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The University of Wyoming Art Museum and American Studies Program will host a series of talks, presentations and art activations during October.
“Conversations Beyond the Walls: A Virtual …
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The University of Wyoming Art Museum and American Studies Program will host a series of talks, presentations and art activations during October.
“Conversations Beyond the Walls: A Virtual Symposium” seeks to honor the history of Japanese American people incarcerated in Wyoming and other locations during World War II, and to integrate arts with complex cultural issues. Inspired by the historical event, the series will address contemporary narratives such as global human migrations, displacement of people, empathy and belonging, homesteading, resiliency, diversity and social justice issues.
The symposium is in conjunction with the exhibition “Moving Walls: Heart Mountain Barracks in the Big Horn Basin.”
All events are free; however, preregistration is required. To register or for more information, go to www.tinyurl.com/heartmountainsymposium. Zoom links will be provided.
Events are as follows:
• Today (Thursday) from 5:30-7 p.m.: “Moving Walls: Past and Present,” a discussion of the history of WWII Japanese internment camps in the U.S.
• Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon: “Family Saturday Workshop: Tsuru Art Activation” will feature folding paper cranes. The word “tsuru” is Japanese for crane.
• Wednesday from noon-1 p.m.: “Lunch Hour Conversations with Curators: Moving Walls,” featuring photographer Stan Honda and Andrea Graham, an associate research scientist with the UW American Studies Program.
• Thursday, Oct. 8 from 7-8:30 p.m.: “Heart Mountain Barracks Revisited,” a presentation on the barracks and the process of their reuse after the closing of the camp.
• Thursday, Oct. 15 from 7-8:30 p.m.: “Moving Walls,” a film screening and conversation with filmmaker Sharon Yamato and Honda.
• Thursday, Oct. 22 from 7-8:30 p.m.: “No-No Boy: A Multimedia Presentation by Julian Saporiti,” featuring songs written about Heart Mountain as well as “For Joy,” a short film.
• Thursday, Oct. 29, 7-8:30 p.m.: “Storytelling for a Better World,” featuring Bacon Sakatani, a former Heart Mountain incarceree. Sakatani will be joined by Dakota Russell, executive director of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, and Aura Newlin, a foundation board member and NWC faculty.
