This program brings together three scholars who have worked to illuminate the contributions of twentieth-century Asian American artists. ShiPu Wang, Coats Family Chair in the Arts and professor of art history at the University of California, Merced, discusses his research into the lives and careers of Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo; community historian Patricia Wakida reflects on publishing artist catalogs and “awakening the archives” to bring the stories of WWII-era Japanese American artists to the public; and David Martin, curator at the Cascadia Art Museum, discusses his work recovering histories of Asian American artists of the Pacific Northwest. A group conversation follows the individual presentations, moderated by Melissa Ho, SAAM’s curator of twentieth-century art.
Image credit: Miki Hayakawa, One Afternoon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in., New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Gift of Preston McCrossen in memory of his wife, the artist, 1954, 520.23P
