Toshiki (Dick) Hamaoka is an artist and photographer featured in “The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists,” who was hired by Marvin Opler, War Relocation Authority anthropologist and outspoken critic of Japanese American internment, to record life at Tule Lake concentration camp. . In a show of defiant cultural pride in the face of racially motivated incarceration, Hamaoka made watercolors of events including the Boy’s Day (now called Kodomo no Hi, or Children’s Day) festival complete with fluttering carp streamers hoisted over the barracks. Executive Order 9066, which allowed for the creation of the camps, was revoked in 1944, and in 1945, Hamaoka repatriated to Japan. . “The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists” is on view until January 5, 2020. Throughout the run of the exhibition, admission to The Drawing Center will be FREE (Wed - Sun, 12pm - 6pm | Thurs, 12pm - 8pm) . Please note our holiday hours: Closed Dec 25 - Jan 1 Open Jan 2 - Jan 5, 12pm - 8pm . ...