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On August 13, 2020 the U.S. Postal Service will honor pioneering Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa with the release of stamps showcasing her iconic wire sculptures in a pane of 20 stamps, two each of 10 designs, gorgeously photographed by Dan Bradica and Laurence Cuneo.

This event is significant as it begins to fill a gap in the celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures. Beyond a handful of Hawaiian royalty and the sculptor Isamu Noguchi, the list of notables from these communities is well below that of other American heritage stamps issued.

- Lenore Chinn

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Lenore Chinn is a painter, photographer and cultural activist who works to create structures of personal and institutional support that both sustain critical artistic production and advance movements for social justice. Portraiture, both in painting and photography, is at the core of her visual art practice. Her current street photography chronicles a rapidly changing sociopolitical landscape.