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Nobuko Miyamoto and Benkyodo Documentaries at HAAPIFEST in Houston, TX

2024年06月09日

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have its Houston Premiere at the HAAPIFEST on Sunday, June 9. Join Co-Director/Producer Tadashi Nakamura and subject Nobuko Miyamoto for a Q&A and performance. 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....

Giant Robot × JANM Art Konbini

2024年05月25日

Join the artists of Giant Robot and JANM for an art market at the Museum! Playing on the idea of the konbini or Japanese convenience store, which stocks everything from snacks to household supplies, this Art Konbini will feature art prints, zines, pins, and more! 2 p.m.: Join Felicia Chiao and Eric Nakamura in conversation around art and community with a special drawing demo by Chiao. Included in event admission. Se...

Nima Voices: Episode 15—Lee A. Tonouchi

2024年02月27日

FREE 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 and enlightening interviews...

JANM Announces Two New Online Exhibitions

2023年09月26日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) recently launched two new online exhibitions, Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution and Tanaka Photo Studio: Family, Tradition, Business, and Community Before World War II, on janm.org. “We are pleased to share these incredible collections online. Henry Sugimoto’s art illustrates his prolific career, in which he captured scenes ranging from the French co...

JANM Receives $564,837 from the National Parks Service JACS Grants Program

2023年06月07日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has received two grants totalling $564,837 from the National Parks Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program. A grant of $414,663 will conserve, reimagine, and protect the Heart Mountain barracks as the centerpiece of the Museum’s new core exhibition, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive exhibition devoted to the Japanes...

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...

Contrasting Elements: A Guided Tour of Isamu Noguchi's To the Issei and California Scenario with Prof. Amy Lyford and Prof. Bert Winther-Tamaki

2006年04月22日

Isamu Noguchi explored California's culture, history, and terrain in two impressive works: To the Issei and California Scenario. The former, located on the plaza at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Little Tokyo, pays homage to the Issei pioneers. The latter, resting between two skyscrapers and a parking structure in Costa Mesa, offers a vivid sculptural portrait of the Golden State. Learn mo...

Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit - Press

Information for press inquiries, press release, and press photo gallery access for the “Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit” exhibition.

hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project—Press

For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)

Jidai: Timeless Works of Samurai Art - Press

For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)