2024 RFC Symposium: Beauty Beyond the Barbwire

Beauty Beyond the Barbwire is a symposium that explores the work of select Japanese-American Artists incarcerated by the US government during WWII (1942-1945) and their descendants. On Saturday, June 22, the Raymond Farm Center (RFC) will host a series of short presentations by authors, artists, and scholars, who experienced incarceration firsthand and then went on to make significant contributions to American art and design in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Following the presentations, there will be a panel discussion about the experience of that time, the forbearance of these remarkable people, and a reflection on the significance of this history to the ever-present struggle for social justice, civil rights, and the fight against racial discrimination, and violence towards the Asian community in contemporary America.

The symposium on June 22 will include a light breakfast, lunch, and a reception.

Add On: Dinner at the Raymond Farm on June 22 at 7pm

Enjoy a buffet style farm to table dinner with the speakers after the symposium

Add On: Historic Tours

Learn more about the Raymond Farm and the Nakashima Woodworkers on a joint tour starting at 10am on Sunday, June 23. Lunch will be included.

* Eventbrite transaction fee included in ticket price**

Host or Publisher Raymond Farm Center for Living Arts & Design