Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo Gallery Talk
- Cost
- Free | Registration required
- Event Location
- Meet in G Street Lobby
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- Building
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Part of series
Join guest curator and professor at the University of California, Merced, ShiPu Wang, for the opening of SAAM’s exhibition Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. The exhibition is an in-depth look at the careers of these three trailblazing American women of Japanese descent and asserts their rightful place in American art. In his gallery talk, Wang focuses on selected artworks from each of the artists featured in the exhibition, tracing their careers and artistic development.
Image Credit: Miki Hayakawa, One Afternoon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in., New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Gift of Preston McCrossen in memory of his wife, the artist, 1954, 520.23P
Image Credit: Miki Hayakawa, One Afternoon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in., New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Gift of Preston McCrossen in memory of his wife, the artist, 1954, 520.23P
Exhibitions
November 15, 2024–August 17, 2025
Pictures of Belonging celebrates three trailblazing Japanese American women artists and asserts their rightful place in American art.