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JANM Book Club: Seattle Samurai with Kelly Goto & Dee Goto

2024年12月01日

Join author Kelly Goto for a conversation around her new book, Seattle Samurai: a Cartoonist’s Perspective of the Japanese American Experience. The book pulls together threads of Samurai principles and stories of honor, resilience, and everyday life that were translated from interviews and family stories onto pen and paper. Kelly Goto will be joined by her mother, Dee Goto, whose work with oral history and preservati...

Edible Adventures: Sweets and Street Art of Little Tokyo

2016年02月20日

Sample Asian sweets such as dango (rice dumplings), mochi ice cream, imagawayaki (filled pastry), and yokan (chilled jelly dessert) while exploring the public art of Little Tokyo. $20 members; $25 non-members. Food and museum admission included. Limited to 15 participants.

The History of the Japanese American Military Intelligence Service

2010年03月06日

Because of the highly classified nature of their work, the Military Intelligence Service’s (MIS) full contribution to the war effort has sometimes been overshadowed. Hear the important stories from Japanese American MIS veterans who fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Presented in collaboration with JA Living Legacy.

Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe

2009年11月12日

Director, Harry Kim goes through eight haphazard years filled with mayhem to follow and deliver a portrait of David Choe, a young street artist that devises numerous schemes that afford him to hitchhike across the globe. A discussion will immediately follow this presentation providing an insider perspective on the life of artist David Choe.

FORMER SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION NORMAN MINETA TO SPEAK AT NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL DINNER

2009年04月24日

Norman Y. Mineta, the first Asian American to serve in a Cabinet post, will be the keynote speaker at the Japanese American National Museum’s 2009 Annual Gala Dinner, "The Pavilion: Home, Community, History—Celebrating 10 Years of Building a Legacy", set for Saturday, April 25, with a reception/silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. This year’s annual dinner will recognize ...

10th Anniversary Exhibition Celebration & The Future of Little Tokyo

2009年01月25日

Celebrate the January 23, 1999 opening of the National Museum’s ongoing exhibition, Common Ground, with a look at the last ten years and also the plans for its future. In addition, The Japanese American Citizens League in Partnership with the Japanese American Museum and UCLA NSU present: LT and Me: A Survey of Youth The goal of LT and Me is to plan for the future of Little Tokyo using dual input from youth ...

Community Day of Remembrance - Claiming History: Justice Along Color Lines

2006年02月18日

FREE GENERAL ADMISSION Admission to the special exhibition, Isamu Noguchi - Sculptural Design - $4 The Day of Remembrance annually marks President Roosevelt's infamous signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Hawai`i during World War II. More than forty years later, the United States government ap...

The Art of Injustice: Messages Behind the Images

2001年07月07日

Featuring: Kristine Kim, co-curator of the exhibition, Rick Moss, curator at the California African American Museum, Nelly Toll, contemporary artist and author of When Memory Speaks: The Holocaust in Art and moderated by Nancy Berman, Director Emeritus and curator at the Skirball Cultural Center.

Kanemitsu Remembered part of "Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions"

1997年12月16日

Tuesday at Fisher At the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California University Park, Exposition Blvd. 213.740.4561 Join us for this program presented at the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, as we remember featured artist Matsumi Kanemitsu. Kanemitsu had a profound influence on many contemporary California artists. Nancy Uyemura, artist and friend of Kanemitsu, will lead fellow student...

Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami - Artists

John Blackman (b.1955, American) John Blackman’s interest in origami originated as a child and has grown into a passion. His other pursuits are gardening, nature, and Ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arranging), all of which he merges with origami. Today Blackman mainly folds plant and flower forms, often turning them into Japanese-style arrangements. His works have been exhibited at several Origami USA nati...