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SUMMARY:MIS Historic Learning Center - Self-Guided Tour
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nGALLERY IS NOW OPEN Monday\, Tuesday\, Friday\, Saturday & Sunday!\nWelcome! Join us on a self-guided tour at the MIS Historic Learning Center. One of the most poignant and iconic home front stories of World War II in the Presidio. Discover the untold story of the Japanese American soldiers who secretly trained for the war against Japan. Only a mile away\, Presidio officers issued military orders to exclude and eventually remove and incarcerate Americans of Japanese ancestry behind barbed wire. Learn the remarkable stories of courage\, sacrifice and resilience in the face of overwhelming odds. \nDate & Time: Monday\, Tuesday\, Friday\, Saturday & Sunday 12pm to 5pm – Open to the Public\nSchool or Group Tours: Monday to Friday or weekends by Appointment.\nAdmission: $15 per person.\nchildren 12 and under\,  veterans\, NJAHS members\, Free \nGENERAL ADMISSION\n  \nRequest a Group Tour\nNational Japanese American Historical Society adheres to federal guidelines established for workplace and public safety.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/mis-historic-learning-center-re-opening-self-guided-tour/
LOCATION:Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\, Building 640\, 640 Old Mason St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Programs
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SUMMARY:Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai Photo Exhibit at the MISHLC
DESCRIPTION:A new Photo Exhibit by Takeshi Moro\nSeptember 16th – October 22nd\, 2023\nOn display at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\n640 Mason Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94129\n  \nWith a very special Conversation and Book Signing with Dennis Makishima and Kenny Murakami \nSeptember 24 at 1:30PM \n  \nOpen on weekends from 12PM to 5PM\nGeneral Admission is $10\, Veterans and children under 12 are free\nVery limited parking; consider arriving via Muni 30\n  \nAbout the Exhibit \nArtist and photographer Takeshi Moro’s Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai features sixty bonsai photographs that were cultivated by Issei (first generation) and Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.) Japanese Americans. These bonsai were started after the Japanese Americans returned from WWII American concentration camps. Some of the plants were likely started from seeds. \nDennis Makishima\, a bonsai and aesthetic pruning master\, inherited the bonsai after the initial creators of the bonsai passed away. He took care of them for over thirty years\, trying to honor the style envisioned by the original practitioners. By the time Dennis received these historic bonsai\, many were in poor condition. He dealt with dead branches\, forms that were far from ideal\, and some that were just barely alive. Dennis resuscitated them and called them “old fashion style” in contrast to the “contemporary style\,” which is more common today. \nAside from the living descendants of the Issei and Kibei generations\, the 60-70-year-old bonsai are likely all that remain alive from that period. In 2022\, Dennis retired and donated his entire bonsai collection. The bonsai have likely dispersed all over the state and country\, flourishing\, just like so many other aspects of Japanese American culture. \n  \nAbout the Artist \nTakeshi Moro is Associate Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University. For the past decade\, he has focused on working with communities and the collaborative process of art making. He is the founder and director of tmoro projects\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community art space in the Bay Area. Moro’s work has been exhibited internationally\, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Serlachius Museot\, Finland. \n\nDennis Makishima (b. 1947) was born and raised in Berkeley\, California.  A Sansei (third generation Japanese American)\, his mother and father were Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.). A graduate of Berkeley High School\, Dennis served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam\, and graduated from U.C. Berkeley\, where he majored in Political Science. \nDennis is a pioneer of Aesthetic Pruning (ornamental tree pruning up to 15 feet in height) and coined the term and its definitions (ladder was 10 feet tall and he was 5 feet tall). He created the now nationally renowned Aesthetic Pruning Program at Merritt College and has mentored over 100 apprentices during his illustrious career.  A revered celebrity practitioner\, he has pruned over 10\,000 trees\, including in San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden\, a tree that Walt Disney personally planted in Disneyland\, and Ruth Bancroft’s Garden. In addition to their much sought-after commissioned work\, he and his students continue to volunteer their time pruning trees in Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Berkeley and many other temples with Japanese garden-style trees in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nApproximately two years into Dennis’ aesthetic pruning practice he had the good fortune to meet Mas Imazumi\, a bonsai master in Northern California. They were both at a family party in Hayward\, CA —Mas’ son married into Dennis’ wife’s family. Dennis overheard Mas talking about bonsai and soon after Dennis signed up for Mas’ bonsai class. \nIn 1990\, he was selected to apprentice under Bonsai Master Yasuo Mitsuya 三ツ矢 又生 for 18 months in Toyohashi\, Japan. After returning from his training in Japan\, Dennis taught aesthetic pruning and bonsai to students\, and then travelled the world giving workshops. He was active in the bonsai community and served in leadership roles for the Golden State Bonsai Federation for 20 years\, including as President from 2002 to 2004. \nDennis’ works may be found in the prestigious Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino\, CA\, the Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu\, Japan\, and also in the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland\, CA. \nKenny Murakami is a third generation Cal grad with over 50 years in the horticulture industry. Former owner of the Moraga Garden Center\, he is now retired and working on his long neglected garden. Go Bears!
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/benign-neglect-historic-japanese-american-bonsai-photo-exhibit-at-the-mishlc/
LOCATION:Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\, Building 640\, 640 Old Mason St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Benign Neglect: Conversation and Book Signing w/ Takeshi Moro\, Dennis Makishima\, and Kenny Murakami
DESCRIPTION:Conversation and Book Signing with Takeshi Moro\, Dennis Makishima\, and Kenny Murakami\nSeptember 24th at 1:30PM\nMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\n640 Mason Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94129\n  \nJoin us on September 24th at 1:30PM at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center for a very special in-person conversation with Dennis Makashima and Kenny Murakami\, two legendary figures in the Bay Area garden universe\, to celebrate the release of Takeshi Moro’s photo book and accompanying photo exhibit\, Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai. The Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai book will be available for purchase and can be signed after the event. For those who cannot make the trek\, we hope to livestream the event and have the event video recorded. \n  \nClick here to RSVP for this FREE Event\n  \n  \nAbout the Exhibit (on view September 16 – October 22) \nArtist and photographer Takeshi Moro’s Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai features sixty bonsai photographs that were cultivated by Issei (first generation) and Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.) Japanese Americans. These bonsai were started after the Japanese Americans returned from WWII American concentration camps. Some of the plants were likely started from seeds. \nDennis Makishima\, a bonsai and aesthetic pruning master\, inherited the bonsai after the initial creators of the bonsai passed away. He took care of them for over thirty years\, trying to honor the style envisioned by the original practitioners. By the time Dennis received these historic bonsai\, many were in poor condition. He dealt with dead branches\, forms that were far from ideal\, and some that were just barely alive. Dennis resuscitated them and called them “old fashion style” in contrast to the “contemporary style\,” which is more common today. \nAside from the living descendants of the Issei and Kibei generations\, the 60-70-year-old bonsai are likely all that remain alive from that period. In 2022\, Dennis retired and donated his entire bonsai collection. The bonsai have likely dispersed all over the state and country\, flourishing\, just like so many other aspects of Japanese American culture. \n  \nAbout the Panelists \nTakeshi Moro is Associate Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University. For the past decade\, he has focused on working with communities and the collaborative process of art making. He is the founder and director of tmoro projects\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community art space in the Bay Area. Moro’s work has been exhibited internationally\, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Serlachius Museot\, Finland. \nDennis Makishima (b. 1947) was born and raised in Berkeley\, California.  A Sansei (third generation Japanese American)\, his mother and father were Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.). A graduate of Berkeley High School\, Dennis served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam\, and graduated from U.C. Berkeley\, where he majored in Political Science. \nDennis is a pioneer of Aesthetic Pruning (ornamental tree pruning up to 15 feet in height) and coined the term and its definitions (ladder was 10 feet tall and he was 5 feet tall). He created the now nationally renowned Aesthetic Pruning Program at Merritt College and has mentored over 100 apprentices during his illustrious career.  A revered celebrity practitioner\, he has pruned over 10\,000 trees\, including in San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden\, a tree that Walt Disney personally planted in Disneyland\, and Ruth Bancroft’s Garden. In addition to their much sought-after commissioned work\, he and his students continue to volunteer their time pruning trees in Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Berkeley and many other temples with Japanese garden-style trees in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nApproximately two years into Dennis’ aesthetic pruning practice he had the good fortune to meet Mas Imazumi\, a bonsai master in Northern California. They were both at a family party in Hayward\, CA —Mas’ son married into Dennis’ wife’s family. Dennis overheard Mas talking about bonsai and soon after Dennis signed up for Mas’ bonsai class. \nIn 1990\, he was selected to apprentice under Bonsai Master Yasuo Mitsuya 三ツ矢 又生 for 18 months in Toyohashi\, Japan. After returning from his training in Japan\, Dennis taught aesthetic pruning and bonsai to students\, and then travelled the world giving workshops. He was active in the bonsai community and served in leadership roles for the Golden State Bonsai Federation for 20 years\, including as President from 2002 to 2004. \nDennis’ works may be found in the prestigious Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino\, CA\, the Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu\, Japan\, and also in the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland\, CA. \nKenny Murakami is a third generation Cal grad with over 50 years in the horticulture industry. Former owner of the Moraga Garden Center\, he is now retired and working on his long neglected garden. Go Bears!
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/benign-neglect-conversation-and-book-signing-w-takeshi-moro-dennis-makishima-and-kenny-murakami/
LOCATION:Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\, Building 640\, 640 Old Mason St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
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