Q & A: Ottawa's Norman Takeuchi on how art can bring people together

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Q & A: Ottawa's Norman Takeuchi on how art can bring people together
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Recently named to the Order of Canada, the Ottawa artist also shares some thoughts about how this country has treated Japanese Canadians.

Activate your Online Access NowThe Ottawa Art Gallery is currently hosting a retrospective of his work spanning the years 1961 to 2022; it is free to the public.When I graduated from the Vancouver School of Art, I got a job in the advertising industry for a little while. And then I got an arts grant, which made me decide to go to London, England, to paint for a year. That was 1962.

I think that people should know more about the history of what happened to Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War, when Canada went to war against Japan.Article content Q. Many people in our society today think that art is something of a luxury. First, you need to make sure your basic needs are covered: shelter, food, clothing and so on. Should we consider the arts a basic human need just like shelter, food and clothing?Article content

Q. Especially in a time when there’s a lot of political division, the arts can help bring people together — would you agree with that?

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