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Behind the Scenes of the Ireichō National Tour (Virtual)

2025年01月29日

This year, JANM will partner with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel the Ireichō in conjunction with pilgrimages to a number of former War Relocation Authority, Department of Justice, and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites.Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the Ireichō came to be through a talk by Duncan Ryuken Williams and find out how to contribute to this national mo...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

2025年01月21日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, coauthor of Farewell to Manzanar. Born in Inglewood, California, on September 26, 1934, she grew up in Santa Monica. Her mother cared for their family of ten ch...

2024 Benefit & Online Auction

Embark on a journey with us on Saturday, April 6 at the Vibiana in Los Angeles for Illuminating Paths, JANM’s annual signature event that will weave poignant lessons of our past with vibrant promises of our future.

Democracy Center Hosts the Art of Practicing Democracy Podcast on October 21, 2023

2023年09月29日

PSA WHAT: This second of four conversations about Empathy and Democracy seeks to understand how we can PAUSE in order to better navigate our lives—and our collective governance—with greater intention, compassion, and imagination. The conversation will be hosted by James E. Herr, director of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). WHEN: October 21, 2023 from 4 p.m.– 6:30 p.m. ...

Democracy Center Announces Recipients of the Inaugural Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship

2023年08月01日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) has awarded the first annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship to Raquel Gutiérrez and Chrystel Oloukoï, two emerging cultural critics of color who are making outstanding contributions to the art world. A rare funding opportunity for arts writers, the Yamamoto Fellowship was launched this year to encourage diverse cultural...

hapa.me at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon (Portland, OR)

2023年05月21日 - 2023年08月13日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Japanese American Museum of Oregon Portland, OR Web: jamo.org/hapa-me Phone: 503.224.1458 Artist Kip Fulbeck created The Hapa Project in 2001, traveling the country to photograph over 1,200 volunteers who identified as Hapa. The Hapa Project’s goal was to promote awareness and recognition of the millions of Hapas in the United States; to give voice to multiracial people and ot...

Voices of the Japanese American Incarceration

2023年02月11日

During World War II, the West Coast Japanese Americans lacked the power to overcome politics and prejudice to forestall their imprisonment by the US government. Although their voices were not heard in 1942, the incarcerees speak over the passage of time about the importance of protecting civil liberties for all. Through readings, music, art, and poetry, descendants and allies of incarcerees bring life to voices f...

Interlinking Past & Present: A Conversation and Reading About Race, Religion, and American Belonging

2022年04月02日

Free While the story of how over 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated in American internment and concentration camps during WWII has become widely recognized, little has been told about the ways in which Japanese American Buddhists and Christians alike drew on their faith to survive forced removal, incarceration, family separation, and unjust deportation. Join Duncan Ryuken Williams, co-curat...

JANM PARTNERS WITH CONSULATE GENERAL OF JAPAN IN LOS ANGELES TO PRESENT THREE ‘A TASTE OF HOME’ PUBLIC PROGRAMS BEGINNING NOV. 15

2020年11月05日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum and the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles announced the introduction of a series of collaborative programs starting with a three-part series, “A Taste of Home,” with monthly online presentations focused on Japanese American food and its history. The inaugural program, “A Taste of Home: Building the Flavors of Japanese America,” is scheduled for Sunday, Nov...

Masters of Modern Design

The Art of the Japanese American Experience From the hand-drawn typeface on the book cover of The Godfather to Herman Miller’s biomorphic coffee table, the work of Japanese American artists/designers including Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita, and Gyo Obata permeated American postwar culture. While these second generation Japanese American artists have been celebrated, less-discussed is ...