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YOSEMITE VALLEY - Obata Art Weekend
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Three programs throughout the day, each at different times and locations. See description below.
Description
2 - 3pm - Welcome to Yosemite Valley: Join Ranger Connie Lau and learn about the general history and landscape of the Yosemite Valley and take a small glimpse into the life of Chiura Obata. – Yosemite Valley Visitor Center
2 – 3:30pm - Uncanny Connections and Unforeseen Consequences: How a Century of World History and Local Events Intersected at Manzanar by Ranger Alisa Lynch and Hanako Wakatsuki. Manzanar National Historic Site is best known for preserving and interpreting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants during World War II. This talk will begin 90 years prior to World War II, and explore key points when world history and Manzanar events intersected in uncanny ways, often with unforeseen consequences. – Lower River Amphitheater
7:30 – 8:30pm - Commencement Evening Program: Event host and founder, April Megumi Kunieda explores the biography of artist Chiura Obata through the lenses of both a Yosemite National Park Ranger and her personal experience as an Asian American in our public land. – Lower River Amphitheater