The goal of this course is for students to use their technical skills as young artists and designers to develop political education materials. The goal for these materials is to inform and invite discussion.

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"Never Again 9066" is a class rooted in the unconstitutional incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Learning from surviving former concentration camp inmates — including alumni of the college — and from civil liberties experts, students will share this important history and connect it to issues in the present such as the wave of anti-Asian violence.

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Students learn how to apply historical analysis and values driven campaigns to their creative process. This studio provides students with hands-on experience while creating a space for them to develop their unique perspective as artists and designers. Throughout the course students will learn frameworks for communicating and advocating for their creative choices.

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Students move beyond #StopAsianHate to ground educational materials in the long history of Anti-Asian violence. Student materials should address at least two of these areas: gaps in historical knowledge and analysis, misrepresentation through limited narratives, isolated histories, notification / news fatigue.

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Class Goals:
 

• Create a space for students to join their creative skills with social justice movements.

• Contextualize and connect Asian American history and experience to other communities to build solidarity and power.

• Build New Narratives that include perspectives that are routinely overlooked or trivialized.

• Grow understanding of past, present, and future issues that surface with this work.

• Build public space for viewers outside of this class to engage in Asian American history and its connection to contemporary experiences and discussions.

• Connect students to grassroots organizations who are building space for this work and these issues today.

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This class and program was supported by funding provided by the State of California through the California Civil Liberties program, administered by the California State Library.