ACCUSED OF NO CRIME: Japanese Incarceration In America       <Read More> about ReflectSpace

• May 29 - July 8, 2018
• Opening Reception, Friday, June 1, 6:30 p.m.
• Go For Broke Spirit, Sunday, June 3, 2:00 p.m.
• Citizen Tanouye documentary film, Saturday, June 23, 2:00 p.m.

ReflectSpace Gallery at Downtown Central exhibit Accused of No Crime: Japanese Incarceration in America examines a massive civil rights violation committed in our own backyard by our own government: the “crimeless” imprisonment by the US government of 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry during WWII. The artists in Accused of No Crime reflect on the historical context of the incarceration and consider its impact today. The exhibit weaves a deeply personal narrative of this dark history through art, archive, installation, and documentary film to highlight the stories of interned families and showcase artists who are descendants.

Artists in exhibition include Masumi Hayashi, Mona Higuchi, Paul Kitagaki, Kevin Miyazaki. The exhibit also includes archival images by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Clem Albers in addition to a ReflectSpace-commissioned documentary by filmmaker Avo Kambourian about the Glendale-based Yamada family who were incarcerated at Poston, Arizona.

Accused of No Crime: Japanese Incarceration in America in ReflectSpace Gallery and the PassageWay opens on May 29 and runs until July 8, 2018. The opening reception is on Friday June 1, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Accused of No Crime is co-curated by Ara and Anahid Oshagan. Accused of No Crime is made possible by a grant from the California State Library’s Civil Liberties Public Education Program.

Go For Broke Spirit
Sunday, June 3, 2:00 p.m., Downtown Central Library Auditorium
Photographer Shane Sato and Oral Historian Robert Horsting discuss their book highlighting 81 Japanese American World War II veterans.   <Read More>

Citizen Tanouye
Saturday, June 23, 2:00 p.m., Downtown Central Library Auditorium
Citizen Tanouye, is a documentary that follows the three-day journey of eight high school students as they search for clues to uncover the lost story of local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient Technical Sgt. Ted Tanouye of the highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Also to be screened will be:  Witness: American Heroes (featuring the Nissei, the Tuskeegee Airmen, and the Navajo Code Talkers).  <Read More>