an evening of art, conversation, and community to celebrate our collective power to keep Japanese American history alive now and in the future.

Paying tribute to outgoing director Tom Ikeda, this event introduced Densho’s new Executive Director Naomi Ostwald Kawamura, highlight emerging artists, and honor the elders whose stories are at the heart of all that Densho does.

Part of the closing ceremony, Tomosumi along with fellow writers Lauren Ito, Nikiko Masumoto, and Karen L. Ishizuka, shared responses to photos from the Densho archives and other archival collections.