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Fueled by Fury with Joan Takayama-Ogawa & Renee Tajima-Peña

2022年11月17日

FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join ceramics artist Joan Takayama-Ogawa and award-winning filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña for a conversation about using their anger at injustice to create powerful art that inspires social change. This conversation is presented in conjunction with the new exhibition, Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Ceramic Beacon, at the Craft in America Center. Image courtesy of Joan Takayama-Og...

Members Only Learning at Lunch: Kodomo no Hi

2018年05月05日

Bring a brown bag lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts focused on the history and traditions of Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day). Space is limited. RSVP by May 1 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Members Only Learning at Lunch: The George & Brad Takei Collection, Part 2

2017年06月03日

In September 2016, JANM was gifted with the George & Brad Takei Collection, a small portion of which formed the basis of the New Frontiers exhibition, on view through August 20. Bring your lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts that did not make it into the show. Get an exclusive peek into George Takei’s remarkable life! Space is limited; RSVP by May 31 to memberev...

Staged Reading—"Nisei"

2017年05月27日

Created by Richard Allen and Eliot John Hagen and developed with the assistance of Koji Steven Sakai and Tim Southam, Nisei is a new TV pilot that follows Kenji Takagi, veteran of the WWII 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and his family after they’re released from the Tule Lake concentration camp in 1946. Join us for a staged reading in advance of the pilot’s production. Free with museum admission. RSVPs are reco...

Photographing Community with Robert A. Nakamura

2014年04月26日

FREE A workshop in preparation for A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America Veteran filmmaker, photojournalist and teacher, Robert A. Nakamura will provide experienced guidance for photographers who are considering participating in the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center's A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America Project on May 10. Discussion will include: How to organize a photo shoot; Selectio...

Asian Pacific Islander Festival. Fact to Fiction: API Authors Panel

2012年05月12日

Join a remarkable panel of novelists featuring New York Times bestselling author Jamie Ford (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet), Kristina McMorris (Bridge of Scarlet Leaves), Margaret Dilloway (How to Be an American Housewife), and Paula Yoo (Good Enough). Topics will include the influence of Asian American history on today’s literature, weaving true and personal accounts into fiction, and cultural education th...

kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa at ONLC (Portland, OR)

2011年06月10日 - 2011年12月31日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Portland, OR kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa is an exhibition of portraits by artist Kip Fulbeck, who traveled the country photographing more than 1,000 Hapa of all ages and walks of life. Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, the word Hapa has been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed-race heritage includ...

Southwest Chamber Music: Music Unwrapped Free Family Concerts

2009年05月02日

Music Unwrapped Free Family Concerts: Free of charge, and lots of fun, Music Unwrapped is the ideal way for the family to spend a Saturday morning learning about a wide variety of great music. The Music of Toru Takemitsu Our season ends with a series of concerts in collaboration with the Shumei Arts Council celebrating its 10th anniversary. Confronting Silence: the Music of Toru Takemitsu will include films,...

Coming 'Home' to Children's Village

2009年03月21日

Hear from the author Cathy Irwin of the new book Twice Orphaned: Voices from the Children's Village of Manzanar , and from former orphans of the Manzanar's Children's Village, the sole orphanage in all of the ten relocation centers during World War II. The panel will consist of: Cathy Irwin (moderator): Dr. Irwin is assistant professor of English in the Modern Languages Department of the University of La Verne a...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S ‘BIG DRUM’ EXHIBITION SET FOR OREGON NIKKEI LEGACY CENTER JUNE 16 TO AUGUST 27

2006年06月01日

Los Angeles, CA—A traveling version of the Japanese American National Museum’s landmark exhibition, Big Drum: Taiko in the United States, will be installed at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center (ONLC) in Portland, Oregon, beginning Friday, June 16, and running through August 27. Big Drum premiered in Los Angeles last year at the National Museum, coinciding with the 2005 North American Taiko Conference in July. Throug...