The Remembrance Gallery is a narrative-driven exhibit honoring the Japanese and Japanese Americans unjustly incarcerated at the “Puyallup Assembly Center” during World War II. The experience transforms a site of confinement—now part of the Washington State Fair Events Center—into a place of remembrance and education.

As researcher, writer, and editor, I collaborated with the Japanese American Citizens League (Puyallup Valley Chapter) and experiential design firm Belle & Wissell to conceptualize and produce the exhibit’s interpretive content. I wrote layered narratives and sourced historic imagery for Throughline, an interactive centerpiece offering three storytelling modes: dynamic maps tracing Nikkei displacement across the U.S.; oral histories drawn from survivor interviews; and multi-page stories that contextualize the incarceration within broader histories of exclusion and resilience. I conducted research to inform 8 x 10, an immersive recreation of a horse-stall barrack, and helped shape Monument, a comprehensive listing of every man, woman, and child held at Puyallup, .

In collaboration with Okano Picard Studios and the Washington State Fair Events Center, the team created an environment that honors the individuals once confined there while educating fairgoers about this enduring legacy. The Remembrance Gallery received a 2025 Communication Arts Award of Excellence and was featured by The Seattle Times, KUOW, and KING 5 News.

Photographs courtesy of Belle & Wissell, Co.