Kokoro: The Story of Sacramento’s Lost Japantown
Presented by the California Museum
Presented by Glencairn Museum
Presented by China Institute
Based on a 2017 exhibition at the California Museum, this collection of photographs explores a now-vanished and mostly forgotten neighborhood that once stood in the shadow of the California State Capitol in downtown Sacramento. Once the fourth-largest Japantown in the nation, the once-vibrant center of culture, commerce, and community was born out of racism and ultimately destroyed by it.
Link: https://www.californiamuseum.org/kokoro
Image: Nichiren Buddhist Church, Sacramento, CA, April 1934. Courtesy Kenjo Igarashi
Virtual programming
Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come
Presented by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Presented by China Institute
This virtual exhibition complements the museum’s installation of the same name. Both exhibitions feature photographs donated by Parks to Kansas State University (K-State) in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1973. It was the first time the artist personally curated a set of photographs to donate to a public institution, a kind of self-portrait directed towards the home crowd.
The virtual installation has an interactive opening screen with significant images from the exhibition. Viewers may hover over an image to bring up related images from each thematic section. Small icons alongside the images allow access to the object's label with additional details about the artwork. Special sections of text and poetry are included throughout.
Link: https://beach.k-state.edu/explore/
Image: 2017 gelatin silver print of Gordon Parks , "Mrs. Jefferson," 1950. Gift to Kansas State University from the photographer and the Gordon Parks Foundation.
gift to Kansas State University from the photographer and the Gordon Parks Foundation.
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