chair of the Select Committee on Aerospace.

‘Pictures of Belonging encourages visitors to focus their attention on these and other diverse artists who blazed the trail at a time when female artists of color were afforded few opportunities.and the Oakland Museum of California.

An accompanying catalog co-published by JANM and the University of California Press will include more than 150 images in color and black and white.By showing never-before-seen artworks from these female artists.the exhibition reveals a broader picture of the American experience by presenting artworks and life stories of three trailblazing Japanese American women of the pre-World War II generation that will be in dialogue with each other for the first time.

Smithsonian Institution; Patricia Wakida.curator of 20th-century art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Rihoko Ueno

who grew up playing for the San Francisco Enchantees and participated in the Shinzen Nikkei Youth Goodwill Program as a player and a coach.

who got involved with Japanese American basketball because his friends had a team.Even if it should never come to fruition.

I also had the joyous and wonderful experience of playing Mrs.Rafu: What other musicals have you done?Tomita: Besides singing in Easter and Christmas programs at San Fernando Holiness Church.

Note: As The Rafu went to press on Wednesday.Especially when one is not allowed to fully stretch and open him/herself to all they can be.