“A Moab Prison Camp” Exhibition Returns to Share the State-Wide Story

This fall, the Moab Museum displays A Moab Prison Camp: Japanese American Incarceration in Utah, an exhibition curated by the team to explore the stories of the 55 individuals incarcerated at Dalton Wells near Moab. We are proud to simultaneously display Topaz Stories: Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration, an exhibition that was developed by the Friends of the Topaz Museum to capture the personal stories of Japanese Americans incarcerated at Topaz. The Topaz Stories project has gathered stories from Topaz survivors and their descendants, from which these stories were selected for the Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ Traveling Exhibition Program.

Topaz Stories: A Virtual Series at the Museum
On October 3rd at 3 pm, the Museum will be hosting a live showing of a virtual presentation in conjunction with Topaz Stories. Explore what it was like for Japanese Americans to return to the San Francisco Bay Area after the War. Those fortunate had houses to return to, but most had nowhere to go. Amidst a culture and climate of lingering hostility, folks had to find housing and jobs. Join Kaz Oyamada Iwahashi, Gay Minamoto Kaplan, Michi Takeshita Mukai, and Meri Mitsuyoshi for their achingly personal stories of resettlement in the Bay Area following the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

Two virtual programs will follow, on November 7th and November 23rd featuring Eugene Takei, Tracy Takayanagi Hui, and Ruth Sasaki in a salute to veterans and Doris Yamada Yagi, Frank Kami, Jonathan Hirabayashi, and Jon Yatabe and Ruth Sasaki, who pay tribute to wartime friends and allies.

An Evening with Heidi Redd, Author of “A Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey”

On October 15th at 6pm at the Grand County Public Library, Heidi Redd, author of “A Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey” relates her adventures at the Dugout Ranch–one of the most significant ranching and conservation operations in the West. Heidi’s love for the land and the Western way of life inspired her partnership with The Nature Conservancy to protect this special place in the heart of Utah’s canyon country. This event is free and open to the public! For more info call 435-259-1111 or visit www.moablibrary.org.