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Tea n’ Zines

2022年09月01日

FREE Gather with us to share tea and conversation and explore creative expression. Interactive creative exercises will be led by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine artist. Make yourself a warm (or iced!) cup of tea, get comfortable, and join us online! All ages are welcome to participate. This program was launched in 2019 through the +LAB Artist Resi...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2018年03月03日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2018年02月03日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

Stanley Hayami, Nisei Son: His Diary, Letters & Story

2008年11月15日

From American Concentration Camp to Battlefield 1942-1945 During World War II, Stanley Hayami, a 16 year-old Heart Mountain prisoner, aspiring artist-writer, dedicated Nisei son, and later a 442nd RCT veteran, began a diary chronicling his thoughts and optimistic hopes for a “United Nations of Earth.” Joanne Oppenheim, author of Dear Miss Breed, will share her interviews with Hayami's family and friends and her...

'LANDSCAPING AMERICA: BEYOND THE JAPANESE GARDEN' EXTENDS RUN UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2008

2007年10月17日

The Japanese American National Museum announced that it has extended the exhibition run for Landscaping American: Beyond the Japanese Garden through January 6, 2008. The exhibition, which opened June 17, was originally set to close on October 21, 2007. Landscaping America explores the history and influence of Japanese-style gardens and Japanese American gardeners on the American landscape. It also describes how Ja...

Smithsonian Museum Free-For-All

2006年09月30日

On September 30, 2006, for one day only, the Japanese American National Museum, along with other museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors. For the first time, Museum Day is open to the general public as well as Smithsonian magazine's subscribers. To download and print your free Museum Day card, visit www.smithsonian.com/mu...

"The Pink Dress" Puppet Show

2005年06月04日

The Pink Dress is based on an actual episode from the Maruyama family's history in the Amache Concentration Camp. Faced with wearing the required drab uniform, Tsuki decides to wear her sister's pink dress to her junior high school graduation to prove she is not "an ant," but an individual. This poignant puppet theater piece features original music and various forms of traditional and innovative puppetry, and addres...

Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Japanese Girl's Oshi-e

2002年07月13日

Shibata Sensei will lead a series of hands-on workshops to explore traditional Japanese and American doll making. Participants will learn how to make Japanese traditional dolls out of rice paper in this session.

Spotlight on Four Angelenos: Illuminating History Through Ordinary Lives

1997年07月19日

Performance and Discussion At the California African American Museum 600 State Drive at Exposition Park, Los Angeles (213) 744-7432 Second in a three-part series co-sponsored by the Playrights Project, the Angeles Plaza, California Afro American Museum, and the Japanese American National Museum. This project features professional theatre artists who will perform monologues based on the lives of Los Ange...

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

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.Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement tells the story of a changing community through one of its most beloved storytellers as she reflects on decades of groundbreaking cultu...