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JANM Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election

2024年11月11日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) respects the democratic process to select the next president of the United States. As an institution whose mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity, JANM is committed to democracy and to standing against divisiveness and discrimination. The Museum continues to welcome all visitors to its exhibitions, ...

Members Only Curator Tour: “Contested Histories”

2024年11月02日

JANM Members are invited to join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Exhibitions and Art Director, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection. The exhibition consists of the Eaton Collection, some 400 objects made by Japanese American incarcerees that were saved from the auction block by the incredible efforts of community organiz...

Democracy and AI

2024年10月25日

In an era where AI is transforming everything from how we communicate to how we vote, this program brings together Dave Lesher, cofounder of CalMatters; Ted Schilowitz, a noted futurist; John Bwarie of Stratiscope; and artist Michelle Woo from For Freedoms for a conversation about the intersection of democracy and AI. The panel will dive into burning questions, examine whether governments should take legislative act...

Community Screening—Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

2024年10月04日

Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever. This screening will be followed by a conversation and Q&A with co-directors, Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le.Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement tells the story of a...

"A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States" by Gordon K. Hirabayashi with James A. Hirabayashi and Lane Ryo Hirabayashi

2013年09月21日

In 1942, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi defied the curfew and mass removal of Japanese Americans on the West Coast, and was subsequently convicted and imprisoned. In A Principled Stand, Gordon's brother James and nephew Lane have brought together his prison diaries and wartime correspondence to tell the story of Hirabayashi v. United States. A Principled Stand tells Gordon's story in his own word...

Border Crossings: An ongoing exploration of community and society through cinema and media arts Presented by Visual Communications

2011年03月06日

Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, is pleased to inaugurate an ongoing series at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Select works ranging from politics to horror, from live-action to anime and everything else in between will be augmented with shoptalks and special guest appearances. Nikkei Overseas (double-feature): Overstay (1998) Director: Ann Kaneko Overstay fore...

Speaking With Ancestors: Discovering Families Through the Written Word, Readings and Conversations on Impact of Racial and Cultural Politics on Family

2003年05月31日

Join the Japanese American National Museum for special readings and conversation with writers and poets who will explore the complexities and impact of racial and cultural politics on family as part of the program. Speaking with Ancestors: Discovering Families Through the Written Word will be held at the National Museum on Saturday, May 31 at 1:30 p.m., featuring a diverse panel of guests and moderated by Peter J. ...

Closing of the Henry Fukuhara Manzanar Watercolor Workshop display in the National Museum Pavilion

2002年08月18日

Closing of the Henry Fukuhara Manzanar Watercolor Workshop display in the National Museum Pavilion

Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Tsumami Zaiku (traditional Japanese hair ornaments made of silk)

2001年09月22日

Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Tsumami Zaiku (traditional Japanese hair ornaments made of silk)

Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps—Audio Tour

Hear from Emily Anderson, JANM’s curator for Don’t Fence Me In, and incarcerees from the War Relocation Authority camps as they share how Japanese American youth asserted their place as young Americans confronting the injustice of imprisonment in concentration camps. From joining scout troops to sports, social dancing to music, patriotism and life after camp, discover how these Americans used their resilience and...