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This past Wednesday night 6 decades/three generations of dance artists who created, shaped and participated in the historic dance program at Portland State University gathered for a “wake” and map-making party inside my exhibition at PLACE. Conceived as part of the programming of my Converge45 exhibition - The Evidence of Foot Fall, I organized this gathering because it is impossible to think about dance in this city without deeply recognizing the contributions and artistic diaspora of this program, which was shuttered in 2024. I was the last faculty member standing on the shoulders of the beloveds you see above and so many more that could not be with us in the room - Judy Patton, Cathy Evleshin, Minh Tran, Tami Gray, Sara Grindle, Bonnie Nedrow, Nancy Martino, Carolyn Stuart, Melissa St. Claire, Gregg Bielemeier, and on and on and on. Together, in community, we hived our knowledge and began to make a map - a record, by those who actually built the program from 1969-2024. What a run! What a huge loss for our city to have this program shuttered.

The map is not ready to published yet but you can see the early marks in these images.

Embodied archiving; what is remembered lives. taken in Place by @chisaoart

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Free workshop for AAPI creatives! Through movement, writing, and shared conversation, participants will explore personal and collective histories with @chisaoart . Food will be provided! by @chisaoart

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The "WHAT WE CARRY" Workshop is an AANHPI affinity space designed to explore cultural identity, generational history, and community connections through movement, writing, and shared dialogue. Inspired by the original work “What I Carry” by Chisao Hata, this gathering offers a supportive environment to reflect on ancestry, racial solidarity, and the impacts of historic racism on our lived experiences as part of residency with @ifccfriends . Workshop is happening August 15, 2026, from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Historic Alberta House (5131 NE 23rd Ave). Register on our website (theatrediaspora.org) or link in our bio! by @chisaoart

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Chisao Hata is a performing artist, educator, and arts integration specialist. Known as a “community weaver,” she serves as a protector of imagination and personal discovery and a champion for individual expression.

Hata has had the honor of serving hundreds of Portland’s children, youth, and adults across many communities. She believes that we are all inextricably linked, and the power of gathering is a conduit to build and heal our understandings between our communities.

Join Chisao at the museum on Sunday, August 2 at 2 for the free "Community Conversation: What Does It Mean to Be American?"

Reserve your spot: https://www.ojmche.org/events/oh-cp-1/ by @chisaoart

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Join us at the museum on Sunday, August 2 at 2 PM for the free Community Conversation: What Does It Mean to Be American?

The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence provides an important opportunity to ask questions about our nation and ourselves, and to reflect on the future.

Presented in partnership with Oregon Humanities (@oregonhumanities) and artist-educator Chisao Hata (@chisaoart), this dialogue will explore how we define ourselves as an “American.”

Does knowing the Constitution make us American? Does living on land controlled by the United States make us American? Through conversation and nonverbal exploration, participants will share what “American” means to us individually and within the communities we belong to or came from.

This program is free to attend. Admission is free every first Sunday of the month.

Reserve your spot at the link in the bio. by @chisaoart

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SIGN NOW!!! by @chisaoart

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6 months ago

Get excited for Shohei and Chisao’s workshop on Sunday!!

🗓️ Sunday, April 19
⏰ 2:00-3:30pm
📍 Performing Arts Building 330 by @chisaoart

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6 months ago

Yesterday, in a powerful stand for freedom from tyranny, Japanese American survivors of World War II American concentration camps, their descendants, and allies gathered at the Japanese American Historical Plaza for the “Never Again Is Now” rally organized by Tsuru for Solidarity, Portland JACL, and Oregon Rises Above Hate as part of the nationwide No Kings Day.

Among those present were Joni Kimoto and Janice Okamoto. They were children when the government forced their families to leave their home in Portland’s Nihonmachi (Japantown) and imprisoned them in livestock sheds at the Portland Assembly Center (now the Portland Expo Center). Surrounded by barbed wire and guard towers, 3,676 Japanese and Japanese Americans from northern Oregon and central Washington were unjustly imprisoned there before their own government, under the directive of Executive Order 9066 (issued in 1942), shipped them to Camp Minidoka in the Idaho sagebrush.

Over the course of four years, more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of them U.S. citizens, were torn from their homes and locked in American concentration camps.

White America did not march. There was no outrage. The nation looked away.

Eighty-three years later, history is repeating itself. The Trump administration is running the same playbook: violent immigration raids, mass detentions, and families being disappeared. Today, the Japanese American community is standing up in solidarity with the immigrants and refugees under attack. Let’s join their call to action: Never Again Is Now.
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#NeverAgainIsNow #NoKingDay #TsuruForSolidarity #AbolishICE #memoryactivism #insolidarity #Together #pdx #americanhistory taken in Japanese American Historical Plaza by @chisaoart

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Japanese American History is American History #tsuruforsolidarity #oregonrisesabovehate #jeffselby #jacl #oregonpsr #vanportmosaic #japaneamericanhistoricalplaza#tiffanykoyamalane by @chisaoart

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a year ago

Honored to listen to know and love the powerful Chisao Hata—an inspiring performance artist, cultural organizer, and longtime community activist—who shares here why AANPI representation in local government matters now more than ever. Her voice reminds us that when our leadership reflects the rich diversity of our communities, we all thrive. Let’s continue to uplift and celebrate AANPI voices—not just during AAPI Heritage Month, but all year long!

#PortlandOregon #PDX #District3 #TeacherTiffanyForThePeople #PDXCityCouncil #CityOfPortland #PDXLocal #PortlandCityHall #PortlandFamilies #SEportland #AAPIHeritageMonth taken in Portland, Oregon by @chisaoart

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4-6pm Staged Reading at Artists Repetory Theatre TODAY! by @chisaoart

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