Henry Sugimoto’s Camp Jerome Painting – 13.01.007.IMG_JAM.CampJerome.1943.JANM.92.97.70

Artists like Henry Sugimoto, Dick Sata, and Doris Ota Saito documented camp conditions in their art. This painting by Henry Sugimoto depicts Jerome, Arkansas camp, showcasing the contradiction between gardens created by inmates and the barracks, guard towers, and American flag in the background.

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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

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