<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(244,244,244);min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding:9px"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left"><a title="Writing Wrongs"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;display:inline!important"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">SAFE | HOME exhibit
opening</span></b></p></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:left"><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">Join curator Sherri Kajiwara in conversation with artist Kellen Hatanaka</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align:left"><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">October 23, 2021</span></b></div><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)"><div style="text-align:left"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">1pm Pacific | 4pm Eastern</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">Live streaming on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nikkeimuse" target="_blank">Youtube</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">Or</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">Register on <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlcu2vrjwsHNDlmZuRhwV89KWU_u7aYQdv" target="_blank">Zoom</a> to join the
live conversation</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-size:12pt"> </span></div></span></b><p></p><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><br> <img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b315bd885335b00042131a118/images/f8e6b092-cc41-be51-e38d-d13d1d235f30.jpg" width="564" style="border:0px;height:auto;line-height:16px;outline:none;text-decoration-line:none;vertical-align:bottom;max-width:768px;padding-bottom:0px;display:inline"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(244,244,244);min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding-top:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%;text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><br> <br>The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre launches a new exhibit<br>SAFE | HOME<br>Contemporary Canadian artist Kellen Hatanaka<br>October 26, 2021 – April 30, 2022<br> <br>Through the lens of the historic Vancouver Asahi baseball team, contemporary Canadian artist Kellen Hatanaka explores issues of race, xenophobia, representation, and implicit bias that are relevant in both sport and society today. Interpreted in contemporary painting, and sculpture, all primarily working with paper, his visual stories offer both warning and help to erase thinking and behaviours that continue to exclude minority groups. Hatenaka re-imagines the influence and importance of the Vancouver Asahi through yonsei (4th generation) eyes.<br><br>Adjacent to this contemporary installation is a heritage corner drawing on the NNMCC archives to round out the historical story of the Vancouver Asahi.<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Nichola Ogiwara<br>Museum Programmer<br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Nikkei</span><font color="#666666"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> National Museum & Cultural Centre<br>6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby BC  V5E 4M7<br><b>T</b> 604.777.7000 ext.109  </span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1ho5ABamtYBmnc6EU8ko5o0OcMIAfAKkJ&revid=0B0VtjbP9XjT0NlNMT2J2R0hObWl5SjFkZ0hNLzlOMWFkQ0FFPQ"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NNMCC" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=187L341jk3Ysrs3SkZP0KvEZQQ8QQZiEo&revid=0B2yfCsFWt4IaMUVTeEh4OVBjVE83emxoa1lZb1NqMk0wSURJPQ"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikkeimuseum/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=17ZsosahDkiqQCfP2_y740R0EEkIxA7BQ&export=download"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://twitter.com/nikkeimuse" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1V1aEXgVtWGIsX_LWcdtc2TA_lMokW157&revid=0B2yfCsFWt4IadFd6eDI1YWt1cTdKT3BmeWtLYmRUKzVZMmhzPQ"></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">   </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKRcTPnSV-jRd6Ob6u4GrqQ" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1oIgrutdDTYe6wHamn00jBMoOovKiLnlO&revid=0B2yfCsFWt4IaZm54NGlpM3NnQWZzdnRhc3ppcHZDWXU5TXc4PQ"></a><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="39"><col width="41"><col width="40"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:33.75pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;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