EAVScholars Mako and Haejin Fujimura Event #2 #postdestruction

As an artist and a lawyer couple, Makoto and Haejin Fujimura live out the integration of beauty and justice. Haejin co-founded Embers International, a global NGO committed to “protect, restore and empower” those caught in the intergenerational trauma and abuse of human trafficking, and Mako serves as Embers’ Artist Advocate. Mako is a contemporary artist and author of several books including Art+Faith: A Theology of Making (Yale University Press, 2021). Mako and Haejin have created a space called “The Estuary” which incubates their collective efforts. They are currently cowriting a book on beauty and justice to be released from Brazos Press. [Mako’s art will be exhibited at the Arthur Ross Gallery from March to April in connection with the lecture series.

#postdestruction Monday, November 18th

Description: The Fujimuras will introduce the idea of post-destruction as a response to injustices such as trauma, persecution, Ground Zero, or post-atomic Nagasaki. Makoto Fujimura will share how he has created beauty out of those spaces of destruction, and how that creation leads to justice.

Length: 60-75 min including Q&A

Host or Publisher The Office of Social Equity and Community at Penn