Steve Wada
George Yuzawa
Seiichi Shimomura
Mary Yamada
Toshio Kiso
Suki Terada Ports
Suki Terada Ports was born and raised in New York City.
Upon her graduation from Smith College, she taught a year in Istanbul, Turkey, and Fair Lawn, New Jersey. While raising three children, she devoted her life to community service, volunteering for the local school board, Morningside Park, and advocating for the rights of HIV/AIDS patients of color and their families.
Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama
Tatsutaro Miyahara
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Yasuo Kuniyoshi was born in Okayama, Japan and immigrated to New York in 1910 to study art at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League.
A decade later, he rose to prominence as an American artist who incorporated Japanese design into American folk art images, and served as a vital link between the contemporary art worlds of New York and Japan.
When suddenly designated an “enemy alien” at the start of World War II, Kuniyoshi threw his energy into creating anti-Japanese war posters for the Office of War Information.
During his lifetime, his art was included in prestigious exhibits at MoMA and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and many museums around the U.S. have held exhibitions of his paintings after his death.
1939 New York World's Fair, Japan Pavilion
