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"Transpacific Borderlands" Art Workshop—Paper Flowers from the Camp Archives

2017年12月02日

Japanese Americans living in the World War II American concentration camps did not have access to fresh cut flowers. Instead, they used patterns from sources like the Woolworth’s catalog to make paper flowers. Camp excavations have revealed that these makeshift flowers, with wires for stems, were placed in glass jars and laid on top of caskets at funerals. Join Transpacific Borderlands artist Shizu Saldamando ...

"Canefield Songs: Holehole Bushi" Advance Screening and Panel Discussion

2015年07月18日

The Japanese immigrants who worked on Hawai‘i’s sugar plantations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries sang as they worked, creating a Japanese-American equivalent of "the blues." Called holehole (Hawaiian for dried cane leaves) bushi (Japanese for melody or tune), the songs are a record of the workers’ joys, sorrows, and challenges, providing a fascinating window onto early plantation life. In the ...

Go For Broke

2013年11月12日 - 2014年03月02日

Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers Fighting on Two Fronts chronicles the history of Japanese American Nisei soldiers from the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service who served during World War II to prove their loyalty to the nation that had disowned them. Japanese American soldiers of the 100th and 442nd fought in eight brutal campaigns across Europe, recei...

Shibori Workshop with Indigo

2011年09月17日 - 2011年09月07日

Back from a month long trip to Japan to further Shibori Girl's study of silk, shibori, and indigo she has some great new stories and samples to share with you in addition to a wonderful little video presentation of the Arimatsu Shibori Festival. Yes! An annual festival devoted to shibori, past and present! She will also do some stitching (let's shibori stitch a dragonfly and drop it in the indigo vat), see some new t...

NATIONAL MUSEUM POSTPONES ASIAN/FUSION FOOD TRUCK EVENT

2011年07月26日

"The Battle of the Asian and Fusion Food Trucks" event, originally scheduled to be part of the National Museum’s 13th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard on Saturday, August 13, at the Japanese American National Museum, has been postponed. The free Summer Festival on the Courtyard will go on as scheduled, highlighted by the Los Angeles Tea Festival by Chado, hands-on arts and crafts and a ticketed concert at 2...

"American Tapestry" Member Preview & Reception

2010年11月12日

In celebration of the Japanese American National Museum’s 25th anniversary of incorporation, we invite our members to a Members’ Preview & Reception for American Tapestry: 25 Stories from the Collection. As part of the event, we will be introducing our new line of Generation Teas! Produced especially for the Museum by Chado Tea Room, come sample six special blends—Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei, Gosei, and a Museum ...

kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa at The Field Museum (Chicago, IL)

2010年04月02日 - 2010年09月12日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION The Field Museum Chicago, IL EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 12! 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-rac...

1st & Central Summer Concerts: Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico

2008年09月18日

Internationally acclaimed Greek vocalist, Savina Yannatou, is a force of nature. This extraordinary evening of traditional and original sacred music from throughout the Mediterranean is presented as part of the 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music—Los Angeles. For festival details, visit www.festivalofsacredmusic.org. 2008 1st & Central Summer Concerts schedule September 25 - Chicha Libre and Etran Finatawa

Akio Morita

2007年07月13日 - 2007年09月09日

The Japanese American National Museum will present the exhibition, Akio Morita, this summer from July 13 - September 9, 2007. Developed by members of the Morita family, this exhibit commemorates the remarkable life and achievements of Mr. Akio Morita (1921-1999), co-founder of Sony Corporation. As one of Sony's principal figures, Morita was known as an electronic innovator who changed the way the world sees, hears...

Taiko Recital

2001年07月29日

Students of the Taiko class held at the National Museum, joined by special guest artists, will give a recital of traditional and contemporary Taiko pieces. The class is taught by Tom Kurai, Director of the Taiko Center of Los Angeles. Bring the family for an afternoon of exciting Taiko music.