# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Gallery Gathering: Roger Shimomura and Works of Resilience
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a conversation on how Roger Shimomura and other contemporary artists have responded to the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, using multiple artistic media to communicate messages of pain, protest, and perseverance. We will begin this Gallery Gathering by looking at Shimomura’s Nisei Triology in the For the People, By the People exhibition. Then we will move downstairs to the Joy Light Gallery to view the exhibition Resilience–A Sansei Sense of Legacy.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/gallery-gathering-roger-shimomura-and-works-of-resilience/200030533539025
- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Kalamazoo
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007
- **lat**: 42.28958
- **long**: -85.5874
- **full address**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Gallery Gathering: Roger Shimomura and Works of Resilience being held?
  - **A:** Gallery Gathering: Roger Shimomura and Works of Resilience takes place on Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Gallery Gathering: Roger Shimomura and Works of Resilience?
  - **A:** Gallery Gathering: Roger Shimomura and Works of Resilience is organized by Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Gallery Gathering: Roger Shimomura and Works of Resilience is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Kalamazoo, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Gallery Gathering: Roger Shimomura and Works of Resilience sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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