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Join us for the 19th Annual Petrie Institute of Western American Art Symposium at the Denver Art Museum on January 24 from 10am to 5:30pm. Doors open at 9am.Art as Agency: Creating Beauty at Amache and Beyond
During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes on the West Coast and into American concentration camps, where they lived in uncomfortable barracks while battered by extreme climates without knowing when their unjust incarceration would end. For many, the arts became avenues to beauty, comfort, and survival in the face of prejudice.
Inspired by the exhibition "The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama," the Petrie Institute’s 19th annual symposium explores how painting, gardening, screen printing, and other art forms helped reassert humanity, creativity, and resilience at camps including the Granada Relocation Center in Southeast Colorado, now the Amache National Historic Site.
Can't make it in person? Buy a virtual ticket to gain access to the event livestream.
Ticketing Information:
Museum Friends: $20 in-person tickets; $10 virtual tickets
Members: $30 in-person tickets; $15 virtual tickets
Nonmembers: $40 in-person tickets; $20 virtual tickets
Students: FREE in-person and virtual tickets
Learn more and register: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/2025-petrie-institute-symposium
Images left to right: “Amache guide book cover, printed by the Amache Silk Screen Shop, ca. 1943-1945, scanned image.,” Densho Encyclopedia (accessed Sep 30 2024). Tokio Ueyama, "Desert Brush," March 1945. Oil on canvas; 15 3/4 x 19 in. Courtesy Japanese American National Museum: Gift of Kayoko Tsukada, 92.20.5. © Estate of Tokio Ueyama
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100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204
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