They are traditional and contemporary at the same time.

I received a similar award as a young art critic and it helped me to take myself more seriously as a writer and encouraged me to take bigger risks and grow.this fellowship strengthens ties within diverse communities and expands public discourse around art.

Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship) with a focus on theater.It also gives them the opportunity to shape how art created by their own communities is represented today and throughout American art history.enriching and broadening cultural criticism as a practice and profession.

This project is also supported by Critical Minded.she was incarcerated with her family during World War II in Gila River.

The Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship is made possible through a gift from Sharon Mizota to honor Irene Yamamoto.

Irene Yamamoto (1937-2020) was a lifelong lover of the arts.During some recent construction.

Having a park that tells a part of the Monrovia story strengthens community for all who visit.(Photo by Susie Ling)The City of Monrovia had encouraged proposals to name the new park.

where they had a roadside fruit stand.(Photo courtesy of Tsuneishi family)By SUSIE LING.