Erin Shigaki
Erin Shigaki is a Yonsei Japanese American artist, activist, and story keeper, born and raised on the Coast Salish land of Seattle, Washington. She creates work that is community-based and focused on Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) experiences and believes that telling these stories can educate, redress, and incrementally heal. Erin holds a B.A. from Yale University. (Profile photo courtesy of Bruce Tom)
Updated March 2023
Stories from This Author
A Letter to My Community Urging Protection of Minidoka
March 19, 2023 • Erin Shigaki
Dear Japanese American Community, If I don’t already know you, I hope to meet you someday — in the Seattle Chinatown-International District (CID) at a restaurant or shop, while I’m out on the street working on a mural or perhaps during an event at the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Maybe we’ll meet as pilgrims on the Minidoka Pilgrimage, which I have the immense privilege of organizing along with survivors, other descendants and allies. At Minidoka, my family’s prison number was …
