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Graham O. Bertram
Read Graham O. Bertram's artist statement. Graham is our Junior Division, Honorable Mention of the 2026 Minoru Yasui Art Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 91 min read


Ty Hjelmeland
Read Ty Owen Hjelmeland's artist statement. Ty is our Junior Division, Second Place winner of the 2026 Minoru Yasui Art Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 92 min read


Ava Makiya
Read Ava Makiya's artist statement. Ava is our Junior Division, First Place winner of the 2026 Minoru Yasui Art Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 92 min read


Nora Hammond
Read Nora Hammond's artist statement. Nora is our Senior Division, Honorable Mention of the 2026 Minoru Yasui Art Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 92 min read


Ami Moon
Read Ami Moon's artist statement. Ami is our Senior Division, Second Place winner of the 2026 Minoru Yasui Art Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 82 min read


Katharine Abbott
Read Katharine Abbott's artist statement. Katharine is our Senior Division, First Place winner of the 2026 Minoru Yasui Art Student Contest.
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Apr 82 min read


Tongdan Jia
Read Tongdan Jia's artist statement. Tongdan is our Junior Division, Honorable Mention of the 2025 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
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Apr 17, 20251 min read


Freya Albert
Read Freya Albert's artist statement. Freya is our Junior Division, Second Place winner of the 2025 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 17, 20252 min read


Victoria G. Valles Garcia
Read Victoria G. Valles Garcia's artist statement. Victoria is our Junior Division, First Place winner of the 2025 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 17, 20251 min read


Tavia Tamayo Zepnewski
Read Tavia Tamayo Zepnewski's artist statement. Tavia is our Senior Division, Honorable Mention of the 2025 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 16, 20252 min read


Katherine Messner
Read Katherine Messner's artist statement. Katherine is our Senior Division, Second Place winner of the 2025 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
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Apr 16, 20252 min read


Abigail Lee
Read Abigail Lee's artist statement. Abigail is our Senior Division, First Place winner of the 2025 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 16, 20252 min read


Alice Doern
Read Alice Doern's artist statement. Alice is our Junior Division, Honorable Mention winner of the 2024 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
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May 24, 20241 min read


Miko Brooks
Read Miko Brook's artist statement. Miko is the Senior Division, Honorable Mention winner of the 2024 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
May 24, 20242 min read


Emmeline Henriques
Read Emmeline Henriques's artist statement. Emmeline is our Junior Division, Second Place winner of the 2024 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
May 24, 20242 min read


Morgan Salvo
Read Morgan Salvo's artist statement. Morgan is our Junior Division, First Place winner of the 2024 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
May 24, 20242 min read


Evie Chan
Read Evie Chan's artist statement. Evie is our Senior Division, Second Place winner of the 2024 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
May 24, 20242 min read


Saya Tipton
Read Saya's artist statement. Saya is our Senior Division, First Place winner of the 2024 Minoru Yasui Student Contest.
Min Yasui Legacy Project
May 24, 20242 min read


Recognize Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi's Bravery with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
(Photo courtesy National Archives and Records Administration) As you know in 2014 and 2015, I and others, spearheaded an effort for my...
Min Yasui Legacy Project
Apr 17, 20243 min read


Aika Peraza: Responsibility
Student Art Contest: Junior Division, Second Place 7th Grade – Twality Middle School Growing up, during my social studies class we were...
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Aug 5, 20232 min read
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