Exhibition Seminar: Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America
Tuesday, November 17
11am – 1pm or 3 – 5pm
S. Neil Fujita. Composition for album cover design (detail), 1957. Private collection. © 2026 S. Neil Fujita
$90; members $81
(2-hour workshop)
About the Class
This on-site seminar explores the vital contributions of Japanese American artists and designers in the decades after World War II through our fall special exhibition, Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America.
Through guided discussions inside the exhibition, participants will have the opportunity to examine the artistic achievements, political activism, and resilience of Japanese American artists working amid war, incarceration, and global change.
Led by Joe Tokumasu Field, contributor to the Isamu Noguchi catalogue raisonné and former educator at the Noguchi Museum, this seminar draws upon the latest scholarship and invites participants to collaboratively explore both renowned and lesser-known artists whose innovative work continues to shape today’s cultural landscape.
Capacity: 25 per session
S. Neil Fujita. Composition for album cover design, 1957. Private collection. © 2026 S. Neil Fujita
Instructor
Joseph Tokumasu Field
Tokumasu Field earned his MA in curating at Richmond University, London, and specializes in modern, contemporary, and Asian art. He has taught at Brooklyn College, the 92nd Street Y, the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, and the Guggenheim Museum, all in New York. He works to provide access to art for all, highlighting marginalized artists and centering people over objects in his teaching practice.
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