Experience The Suitcase Project through the eyes of photographer and curator Kayla Isomura.
Kayla will share behind-the-scenes stories about working with participants, shaping the exhibition, and exploring the contemporary relevance of internment and incarceration today.
Dates: January 25 and 31, 2026
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Tickets: Free with admission. Meet at the Museum’s front desk.
Please note that photos and video may be captured at this event. If you do not wish to be photographed, please let the guide/photographer know.
Note: These tours come with the price of admission.
About the artist & tour guide
Kayla Isomura (they/them)
Kayla Isomura is a photojournalist based in Vancouver, BC. As a multigenerational settler of Chinese and Japanese descent, Kayla’s interest in storytelling has been largely influenced by their family’s story of displacement. Through this lens, Kayla is often drawn to stories that focus on the intersections of identity, memory and place. Most notably, Kayla produced The Suitcase Project, which made its debut at the Nikkei National Museum in 2018 and is currently on view at the Museum of Vancouver. Their work has been published in the Globe and Mail, The Tyee and in Megaphone, among others. Kayla is a graduate of the journalism program at Langara College and most recently completed a diploma in photojournalism from Loyalist College.