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TITLE
Calendar, Dec. 1943
 
DESCRIPTION
Calendar, Dec. 1943, 12" x 18"

Made by 6 year old from Tanforan and Topaz

Construction paper, watercolor. Multicolored/ red and black numbers
 
CONTEXT
"Hisako Hibi (1907-1991) was born in a village near Kyoto and immigrated to the United States in 1920. She studied art at the California School of Fine Arts and participated in annual exhibitions of the San Francisco Art Association. She taught art during her incarceration in Tanforan and Topaz. Hibi resettled in New York City where she continued to paint while working as a dressmaker, domestic, and factory worker to support her two children. She moved back to San Francisco in 1954." "View From Within"
 
CREDIT
Courtesy of Hisako Hibi
 
DATE
December 1943