DENVER IS MY HOME: Denver’s Historic Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon
December 10 - June 2
C Gates, C Gates, Center Core Mezzanine
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Art at Den
December 10 - June 2
C Gates, C Gates, Center Core Mezzanine
Denver Is My Home is made possible by the contributions of many community members and is presented by: Japanese Arts Network, Colorado Asian Pacific United, Far East Center, Truong An Gifts
‘Denver is My Home’ is an exploration of history to the present day of three specific Asian American communities that first came to settle in Denver; how they persevered, and how we continue to honor their contributions to Colorado. Learn about how and why these communities came to thrive, the cultural heritage they celebrate, and the legacy and imprint they’ve left for future generations. These stories accompanied by priceless objects, interviews, and photographic memories illuminate hidden narratives which include the history of the first Chinese and Japanese miners, railroad workers, and farmers in Colorado as well as immigrant stories which center the challenges of building community amongst extreme adversity including the Chinese Exclusion Act, Vietnamese refugees fleeing violence in their home country, and re-settlement following World War II’s forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in Denver’s backyard at Amache and across the United States.
Explore original artifacts of cultural memory, artistic tributes to these neighborhoods, and personal reflections from past residents and their kin. This exhibit reveals the history of once thriving neighborhoods that are now scarcely present and mostly disappeared and shares the ways we are still working to preserve and uplift that history today with the next generation of future ancestors.
