Rio Gallery
Located in the grand lobby of the old Rio Grande Depot, the Rio Gallery was established as a service to Utah artists, providing a free venue for emerging as well as established artists to gather and educate the community through their artwork.
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Exhibition from January 13 - February 10, 2012
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Special Activities in Conjunction with this Exhibit
- January 19, 7PM Reading and Lecture by poet Lawson Inada at Utah State University's Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 101, Logan
- January 20, 6PM - 9 p.m. Opening Reception, reading by poet Lawson Inada, screening of Days of Waiting and opportunity to honor internees & their families, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City
- February 3, 7PM screening of Unfinished Business and panel discussion with Lawson Inada & civil rights activist Mark Alvarez, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMoCA), 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City
- February 4, 4PM Screening of American Pastime, UMoCA, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City
- February 4, 7PM Reading of Plan-B Theatre Company's BLOCK 8, Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, 211 W. 100 S., Salt Lake City
Topaz: Artists in Internment
Over a hundred thousand Japanese-Americans were held in ten remote camps in the 1940s. These Americans were not conviced or charged with any crime, yet were incarcerated for up to four years in prison camps surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards.
Japanese Americans interned in the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah brought with them the skills from their interrupted lives. This exhibit will featured artworks created during internment at the Topaz War-Relocation Center near Delta, Utah, on loan from the Topaz Museum. Artists include Chiura Obata, Setsu Nagata Kanehara, Charles Erabu Mikami and Mine Okubo.
The exhibited artworks are collected and cared for by the Topaz Museum, a non-profit, volunteer organization whose purpose is to preserve the history of Topaz.
This exhibit will travel to three locations in 2012:
- Rio Gallery in Salt Lake City
- San Leandro Public Library
- San Francisco Public Library
The traveling exhibit is made possible by funding from the Wester States Arts Federation (WESTAF), Utah Arts & Museums and the National Endowment for the Arts.
You can follow the journey of this exhibit with highlighted historical information and images by following the blog.
Reading by Poet Lawson Inada
Location & Hours
Rio Grande Depot, 300 South Rio Grande Street
(455 West), Salt Lake City
8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday – Friday; Closed Saturday – Sunday
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