Remembrance: Felt Flowers Honoring World War II Incarcerees

Miya Sukune is a visual artist based in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. Her career encompasses exhibitions, public art, residencies, publications and collections. Her research-based practice engages identity, place and community. Personal experiences, family stories and historic records are examined for the myth and truth found in memory.

Frank Abe has worked to reframe the public’s understanding of the WW2 incarceration of Japanese Americans ever since helping create the first Day of Remembrance for the camps in the campaign for redress and reparations. He is lead author of the graphic novel, WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration, a Finalist in Creative Nonfiction for the Washington State Book Award, and co-editor with Floyd Cheung of a new Penguin Classics anthology, THE LITERATURE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION. He won an American Book Award as co-editor of JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy, and wrote and directed the award-winning PBS documentary CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION. He is currently developing a new stage adaptation of Okada’s NO-NO BOY. He blogs at Resisters.com.