Artifact Memory Project
2026 — Ongoing
Artifact #025
How do we activate memory?
The working title is the Artifact Memory Project. My intention is to activate memory through clay and story. Each participant will make handheld clay impressions or sculptures. They will become part of the Artifact Memory Project Library. Participants will also be asked to briefly write about their experience/connection to place.
These are tangible artifacts of memory. The act of making a physical artifact generationally. My hope is to use this as an educational tool to shine a light on different concentration camps, detention centers and assembly centers during WWII and places that hold stories for participants.
Artifact #002, George Iwamoto,
Manzanar Pilgrimage, Block 35, Spring 2026
Artifact #003, Iwamoto,
Manzanar Pilgrimage, Block 35, Spring 2026
Artifact #015, Masao Oropeza Fujimoto,
Heart Mountain Pilgrimage, Summer 2026
This is a participant led project. It has traveled both domestically and internationally. Originated in Manzanar, Heart Mountain, Tule Lake, Stockton Assembly Center, Rhode Island and Fukuoka Japan. Wherever you desire to take this project it expands the breath and depth. We all learn with you in the most beautiful and healing ways.