LMU Department of Asian and Asian American StudiesArt Nomura.

and Botanical Gardens announced that it has commissioned California-based Japanese American artist Mineo Mizuno to create a site-specific sculpture titled Homage to Nature.engage in a playful conversation with a pair of nearby 19th-century terracotta figures.

Visitor information: huntington.a fire landscape will be planted on the opposite side of the paththe Supreme Court on April 7 authorized the Trump Administrations use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelans who are accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

whom the administration claimed was mistakenly deported due to an administrative error.Photo Courtesy of California State ArchivesWhen a Supreme Court justice sounds the alarm that this ruling means immigrants and American citizens could be abducted off the streets by the government and imprisoned with no solid legal recourse.

and referenced the deportation of Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The implication of the governments position is that not only non-citizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets.As a companion and response to the sculpture.

looking out on the vast landscape below.crafted from fallen timber gathered in the forests of the Sierra Nevada.

the charred surfaces of the reclaimed timber in the sculpture speak not only to fires destructive power but also to its ability to reinvigorate the land.as well as the destruction of the forest and its potential for regeneration.