Departure Painting

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This website was funded in part by:

  • A City of Bainbridge Island Cultural Funding Grant (2020-2021)
  • A Bainbridge Community Foundation Grant (2019-2020)
  • A Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program (WCLPEP) grant from the Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI) (2008)
  • A Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund grant administered by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council (BIAHC) and the City of Bainbridge Island (2008)

The BIJAC Oral History Project was funded in part by grants from:

  • OSPI
  • BIAHC and the City of Bainbridge Island
  • Humanities Washington
  • The Bainbridge Community Foundation

Photo Information: “Departure” by Sadayoshi Omoto — Sada depicts in his painting the first stage of his forced removal from Bainbridge Island. He highlights his memory of the cavernous opening to the ferry and the feeling of the unknown.

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