Join author Art Nomura in the meeting room for a discussion of his latest book\, Mizuko: True Spirit. When the Takahashi family\, one of the wealthiest in western Japan\, loses thei r great fortune in 1900\, five-year old Mizuko Takahashi goes from riches to rags. Mizuko&rsquo\;s lifetime in Japan and America offers the reader a n intimate look into the world of an immigrant. It is the story of one wom an&rsquo\;s efforts to surmount racism\, sexism\, and poverty in the 20th century.
\nArt Nomura has worked as a painter\, sculptor\, potter\, filmmaker\, writer\, and New Media artist since 1968. Several of his works have themes directly connected to the Asian American experience. His work has screened on PBS\, cable\, and in festivals\, galleries\, museums\, an d universities worldwide. Nomura has taught media production and writing s ince 1981.
\nHe is Professor Emeritus in Film/TV Production at the S chool of Film and Television\, Loyola Marymount University\, and continues to teach select courses at LMU between writing\, gardening\, traveling\, bicycling\, xi gong\, Pilates\, social activism\, design/construction\, an d art-making activities.
\nHe is a graduate of Garfield High School\ , Los Angeles\; California State University\, Los Angeles (B.A. Representa tional Art)\; and UCLA (MFA\, Theater Arts). He is a Vietnam-era veteran\, husband\, father of three\, grandfather to three\, brother to three\, fir st cousin to twenty-eight.
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