The 21 stories included in the upcoming Topaz 2024 exhibit at J-Sei (Emeryville, CA) will showcase the work of 19 storytellers. They are:
Jun Nakahara Dairiki; Mitsi Nakamizo Fuchigami; Dave Izu; Steve Fujioka; Tamesuke Harada; Jean Hibino; Kazuko Oyamada Iwahashi; Emiko Katsumoto; Harue Hirai Minamoto; Norman Hayashi; Meri Mitsuyoshi; Michi Takeshita Mukai; Joseph Nishimura; Ruth Sasaki; Eugene Takei; Cynthia Wright; Doris Yamada Yagi; Jon Yatabe; and Diane Takahashi Yuen.
More stories from our collection – by Frank Kami, Roy Iwata, Tracy Takayanagi Hui and Jonathan Hirabayashi – will be featured in our event programs.
The exhibit will open on September 22 and run through December 13. All events are in person and via Zoom. For a schedule of events, and to register, click on the link to Topaz Stories 2024 Exhibit.
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Media Coverage:
Read ‘Topaz Stories’ exhibit travels Utah showing human side of WWII internment (KSL.com, May 24, 2024)
Read ‘Topaz Stories’ mines the history of a Japanese American internment camp (ParkRecord, May 18, 2024)
Read Remembering Japanese American Internment–Day of Remembrance (Rosie the Riveter Trust blog, March 24, 2024)
Read Internee’s story told with ‘Topaz Collages’ (Wheel of Dharma, Vol. 5, Issue 3, March 2023).
Watch Topaz survivors tell their stories (abc4 news, 4/22/2022)
Listen to the “In the Hive” podcast with interviews with Ann Dion, Jonathan Hirabayashi, and Topaz survivors Jeanie Kashima and Joseph Nishimura (KCPW, 4/28/2022)
Read How a Utah exhibit about Topaz Camp looks to find empathy in ‘an ugly stain on American history (ksl.com, 4/22/2022)
Read “Topaz Stories rise from the dust,” (Department of Culture & Community Engagement, 4/2022)
Listen to KQED Forum, Day of Remembrance interview with Ruth Sasaki, 2/15/2022
Listen to Max Chang and Ruth Sasaki interviewed (KRCL RadioActive, 2/9/2022
Read On Topaz Stories and ‘Authentic Voice’, the Discover Nikkei interview with Ruth Sasaki (10/14/2022)
Listen to Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration, the Topaz Stories podcast with Ruth Sasaki and Jonathan Hirabayashi (6/2/2021)