Inspirations: Where Do Artists Get Their Ideas?
Cultural Background
"When we moved to Minidoka, all of my friends lived close to me."
Roger Shimomura
Memories of Childhood, 1999
Book: lithograph, typeset, various papers
TSCPL Permanent Collection, Library Foundation Purchase
During World War II, 120,000 Japanese Americans were illegally
interned. The images in this book are derived from a series of paintings about the artist’s experience as a child in the Minidoka Concentration Camp in Hunt, Idaho, during World War II.
Inspirations: Where Do Artists Get Their Ideas?
Cultural Background
"When we moved to Minidoka, all of my friends lived close to me."
Roger Shimomura
Memories of Childhood, 1999
Book: lithograph, typeset, various papers
TSCPL Permanent Collection, Library Foundation Purchase
During World War II, 120,000 Japanese Americans were illegally
interned. The images in this book are derived from a series of paintings about the artist’s experience as a child in the Minidoka Concentration Camp in Hunt, Idaho, during World War II.