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From Okinawa to Hawaii and Back Again
I am a Hapa, Yonsei Uchinanchu (a mixed-race, 4th-generation Okinawan-American) who was born in Riv…
Laura Kina • Sept. 18, 2015
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Q&A with Sugar/Islands Artist Laura Kina
Artist Laura Kina is one of two artists featured in the new exhibition, Sugar/Islands: Finding Okin…
Darryl Mori • July 17, 2015
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Making Art That Matters: Sugar/Islands and Stories of Hawai‘i’s History
“I am constantly struck by how incredibly brave and committed Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Mom…
Darryl Mori • July 7, 2015
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Memories of a Colleague and Friend: Karin Higa
On the afternoon of Wednesday, October 30, 2013, four current Japanese American National Museum (JA…
Arthur A. Hansen • Nov. 22, 2013