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SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance 40th Anniversary  1979 to 1998 An Exhibit Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening Reception featuring art of Rich Tokeshi\, Leland Wong\, Gail Aratani\, Wes Senzaki\, Paul Kagawa\, Rich Szeto and Chester Yoshida\n \nDay of Remembrance 40th Anniversary 1979 to 1998 An Exhibit Retrospective \nParty (Pot Luck) on March 2\, 2019 from 1 – 5PM \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIn the winter of 1978\, Japantown Art & Media (JAM) Workshop cranked out the first “Day of Remembrance” poster for the Bay Area’s first Day of Remembrance program in 1979. \nFor the past four decades\, in Japanese American communities throughout California and major cities nationwide\, the Day of Remembrance (DOR) has been commemorated on or near February 19th\, when\, in 1942\, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066\, setting into motion the mass exclusion\, eviction and incarceration of 120\,000 persons of Japanese ancestry. \nIntended to raise awareness of this past injustice and to push for redress and reparations\, the organizers including Lewis Kawahara\, Carole Hayashino\, and community artists from JAM\, called for the first public gathering at the site of a former detention camp\, at Tanforan\, now a Shopping Mall. \nSince that time\, Day of Remembrance” through the years has come to symbolize justice and freedom for all\, especially in troubling times. \nOn the 40th anniversary of the first “Day of Remembrance\,” this exhibit presents the silk-screened prints by artists Richard Tokeshi\, Leland Wong\, Wes Senzaki\, Paul Kagawa\, Chester Yoshida\, Gail Aratani and Richard Szeto\, who through the years from 1979 to 1998 created promotional works for social justice events\, exhibits on the camps\, pilgrimages\, redress updates\, and education workshops. \nLocation: Post St Peace Gallery (1684 Post St\, San Francisco CA 94115) \nDate & Time: Monday to Friday (Open First Saturday of the month) from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM \n 
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/day-of-remembrance-40th-anniversary-1979-to-1998-an-exhibit-retrospective/
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CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions
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