Upcoming Events

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• Day of Remembrance, February 19, 2024

Gillmor Hall - Jones Recital Hall (second floor of Gillmor), 6-8pm

Westminster University, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

• Artistic and Archaeological Explorations of Internment Gardens, April 2024

Slide Lecture, Exhibit, Workshop and Artistic views of Gardens at Amache

University of Denver, Denver, Colorado

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• Workshop on Identity, April 2024 (Students only)

McGillis School, Salt Lake City, Utah​

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Past Events​

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• Day of Remembrance Panel

February 18, 2023

Lily Havey, Jeannette Misaka, Sherrie Hayashi and Ted Nagata

Utah Law & Justice Center

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• Justice, Memory, Artivision Workshop

April, 2023   

McGillis School, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

• ​Slide Lecture, "Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp"

September 7, 2023

Snow College, Ephriam, Utah

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• "Choose," mixed media art piece 

Utah Women Artists' Exhibition (AAUW of Utah)

September/October 2022

Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Award: Best of Show

 

• Lecture/Slide Show with Dr. Bonnie Clark of U. of Denver

"Finding Solace in the Soil: An Artistic and Archeological Exploration of Internment Gardens."

September 15, 2022

Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

• Open House presented by the Archeological Department of the U. of Denver

Research and observation of gardens at Amache.

June 30-July 3, 2022

Amache Internment Camp

Granada, Colorado

 

• Justice/Memory/Artivism Workshop

May 2022

Watercolor, Haiku, Journal Writing, 4th Grade

McGillis School, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

• "Escape," Multi-media art piece with Michael Havey

Colors of Pride Exhibition

June 2021

Eccles Art Gallery, Ogden, Utah

 

• Mapping Literary Utah

Internet project by Paisley Rekdal, poet laureate of Utah

Inclusion of "Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp" by Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey

2021 compilation

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• Amache Pilgrimage, virtual panel

June 11-13, 2021

Amache Preservation Society

 

• "Identity: Who Am I?" Multi-media art piece with Michael Havey

Summer, 2021

New Beehive Exhibition

Utah Division of Arts and Museums

Eccles Galley, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

• Justice/Memory/Artivism Workshop

Watercolor, Haiku, Journal Writing

April, 2021

McGillis School, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

• Day of Remembrance Panel Event (Virtual)

Nov. 21, 2021

Tufts University, Medford, Maine

 

• "Prayers for Peace," tryptic multi-media art piece (Virtual)

Utah Women Artists, AAUW

Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Award: Dorothy Oehmich Honor Award

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• Art at the Pool (group show)

Nov. 4-11, 2019

Watercolor and Stained Glass
Salt Lake City Sports Complex
Salt Lake City, Utah​

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• ​Salt Lake Nikkei Organization Luncheon

                    October 12, 2019

                    Lecture/Slide Presentation

                    Dai Ichi Ward

                    Salt Lake City, Utah

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• JACL (Japanese American Citizens' League) National Convention

                    August 3, 2019

                    Lecture/Slide Presentation

                   "Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp" Book Booth

                    Little America Salt Lake City, Utah​

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• Center for Documentary and Expression Arts and
  University of Utah Neighborhood Partners

                   June and July, 2019

                   Workshop

                   Sugar Space

                   Salt Lake City, Utah​

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• Northern Utah Book Club

                   November 2o, 2018

                   Plain City, Utah

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• Salt Lake Oasis

                   September 30, 2018

                   Lecture/Slide Presentation

                   Salt Lake City, Utah

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• Northern Wasatch Oasis

                   September 23, 2018​

           Lecture/Slide Presentation

                   Layton, Utah

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• Weber State University

         May 11, 2018

         Lecture/Slide Presentation

         Union Station

         Ogden, Utah

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• Jerome-Rowher Camp Reunion

                   April 15, 2018

                   Lecture/Slide Presentation 
                   Little Rock, Arkansas

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• Justice/Memory/Activism Workshop

                   Watercolor, Haiku, Journal Writing

                   January, March, 2018

                   East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah

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• Social Justice/Haiku Workshop with Jen McCoy and students

                     January/February 2018
                     East High School, Salt Lake City

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• Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp Presentation     

                    Teacher Appreciation Days     

                    October 10, 2017 - Sandy, Utah

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• Waterford School, Sandy, Utah

Social Justice/Haiku Workshop, May 30, 2017.  

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• Rohwer/Jerome Internment Camp Pilgrimage

                     Panel Discussion

                     April 2017

                     Rohwer/Jerome, Arkansas

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• Asian Festival

“Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp:  A Nisei Youth Behind a World War II Fence” book sales and signing.

June 10, 2017, 
Sandy, Utah

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• Kearns High School, Kearns, Utah

                    Art and Writing Residency

         Co-sponsored by the Utah Arts Council and the Center for Documentary Expression and Art.

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• Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Utah

Art and Writing Residency

          Co-sponsored by the Utah Arts Council and the Center for Documentary Expression and Art.

 

• Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute, Gardena, California

Visions of the Japanese American Incarceration (1942-2017), art show

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• Imin Kenkyukai, International House of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kyoto Womens' University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Wakayama University, Wakayama. Japan

 

• Nisshokan High School, Miyoshi-Hiroshima, Japan

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• Gakushuin, Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan

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• Friends of the Park City Library Luncheon

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• Little Tokyo Book Festival, Los Angeles, California

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• Celebration of East High Residency on Identity, Justice, Memory and Activism

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• California State University San Bernardino

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• Riverside City College, Riverside, California

Sponsored by the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties

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• East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah

Art and Writing Residency:  Identity, Justice, Memory, and  Activism

Co-sponsored by the Utah Arts Council and the Center for Documentary Expression and Art

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• Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah

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• Japanese American National Museum,  Los Angeles, California  

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• Aquinas Lecture, St. Joseph Catholic Schools, Ogden, Utah

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• Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, California  

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• Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, Colorado

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• Boulder Book Store, Boulder, Colorado

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• Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute, Gardena, California 

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• Cherry Blossom Festival, Denver, Colorado

sponsored by the Japanese American Resource Center of Colorado

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• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 

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• Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

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• Brigham City Public Library, Brigham City, Utah

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• Layton Historical Museum, Layton, Utah

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• J.W. Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

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• College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah