Incarceration at Camp Amache didn’t stop Tokio Ueyama from doing what he loved

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A painting of a woman sitting in a chair inside a building at Camp Amache where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.
Courtesy Japanese American National Museum
Tokio Ueyama, The Evacuee, 1942.


A painting by artist Tokio Ueyama which shows barracks at Camp Amache in the 1940s with a basketball court and cornfield in the foreground.
Courtesy Japanese American National Museum

A painting of sunflowers by artist Tokio Ueyama while he was incarcerated at Camp Amache with other Japanese Americans during World War II.
Courtesy Denver Art Museum

A self portrait painting of artist Tokio Ueyama
Courtesy Denver Art Museum

A painting of a woman by artist Tokio Ueyama while he was detained in Camp Amache with other Japanese Americans during World War II.
Courtesy Denver Art Museum