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Tea & Letter Writing: To Our Future Selves

2021年04月14日

$10 suggested donation Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation! This month we're thrilled to have Mitsuko Brooks join us to share inspiration and practice with her mail art and inspire our own artistic mailings. traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, will host two rounds of creative writing in reflection of the past year and looking ahead to ...

JANM Digital Film Festival Q&A: Words, Weavings & Songs

2020年09月18日

FREE Join us for a Q&A with the grandchildren of Wakako Yamauchi, Momo Nagano, and Mary Nomura, the subjects of Words, Weavings & Songs (2002). Alyctra Matsushita, Hana van der Steur, and Erin Nomura Marquez will talk about their grandmothers and their impacts on the Japanese American community and beyond. They will also be joined by Mary Kageyama Nomura, the Songbird of Manzanar herself, in a special appearan...

ONLINE Book Talk: From Japanese American Incarceration to COVID-19: The Fight for Justice

2020年05月05日

FREE While times of global crisis can bring out the best in this country, they also have a history of surfacing deeply rooted xenophobia and bigotry. At a moment where many are fearful, we are once again seeing efforts to scapegoat a group of Americans based on their identity. On May 5, the Pacific Council and Japanese American National Museum (JANM), in partnership with Skylight Books, will host a conversation...

ZOCALO—How Can Americans Defend the 14th Amendment When the Government Won't?

2018年07月31日

A Zócalo/Daniel K. Inouye Institute Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Introduction by Irene Hirano Inouye, reading from U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s keynote address to the 1968 Democratic National Convention Moderated by Madeleine Brand, Host, KCRW’s "Press Play" Since its adoption in 1868, the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has inspired advances i...

Jewelry Workshop—Continuing to Work with "Washi"

2018年01月27日 - 2018年01月28日

Saturday–Sunday, January 27–28 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) Designed for students who have completed one of our introductory washi classes, this two-day workshop will continue examining the unique properties of washi paper and various methods of working with it to create jewelry. Explore the challenges of applying washi onto various wooden beads, and experience the excitement of integrating commercial ...

Member Exchange Weekend with the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, California

2002年06月23日

For Members Only! For more information call 213.830.5656

Member Exchange Weekend with the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, California

2002年06月22日

For Members Only! For more information call 213.830.5656

Rhythm and Rice

A look at the longtime, ongoing New Year’s mochitsuki tradition in Livingston, CA. It features interviews conducted by JANM’s Director of Collections Management & Access Kristen Hayashi with Sherman Kishi, Dawn Nakashima, Aya Newman, and Harrison Uyematsu. Directed by Evan Kodani 8 minutes Created in conjunction with JANM’s A Taste of Home program series, supported by the Consulate General of Japan in Los...

From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i - Press

For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414.

Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles—Calendar of Events

Check out the programs being presented by the various partners from December 1–17, 2023.