OPENING EVENTS

For Patrons and Members of the Japanese American National Museum

Dinner and Preview of Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics
Thursday, February 5, 2004, 6:30-8:30 PM
Members of the National Museum's Chairman's Circle and Premium Level Arts Patrons (Arts Patrons Members at the Director's Circle level and above) are invited to attend a Private Preview Dinner celebrating the opening of the only West Coast Venue. Guests will enjoy a Guided Tour of the exhibition and have an opportunity to meet the Exhibition's Curator, Louise Allison Cort of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. For information on this event or Arts Patrons membership, contact Tamara Imoto at 213-830-5656.

Chairman's Reception
Friday, February 6, 2004, 5:30-6:30 PM
Annual Giving Members (Director's Circle level and above) are invited to a pre-opening Private Cocktail Reception with Dr. Margaret Oda who begins her term as Chair of the National Museum's Board of Trustees in January 2004. For information, contact Theresa Hashimoto at (213) 830-5655.

Members-Only Opening Celebration
Friday, February 6, 2004, 6:30-9:00 PM
Current National Museum members are invited to attend a Private Opening Celebration and Preview of the exhibition Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics, which opens to the public on Saturday, February 7. The program will feature the exhibition curator, Louise Allison Cort.