TV program.
Date
and Time to be announced
KTVU Channel 2
Rosie
Chu, Bay Area People
Interview with Flo Oy Wong and Jimi Yamaichi
Watch this
column for future updates.
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