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Two-Day Workshop—Shibori and Indigo Explorations

2024年01月27日 - 2024年01月28日

Come and join this workshop to practice, learn, and enjoy all the creativity shibori has to offer! Taught by Glennis Dolce, this two-day class will explore a variety of traditional Japanese fabric dyeing techniques, including stitching, clamping, binding, and pole wrapping. This workshop (limited to fifteen participants) is open to all levels of knowledge. All tools, supplies, and materials are included with payme...

Our Shared Future Family Day

2023年12月17日

Celebrate Our Shared Future in Los Angeles and enjoy a day of free admission and cultural activities for all ages! Join JANM for a live reading and signing with Maggie Tokuda-Hall, an interactive origami activity, and a musical performance by East LA Taiko. Explore the new family friendly, interactive exhibition, The Bias Inside Us organized by the Smithsonian, and experience Aki’s Market, a virtual reality recreatio...

Conversations on Race: Opening the Dialogue

2023年12月01日

The opening summit for Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles will convene speakers for discussions on the topics of Race and Wealth, Race and Wellness, and Race and Arts. Participants are invited to explore the exhibition The Bias Inside Us, an interactive project about the science and history of bias and what people can do about it.

Nima Voices: Episode 14—Michael Kenji Abe

2023年10月04日

Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews....

JANM Denounces Attack on the Wing Luke Museum

2023年09月18日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the recent vandalism that occurred at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. On September 14, 2023, a man smashed nine of the museum’s windows with a sledgehammer—an estimated $100,000 in damages—while yelling racist insults, interrupting an after-hours tour with Tsuru for Solidarity for community leaders and residents. W...

Jazz in Little Tokyo with the Jon Hatamiya Sextet

2023年09月13日

Trombonist and composer Jon Hatamiya presents a set of original music exploring his personal connection to the legacy of jazz and improvised music in the Little Tokyo area. Hatamiya’s sextet features musicians at the forefront of Los Angeles’s current creative music scene who will bring audiences through the history of the area into the present day with vibrant performance. The Jon Hatamiya Sextet includes: Jon Ha...

Tanaka Photo Studio

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Tanaka Photo Studio: Family, Tradition, Business, and Community Before World War II is an online exhibition that highlights the work of Issei photographer Chikashi Tanaka (1888–1977). Tanaka Photo Studio operated in the heart of Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo from the time he first came to the city in 1912 until he and his family were incarcerated at the Gila River concentration camp in 1942. His photographs capture ...

New Work by Glenn Kaino Coming to JANM June 30, 2023 – January 28, 2024

2023年05月16日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present Aki’s Market, a new and uniquely personal project by acclaimed multimedia artist and filmmaker Glenn Akira Kaino from June 30, 2023–January 28, 2024. Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market is inspired by the small neighborhood market created and run by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi in Los Angeles from 1957–1970. Created by the grandson and namesake of A...

The Adventures of Sikh Captain America

2014年02月08日

FREE! In June 2013, cartoonist Vishavjit Singh dressed up as Sikh Captain America and was photographed around New York City. He will share the reactions—both positive and negative—that he received on his adventure, followed by a cartoon workshop.

Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo - Extras

Artist Profile Videos In this series of short videos, artists featured in the exhibition discuss their work, their backgrounds, and their identities as Nikkei in Latin America and Southern California. WATCH VIDEOS Click on the links below to view translated transcripts for each profile on Discover Nikkei. English | Español | 日本語 | Português Opening Day Artists Panel On September 17, 2017, JANM ...