2019: Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams & Wendy Maruyama
Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams & Wendy Maruyama: Executive Order 9066
January 12 – March 10, 2019
An intimate look through the lens of celebrated photographer, Ansel Adams, at the daily life in Manzanar, one of the ten Japanese-American incarceration camps in the U.S. during World War II. Concurrently on view is work by Wendy Maruyama who analyzes the internment camps with a contemporary eye.
Special Events & Programs
- Japanese American Internment: A Local Perspective
Sunday, January 27, 2019 | 2PM | $5 Members $10 Non-members
Local historian, Linda A. Canada, provided a lecture about the history of Japanese Americans and their transition from local industry in San Diego to living in internment camps during World War II.
- Gallery Talk with Wendy Maruyama & Photography Lecture by Ruth Wallen
Sunday, February 10, 2019 | 2PM | $5 Members $10 Non-members
Exhibiting artist, Wendy Maruyama, discussed the artwork in her exhibition, Executive Order 9066, followed by a lecture on the photography of Japanese internment camps by UCSD professor, Ruth Wallen.
- Talk and Demo with Kishi Bashi– DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED.
Sunday, March 3, 2019 | 2PM | $5 Members $10 Non-members
An inside look at musician Kishi Bashi’s work, Omoiyari, and his personal quest to create music in locations relevant to Japanese incarceration.
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Thank you to our sponsors!
California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, Drs. Carol and Lawrence Gartner, County of San Diego, and Banner Bank