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2017: The Year of the Rooster By Jim T. Chong

Here are some things to consider if you are born this year. (Taken from http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/rooster.htm)

The Luckiest Things for Roosters

Happy New Year! As we celebrate and welcome the New Year on January 1st, 2017, the New Year for some Asian communities begins on January 28th, 2017. Every year, there is much to consider and take into account as we reflect on this past year and plan for the things we want to accomplish.

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As we go into this New Year, we enter the 10th of a 12th cycle, which is the year of the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac. Every New Year, people prepare and like any other culture, make it a new beginning paying off old debts, completing the things to minimize what is left undone. It is anticipated that this year, more than others, impressions count. Putting your best foot forward and dressing to make a good first impression.

Lucky numbers: 5, 7, and 8 Lucky days: the 4th and 26th of any Chinese lunar month Lucky colors: gold, brown, and yellow Lucky flowers: gladiola, cockscomb Lucky directions: south, southeast Ethnic Community Lucky months: the 2nd, 5th, and 11th Chinese lunar months. Media Outreach

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Unlucky color: red Unlucky numbers: 1, 3, and 9 Event Business Unlucky direction: east Promotions Development Unlucky months: the 3rd, 9th, and 12th Chinese lunar months

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In the year of the Rooster, the virtues are loyalty, commitment, hard work, good impressions, and family values will be rewarded. People are encouraged this year to take well-proven, rather than risky paths. Here is to a wonderful 2017...Gung Hay Fat Choy!

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e have just entered a new great year…2017…. farewell and thank you to 2016. Many exciting things are coming in this new year. For the APA News and Review (APANR) the establishment of a partnership with a power house of API advocacy, the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA). This will give the APA the ability to reach out to even more Americans. For the past 20 years, the APANR has covered many of the events that APAPA has created and participated in. Our future relationship with APAPA will broaden our reach not only to the Sacramento metro region, but the whole of California and the rest of our great America. APAPA has 18 chapters in 5 States and the District of Columbia, the potential outreach is great. The traditional name of the APA News and Review may have changed, but all the great information is still in here. There will be additions of more political insight, review of legislation that may affect the API across America and information on API national events. This is a very welcomed change as the APANR reaches out to the whole of America. As America leaves Obama behind, we must stay abreast to the new Trump administration. We will do this by monitoring federal, state and local legislation. All political issues that may affect the API community will be addressed and discussed. There will also be featurettes from prominent political figures on topics that are important to our community. APAPA, along with the APA News and Review is committed to you, the readers of this publication. We remain a vigilant WatchGuard of the federal, state, and local community on political issues that affect all American Asian Pacific Islanders. You all are personally invited to contact me with any questions or concerns. It’s truly through cooperation can this publication and the API community come together and strengthen our nation. Major Ty Sorci Director, APAPA Media and Government Affairs 916-928-9988, ext. 112 tysorci@apapa.org

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informed, involved member. While we most directly address the concerns of Asian Pacific Americans, our publication is not a racial or ethnic sorting. It is a gathering of all those who wish to gather.

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“PHO FOR THE SOUL” A STORY FROM THE HEART By Leonard Novarro The Vietnam War was over. But as Capt. Paul Jacobs steamed away from South Vietnam aboard the USS Kirk, he received a message from his superiors: “Go back and rescue the Navy.” Not only did he rescue much of the South Vietnamese Navy. His effort saved 35,000 South Vietnamese. After the fall of Saigon, actress Tippi Hedren, the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” visited a refugee camp in Southern California, where she met wives of displaced South Vietnamese army officers. Her polished long fingernails dazzled them, so she taught them how to achieve the same results. The single act transformed the beauty industry, where Vietnamese Americans today dominate an $8 billion annual business. Marine turned businessman Bill Horn, a war hero, had gone from atheist to Christian when a fellow church member encouraged him to visit the refugee camp at Pendleton, outside San Diego. He decided while America may have lost the war, he was not going to lose its aftermath. Thus began the largest campaign of any individual to personally sponsor hundreds of Vietnamese to become Americans. Each in his or her own way contributed to the success of thousands of Vietnamese Americans today. But more than that, “Pho For the Soul” tells the harrowing and emotionally gripping story of fifty refugees who faced physical and psychological devastation, imprisonment, death on the open seas and unspeakable cruelty to survive and create new lives in a new land that they came to cherish. They are inventors, scientists, educators, movie directors, military leaders, government officials, college deans and community leaders, as well as nail salon operators, chefs, tailors and ordinary job holders. But they all possess the one quality that makes them VOLUME 15.NO.1

unique – resilience. Theirs is a story of achievement as well as survival and is told for the first time through their eyes and in their own words. “We call their story ‘Pho for the Soul,’ because like the famous Vietnamese broth, the variety of ingredients, or stories, explodes in a cacophony of viewpoints intended to soothe the heart and soul of anyone who cares about survival and the human condition,” said Rosalynn Carmen, who with husband and partner, award-winning writer Leonard Novarro, is gathering the compilation of stories into a 300-page volume with photos to be distributed for free to all public libraries, middle schools and colleges and universities in San Diego. Carmen and Novarro are founders of the Asian Heritage Society, producers of the annual Asian Heritage Awards, and Asia Media Inc., publishers of ASIA, The Journal of Culture and Commerce, one of the early English language pan-Asian publications in California launched in 2002. More than 1.5 million South Vietnamese became the largest refugee group ever taken in by the U.S. Many of their stories – the heartaches, the tragedies, the grueling journeys – and the joy of arriving in America, along with the stories of Jacobs, Hedren and Horn, are told in “Pho For The Soul,” to be released in 2017. Earlier this year, the Asian Heritage Society became the first organization anywhere to capture part of the Vietnamese experience in Virtual Reality. The nine-minute rendering was shown at a two-day conference in April that examined the influence of the new media technology and brought together members of the California Vietnamese community and Vietnam veterans to share their experiences. Novarro, Carmen and the Asian Heritage Society plan to release the book to coincide with

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a traveling exhibit, a replica of the USS Kirk, which was so central to the South Vietnamese experience. Jacobs, who also appeared at the April conference and was keynote speaker at the 14th annual Asian Heritage Awards the same weekend, is overseeing the replica project. As for the book, the collection of reminiscences and reflections straight from the heart – brutal, heartbreaking, poignant, joyous – and all of it inspiring, “deserves to be in every library and on every college campus in the country as well as part of every high school history class. That is our ultimate goal, but here in California is where we will begin,” said Novarro. “What better way to tell young people in Vietnam that their best models for success are right here in America?” he added. The book project is an outgrowth of the Asian Heritage Awards, which in 2014 honored several Vietnamese Americans, among them Dr. Charles Nguyen, dean of the Catholic University School of Engineering. “The following year we wanted to do something to commemorate the 40th year since the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese, but we planned too late,” said Novarro. “We tried to make up for it this year, as we began the book and dedicated the full Asian Heritage Awards program to our Vietnamese community.” Novarro and Carmen, editors of “Pho for the Soul,” have more than 70 years of combined media experience. Novarro is a former Pulitzer Price nominee who has worked for metropolitan newspapers in New York City, Memphis and San Diego, served as a correspondent for Reuters News Service and been published in more than 100 magazines, newspapers and periodicals. Rosalynn Carmen, founder of Asia Media Inc. and the Asian Heritage Society, is a former newspaper publisher and host of four radio shows in Thailand. “The Vietnam War is the most written about war in American history, but little from the perspective of Vietnamese themselves,” said Carmen. “This book will change that.”

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Vietnamese Americans at Asian Heritage Awards

Capt. Paul Jacobs, featured in the book

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All About China

By: Adrienne Lim ll About China, written by Allison Branscombe, is an interesting book filled with many activities for children. It is a fun and easy way to teach children about a whole new culture, because it gives you a brief overview of the Chinese culture, geography, traditions, and lifestyle. It’s great if you or your child are visual learners; it has many pictures to help you visualize what the characters in the stories are. They also have songs in the book, which also include the notes. I am learning about Chinese culture in my foreign language class, and this

book has been helpful when I do research for an assignment. It’s also nice to just read for leisure. I find many of the stories and legends fascinating to read. My favorite legend is about how the moon goddess came to be. She was the lover of a brave warrior that saved the earth. As repayment, he is given an immortality potion. His lover accidentally took it and left him behind. She went up to the heavens to stay for eternity. I personally think it’s a good introductory book for those planning to visit China or are just interested in learning about the country.

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ccording to the Chinese Zodiac, the personality of someone born in the Year of the Rooster is forthright, honest, motivated, smart, confident and attention getting. Roosters can also be a bit “cocky.” Rooster personalities like organization and distinction. The traits of the rooster are being manifested in design trends. People want simplistic straightforward décor, and at the same time wanting a design that makes a statement. Juxtapositions of styles work well when there is a common theme. In the picture, the clean-lined neutral colored sofas and area rug give a simplistic mid-century modern look. The ottoman and canvas painting add just enough artistic impact to make a statement. And of course, Mr. Rooster wanted to be the center of attention. Usually, he is perched up high on a bookcase overseeing the room. May 2017 be full of grace and healing wherever you choose to roost.

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“WHAT WILL BE YOUR STORY IN 2017? YOUR LEGENDARY JOURNEY BEGINS…” With the New Year before us, we have over 300+ days to achieve the goals that we set for the year. As we enter into 2017, what are the things that matter most to you? For many, every year is like “Ground Hog Day,” where the clock resets and you are able to start over. Like in the movie, G.H.D. serves us if we learn from the prior years and course correct. Here are a few things that may serve you as a great foundation to build on: -Determine what your story will be in 2017, and what your life will represent to others. Don’t put any limits on it, and the more out of reach it seems, the better the long term goal. As the famous quote says, “Shoot for the moon, because the worst thing that can happen is you fall amongst the stars.” Put it on paper. - Write down your intent for your “life goals” - followed by what you want to be known for, and by the things you need to accomplish this year to achieve your life goals. - Take time to visualize what it entails for you to be become for each of the accomplishments you want to achieve this year. VOLUME 15.NO.1

- Pick a day to do a check-up, and course correct where necessary to achieve your accomplishments for this year. - Determine how you will reward yourself if you hit all your goals. As we go into this year, set your sights on really creating a foundation that you can build on in future years. As previously mentioned in earlier articles, you might consider replacing “Resolutions” with “Promises”…and of course with the intent to keep them through the year.

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I’m personally, learning more about life as I grow older. With so many friends around me experiencing someone close to them getting sick and even passing away, I think about my father - I am learning more and more about the value of a moment. We should never take for granted what positive difference we can be for others because of the impact that others have had on us.

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Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts on KVIE More than 5 million Americans currently face the grim reality of Alzheimer’s disease, and in January, KVIE Public Television will present programming designed to help us all better understand the impact of this unforgiving form of dementia that claims the lives of some 700,000 people per year. A case is diagnosed nearly every 60 seconds, making it one of the leading causes of death in the United States. The cost of caring for Alzheimer’s patients is astronomical, with an average cost of $57,000 per year per patient. Caretakers often delay retirement or take on supplemental jobs to provide care for afflicted loved ones. In turn, the disease not only affects patients and their families, but ultimately creates a severe impact on

America’s economy. It is arguably the largest epidemic in the world today, contributing to the death of one in every three senior citizens.

of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts airs Wednesday, January 25 at 10PM and Friday, January 27 at 3PM.

Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts is a new documentary on KVIE Public Television that documents the race to combat the relentless physical and economic destruction of the disease. The documentary launches a call-toaction to fight Alzheimer’s and raise awareness of the national public health threat. It affirms that our only hope for preventing a national economic meltdown in the wake of the disease is to find a way to fund research to develop a cure. Don’t miss the brand new documentary from PBS and get an inside look at the national implications

Then, meet scientists working towards the cure for Alzheimer’s and discover a new drug that could potentially slow onset of the disease. Watch NOVA: Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped? anytime at kvie.org/video.

KVIE_APA_2017_January Alz doctor – Daisy Duarte takes her mother, Sonia, to For more on Alzheimer’s disease, catch see the doctor after Sonia was diagnosed KVIE’s local documentary ViewFinder: with early-onset Alzheimer’s five years ago. Fading Away – Alzheimer’s. Go inside the deteriorating mind of patients afflicted with the disease and experience its effect on the people who care for them. See it January 25 at 7PM or online at kvie.org/video.

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San Joaquin County Historical Museum Heart and Soul of Stockton Chinatown “We asked people for a penny. When we had scraped together 10 cents, one of us would pay to get into the movies. Once inside, that kid would open the exit door of the theater for the rest of us to sneak in. I would find a couple and sit next to them, pretending to be their child. Sometimes we got caught; other times we didn’t.” Qloun Cho Low-Poon, 88, and her little brother “Chungie” Chung Cho Gong, 87, recounted tales like this one to illustrate how they grew up as the youngest of nine children in a poor family in South Stockton during the 1930s and ‘40s. “Poor, but happy,” they said. Through tenacity and drive, they both ultimately graduated from UC Berkeley. Beginning on Sunday, January 29, 2017, from 12-4 pm, the public will have the opportunity to go back in time and relive Stockton Chinatown when it was a colorful, bustling business district in the area now traversed by the Crosstown Freeway that links Highway 99 and Interstate 5. Washington Street: Heart and Soul of Stockton Chinatown is an exhibit at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum in Micke Grove Park, Lodi, that is a collaborative effort between the museum and the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) of Stockton. Research has involved holding a series of four “Show ‘n’ Tell” sessions with members of the Greatest Generation, and their descendants; they delved into their memories and dusted off storage boxes, painting a remarkable picture of a time and a culture in Stockton that is in danger of being forgotten. As well, home visits and a trip to a still-existing businesses were made to gather material. These memories and artifacts from a bygone era will be preserved JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017

and shared, thanks to the efforts of Julie Blood, Collections and Exhibit Manager, with the aid of museum docents (volunteer educators). Washington Street: The Heart and Soul of Stockton Chinatown will chronicle Sam Fow (Cantonese for “third city”) from the early 1900s through redevelopment in the 1970s. The exhibit’s Opening Day will utilize the spacious buildings and grounds of the 17-acre museum. Beginning at 12 noon, the museum will come alive with Chinese cultural activity stations, including a costume photo booth for cell phone pictures; children’s activities with paper crafts and Chinese yo-yo; a market display of Chinese cooking ingredients; local Chinese authors ready to answer your questions and sign their books; introduction to the popular mah jongg tile game; discovering your Chinese zodiac sign; and learning about Tai Chi exercise. Arrive early, between 12:00 – 1:30 pm and be one of the first 200 guests given the opportunity to purchase a $5 Chinese plate luncheon. At 2:00 pm, the thunderous beat of the lion dance drums will beckon all visitors to the Erickson Building for the exhibit ribbon-cutting ceremony. After the opening ceremony, until museum closing at 4:00 pm, you may view the exhibit and enjoy tea and home-baked cookies in the Tea Room. The museum is located within Micke Grove Park at 11793 N. Micke Grove Road, Lodi CA 95240. The entrance is at the corner of Armstrong and Micke Grove Roads. The parking fee of $6 per vehicle is charged at the entry station. The museum admission fee is waived for this event. Museum membership is welcome. A one-year membership includes a full year of the parking fee and museum admission, as well as visits to the popular Critter

Corral petting zoo during the summer. Don’t miss the opening of the museum exhibit on January 29, 2017, 12-4 pm, or visit before the exhibit closes in May 2017. The exhibit is auspicious for three reasons: (1) Chinese New Year (Year of the Rooster) begins the day prior to Opening Day; (2) The last Chinese exhibit at the museum, Golden Mountain, took place in 1981, also the Year of the Rooster; (3) The exhibit coincides with the conclusion of the museum’s 50th anniversary year and the beginning of the Chinese Benevolent Association’s Centennial Celebration. Janwyn Loy Funamura, museum trustee and docent, as well as immediate past president of Stockton CBA, has learned a thing or two working on this project. She found out from the family of Hong Gong, aka “John Kee”, that, using pounds of bean sprouts delivered as a measuring stick, her father was an extremely successful businessman as co-owner of The Chopstick, Stockton’s first Chinese food take-out restaurant. Visit Washington Street: Heart and Soul of Stockton Chinatown, and take a step back in time! Captions; Pictures (continued top page 11) 1. ChungDavidQ: Recounting tales of growing up in Stockton: left to right Chung Cho Gong, 87; son David; sister Qloun Cho Low-Poon, 88 2. JohnKee Family: Telling the story of hydroponically-grown bean sprouts - The Hong Gong (aka John Kee) and Fay Gong family: left to right - Steve Gong, 68; wife Lilian, daughter Michelle Weiler; brother Stewart Gong; sister Way Jane Gong Wong 3. KathyJanFrankie: Poring over a photo from the 1940s - left to right: Kathy Aso, Janwyn Funamura, Frank Yip

4. Gail: Telling the story of Quong Wah Yuen Chinese Delicatessen and Market: Gail Chin Gulick-Tucker, representing the nine children of Bill Chin and Lily Saichun Wong Chin 5. Shelton: Reminiscing about childhood experiences on Washington Street: Shelton Yip, son of Marty and Rosie Yip, owners of Marty’s Shoe Store; Shelton was accompanied by his sister Sandra Yip Shibata. 6. PatBook: Showing her Uncle George Fong’s book of memoirs: Patricia Chan Hing, one of five daughters of Charlie and Sadie Chan 7. Still: Speculating on the use of a still found in her great-aunt’s closet: Janwyn Funamura, cousin to the discoverer, Susan Lee 8. Cheryl: Creating Chinese delicacies from the unwritten recipes of her grandmother: Cheryl Lee, granddaughter of Sadie Lee who was the owner of Yet Bun Heong Bakery, working these days at the bakery’s third location in the Filipino Plaza in downtown Stockton 9. Virginia: Virginia Lee, 88, daughter of Yet Bun Heong’s original owners brought a colorized family photo to Yet Bun Heong Bakery. The photo depicts Virginia with her older sister Rose, brother King, and parents. 10. Mae: Home visit yields first-hand stories, few pictures - left to right, Mae Lee, 93, daughter of Lee Yuen, prominent Stockton Chinatown businessman, pictured on wall; and Julie Blood, San Joaquin County Historical Museum Collections/Exhibits Manager 11. What’s inside: Visit the San Joaquin County’s upcoming exhibit, Washington Street: Heart and Soul of Stockton’s Chinatown, to discover what unique artifact was carefully wrapped in this package. Left to right, Janwyn Funamura from the Chinese Benevolent Association and Violet Toy Yip whose father, Frank Bing Toy, owned Pacific Hardware at 119 E. Market Street 12. Cataloguing artifacts: Busy «Show ‹n› Tell» session at the museum: Left to right - Mrs. Tong Gong Lee, whose husband owned Minnie Gong Lee Restaurant, and her daughter Katherine Gong Meissner; museum volunteers - photographer Harley Becker and docents Patti Williams and Connie Rice

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Stories from a Paper Son

en Choy (Choy Buck-tone) was born in China, in Wing Ho Wan village in 1917. His father decided he would come to the U.S. when he was thirteen. Ben’s family got papers for him as Choy Ging Foon, the “paper son” of a cousin who was a merchant in America. Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese laborers could not come to this country, but merchants, students, educators, diplomats were among those in exempt classes. Children of these men and those who said they were born here were also allowed to come to this country, so many Chinese bought false identities to get around these discriminatory laws. Ben was to join his cousin’s son on their journey to America and said he was his brother. When he left his family, “The parting with my mother was heart-breaking. I cried all night and the pillow was completely drenched with tears.” He sailed with his “brother” on the S.S. McKinley and was very seasick. He recalled a terrible smell in the back of the ship, where he stayed: “The smell of the steam in the back of the VOLUME 15.NO.1

ship was really awful and unbearable.” Three weeks into his journey, he saw San Francisco for the first time. “It was early in the morning when I saw big buildings, and bright lights twinkling all over the place. Gee, I was really amazed, you know. I was so impressed.” He was not able to set foot in San Francisco until he passed through processing on Angel Island. Ben was detained with his paper brother in the Chinese men’s barracks. He remembers that the place was crowded with “men who were eager to set foot on the real Gold Mountain to realize their long-coveted dreams.” They were confined in a room with rows and rows of bunk beds, and little to do to pass the time. There was a basketball court, but Ben seldom played or watched others play. Some of the children were practical jokers and they would pick on his brother, but no one played jokes on him because of his serious demeanor. There were many poems on the walls. “A lot of people who were schooled in China wrote poems on the wall, grumbling about the injustice of the whole affair. I didn’t have the education to write or read,

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but I remember seeing them.” After two weeks on the island, Ben had to go through his immigration hearing. He inadvertently answered a question incorrectly, but told this answer to his paper brother, who repeated the information. Both boys were released, and landed in San Francisco and then lived with his cousin’s family in Oakland, where he attended Lincoln Elementary School. Later, Ben dropped out of high school to work for National Dollar Stores in Portland, OR, helped build Victory Ships in Richmond, CA, then earned his high school diploma. He also opened a real estate office in Chinatown took night courses in law

which helped him when he became a naturalized citizen of the U.S., and pursued his passion writing songs and plays. Ben married Katherine Hurlow and they raised two sons. Ben lived until 87 years of age. In the spirit of the season, here is an excerpt of one of Ben’s poems, “Gung Hay Fat Choy.” For the rest of his story, visit http://aiisf.org/immigrantvoices/stories-by-author/831stories-from-a-paper-son/. Listen, listen to the jolly voices, The gay music, and the happy noises, The lively drums, the thundering gongs, The merry greetings, and the love songs.

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The Central Valley Asian-American Chamber Of Commerce (CVACC) welcomes the “Year Of The Rooster” in 2017. We invite you to join us to make new friends, business connections, and create your success this coming year as we start the new year out with the following events.

Leslie Edman Executive Director MARK YOUR CALENDARS! January 21, 2017 - Asian Heritage Night/Teddy Bear Toss - Stockton Heat Hockey January 26, 2017 - CVACC January Business Mixer - hosted by Whirlow’s Tossed & Grilled January 29, 2017 - JACL- Stockton/Lodi Chapters (Japanese American Citizens League) “Blending Cultures” Joint Installation Luncheon February 23, 2017 - CVACC Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration - hosted by China Palace

Lodi & Stockton JACL chapters Joint Installation Luncheon Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:00 PM Stockton Buddhist Church Mini-Chapel 2820 Shimizu Drive, Stockton

$20.00 members; $25.00 non-members Catered by De Parsia’s

Blending Cultures The JACL promotes civil rights, education and cultural events of Japanese Americans. In America, we say we are a melting pot of cultures. We have invited some of our sister organizations to share their cultures and experiences with us. There will be exhibit tables, information and entertainment. Join us in enjoying and supporting each other’s endeavors! Communities who will be represented: Filipino American, Chinese American, Hmong American, Cambodian American, Central Valley Asian American Chamber of Commerce.

RSVP by January 20 to May Saiki 465-8107

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n early 2017, the Crocker Art Museum will unveil three beautiful and important new exhibitions that illuminate the contributions and influence of Japanese art and culture in the United States from the 19th century to the present day. The first of these, Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection, opens January 22 and highlights the diversity, creativity, and technical virtuosity of 20th- and 21st-century ceramic artists working in Japan. The show features artists whose work is inspired by traditional themes, as well as those who work in or are influenced by the avant garde. Tensions between form and functionality, traditional and modern, national and international are often evident across works in the exhibition and within individual pieces. Groupings suggest particular elements associated with the medium’s development, including tea vessels, geometric design, and sculptural forms. Some 40 artists, including many of Japan’s greatest living ceramicists, are represented by 75 works.

Overlapping this show is JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876–1970, a major exhibition organized by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, which opens February 12 and surveys the role that international exhibitions and world’s fairs have played in artistic exchanges between these two cultures. Focusing on Japan’s place in major international exhibitions held on the American continent from 1876 onward, and JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017

finishing with a look at the first World’s Fair held on Japanese soil, in Osaka in 1970, this beautiful and diverse assembly examines the influence of Japanese aesthetics on painting and printmaking, ceramics and metalwork, and graphic design, advertising, bookbinding, and illustration. The exhibition also includes Japanese objects influenced by the West, as Japanese makers took pride in adopting Western forms and manufacturing techniques, while retaining the high level of craftsmanship and attention to detail for which they were famous. Finally, opening February 19, exactly 75 years to the day after United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 during World War II, is the powerful Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank. Executive Order 9066 authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones, clearing the way for some 120,000 Japanese Americans to be incarcerated in camps scattered throughout the American West. Canada also forced the relocation of citizens of Japanese descent, establishing the British Columbia Security Commission to oversee sending some 22,000 Japanese Canadians to hastily planned camps in the British Columbia interior and to work and road camps in other parts of the country. This exhibition provides an opportunity to reflect on these governmental actions through 26 images documenting the relocation in British Columbia by Leonard Frank, and 40 images of the Manzanar Relocation Centre taken by Ansel Adams in 1943.

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In conjunction with the opening of Two Views, the Crocker Art Museum will present 7.5 hours of continuous programming, called the Day of Remembrance, starting at 10:00am, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United States Executive Order 9066 during World War II, requiring the imprisonment of all Americans of Japanese Ancestry. The day will begin with a mass meditation, followed by remarks by civic and community leaders, and throughout the day there will be a reading of the names of local men, women, and children imprisoned in the camps. To represent the resilience of those who endured this injustice, there will be art demonstrations; crane making, bonsai, and ikebana activities; exhibition tours; performances; and the sharing of stories. “Collectively, these shows offer a broad range of experiences, ranging from the stunning to the poignant,” says Scott Shields, the Crocker’s associate director and chief curator. “The JapanAmerica show is filled with works by important artists from America and Japan, the art of each culture achieving new levels of depth and beauty because of the influence of the other. The contemporary Japanese ceramics of Into the Fold are elegant and often sublime, showcasing the best of what this medium can offer. Finally, the powerful images of Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank illuminate a dark chapter in our history at a pivotal moment, not only because of the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, but in terms of political issues that continue to resonate even today.” For more information on exhibitions and related programming, visit Crocker Art Museum at www.crockerartmuseum. org or call (916) 808-7000.

Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection Photography by Randy Batista

Kitaoji Rosanjin, Oribe-style Blowing Bamboo Leaves Dish (Oribe-fu senmen bachi), c. 1950, glazed stoneware, Collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz

Ono Hakuko, Vase (Yuri kinginsai tsubo), c. 1990, glazed porcelain with underglaze gold and silver decoration, Collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz

Tokuda Yasokichi IV, Jar, 2012, porcelain with saiyu glaze, Collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz VOLUME 15.NO.1

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Japan America: Points of Contact, 1876-1970 Ansel Adams Calisthenics Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943 Courtesy of Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ item/2002696043/ (available online in various formats)

JA-PearceTea-Smith. Charles Sprague Pearce American, 1851–1914 A Cup of Tea, 1883 Oil on canvas 27 x 22 inches (68.58 x 55.88 cm) Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts Bequest of Annie Swan Coburn (Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn); SC 1934:3-6 Photography by Petegorsky/Gipe

JA-BlumTemple-VMFA Robert Blum American, 1857–1903 The Temple Court of Fudo Sama at Meguro, Tokyo, 1891 Oil on canvas 27 x 19 7/8 inches (68.58 x 50.58 cm) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane fund for American Art; 91.503 © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts/ Photography by Katherine Wetzel

Leonard Frank Japanese Internees Leaving Slocan Valley, BC Slocan Valley, BC, 1942 Eastwood Collection NNM 1994.69.4.29

APAPA-San Joaquin County (SJC), headquartered in Stockton, California, was launched as the newest chapter of APAPA at its Grand Opening Celebration October 15, 2016

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Ansel Adams Richard Kobayashi, farmer with cabbages Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943 Courtesy of Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ item/2001704633/ (available online in various formats)

Board of Directors Dennis Lee, Chairman Julian Canete, President Michael Nguyen, Vice-President Dr. Liz Blanchard, Vice-President, Scholarship & Internship Brian Davalos, Vice-President, Membership Jian Ouyang, Treasurer Cynthia Lau, Secretary Les Fong, Director Cheryll Lim, Director Don Ouaneodone, Director Esperanza Vielma, Director Judy Quintana, Director

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