Meet the Authors of Word of Mouth: Laura Kina & Jave Yoshimoto
Schedule
Fri, 15 Aug, 2025 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2629 Beaver Ave Ste S1, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310 | Des Moines, IA
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Word of Mouth was first published as an online exhibition through the Virtual Asian American Art Museum. This print version features a new introduction by art historian Michelle Yee, expanded essays, and brand-new recipes. Each contribution is accompanied by an original illustration and enriched by the artist’s reflections on how their cuisine has been impacted by histories of war, migration, relocation, labor, or mixing.A pandemic project turned illustrated cookbook, this unique collection disrupts genre expectations to celebrate how artists use food to nurture and sustain their diverse communities and artistic practices as well as to build connection during times of isolation, grief, and loss.
Laura Kina is a queer, disabled, mixed-race Okinawan American artist and educator whose work focuses on Asian American art and identity. Kina is a professor at the Art School at DePaul University in Chicago and is the coeditor of War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art.
Jave Yoshimoto is a recipient of the 2015 Joan Mitchell Foundation grant and a recognition award from the Friends of the United Nations in New York. He is associate professor of art at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His visual works represent the history of humanitarian struggles
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2629 Beaver Ave Ste S1, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310Event Location & Nearby Stays:
