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JANM’s “Our Promise” Comprehensive Campaign Virtual Briefing
2024年03月25日
The Japanese American National Museum is amplifying its powerful voice. Our campus and programs showcase how Japanese Americans’ lives, experiences, and culture intersect and resonate with the experiences of marginalized communities in the United States. Our story is an American story. Our founders promised that the Museum would stand as a beacon of civil rights to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans i...
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Discover Nikkei Presents a Multilingual Virtual Program on Okinawan Drumming
2024年02月29日
LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), will present the free virtual program Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Identity through Okinawan Drumming on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 3 p.m. PST. The program will be simultaneously translated in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The registration deadline is Friday, March 8 at 10 a.m. PST. Registration is req...
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JANM Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2024 NEH Workshops for Educators
2024年02月15日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is accepting applications for Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations, a Landmarks of American History and Culture educator workshop funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The workshop will be held twice on June 24–28, 2024 and July 15–19, 2024 and includes a stipend of $1,300. Applications are being accepted un...
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Premiere Screening of "Life Interrupted: A Special Arkansas Reunion" - Private Invitation Only
2006年07月20日
Did you attend the Camp Connections conference in Little Rock, Arkansas? Join the National Museum for a special reunion and release of the new video documentary Life Interrupted: A Special Arkansas Reunion, produced by the award-winning Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center. Relive and reflect on this remarkable trip to Arkansas. Light reception to follow. Visit www.janm.org/media/lifeinterrupted to learn more about t...
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An Enduring Odyssey: Masayo Duus and Peter Duus Talk About the Life and Times of Isamu Noguchi
2006年03月18日
* * * RESCHEDULED! This program was originally scheduled for February 19, 2006, but was unfortunately postponed. Thankfully, we were able to reschedule with the authors. * * * In the book, The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders, Masayo Duus has written what many consider the definitive biography of the influential artist. For this event, she is joined by her husband--historian a...
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Educator's Preview of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
2005年04月22日
By invitation.
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Author Discussion—"A Taste for Strawberries: The Independent Journey of Nisei Farmer Manabi Hirasaki", by Manabi Hirasaki with Naomi Hirahara
2003年12月13日
A Taste for Strawberries: The Independent Journey of Nisei Farmer Manabi Hirasaki recounts one man’s relationship with the world of commercially grown strawberries. Entrepreneur, philanthropist, veteran, and visionary, Hirasaki’s memoir-style account of his journey through life as a strawberry farmer is certain to touch the lives of readers everywhere. Hirasaki and Naomi Hirahara will speak about the process of wri...
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Members’ Reception and Tour of "From Bento to Mixed Plate" at Maui Arts and Cultural Center
2003年12月12日
Maui Arts and Cultural Center Maui, Hawai`i National Museum members are invited to attend a pre-opening reception and tour of From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese American Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in Kahului, Maui. For more information, please contact Rene Tomita in the National Museum’s Honolulu office at 808.946.5417 or via email at rtomita@janm.org.
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Closing of The 120,000 Tassel Tapestry, A Documentary Quilt Project display in the National Museum Pavilion
2002年08月11日
Closing of The 120,000 Tassel Tapestry, A Documentary Quilt Project display in the National Museum Pavilion
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The Life and Work of George Hoshida: A Japanese American’s Journey—Santa Fe
1942–1943 About 800 internees from Hawai‘i were incarcerated at the Justice Department internment camp at Santa Fe, New Mexico. After Lordsburg, Hoshida was sent to Santa Fe where he continued to draw and paint in his notebooks. Art was a way for Hoshida to productively focus his energy away from this disheartening situation. Hoshida and his wife, Tamae, wrote letters to each other almost every day. She would also...