Day Trip to South San Francisco: “Kay Sekimachi Weaving Traditions” at SFO and Tanforan Memorial
Thursday, May 16
Just across the bay, enjoy an outing to see great art in South San Francisco: “Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions” at the SFO Museum, lunch and visit to the Tanforan Memorial. Space is limited. RSVP to jill@j-sei.org with SSF in the memo.
“Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions” presents defining work by Kay Sekimachi (b. 1926), a pioneering fiber artist whose complex work reflects an elegant impression of simplicity. For more than seven decades, she has mastered a wide range of media and techniques, including on- and off-loom textiles, stitched-paper forms, and molded-fiber bowls. Considered a “weaver’s weaver,” Sekimachi has created an oeuvre of textile art and sculpture that is without parallel.
The Tanforan Memorial offers a combination of story, art and experience to educate the public on the detention of Japanese Americans in 1942 and to honor those who were forced to live at the former racetrack. The memorial includes a bronze statue of the Mochida sisters from an iconic Dorothea Lange photo, a replica horse stall, poetry from incarcerees, a memorial wall of names, amidst striking cherry trees and a beautifully landscaped garden. Inside the Bart Station, a photo exhibit by Paul Kitagaki and art curated by Na Omi Shintani provide context and depth in telling the story of the post war legacy.