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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2017年02月04日

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

Fresh Off The Boat: “Blind Spot”

2015年03月31日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE This Tuesday’s episode of the hit Asian American TV series, “Fresh Off the Boat,” will have an LGBTQ theme. JANM is pleased to host a special community viewing of the episode in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. A panel discussion will follow featuring writer and showrunner Nahnatchka Khan, episode guest actor Rex Lee, a...

2012 Gala Dinner & Silent Auction -- Transforming a Forgotten Story

2012年05月05日

SAVE THE DATE! JW Marriott Hotel at L.A. Live With a special tribute to The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, in recognition of his continuing fight for civil rights, including the critical leadership role that he played on and after 9/11. Visit the 2012 Dinner site for information >> * * * 2012 Lexus Opportunity Drawing Win an All-New 2013 Lexus GS 450h hybrid ...

Grateful Crane Ensemble Presents: Natsukashi No Kouhaku Uta Gassen

2010年05月01日 - 2010年05月02日

Saturday, May 01 * 11 AM & 3 PM Sunday, May 02 * 2 PM $23.00 members; $25.00 non-members. To purchase tickets, please call (323) 769-5503 It’s “Men versus the Women” in the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s delightful spoof of Japan’s New Year’s Eve singing contest, Kouhaku Uta Gassen. The show features nostalgic and classic Japanese songs and entertaining impressions of your all-time favorite Japanese singers.

"Finding Family Stories" Arts Partnership Project Exhibit to Open in Three California Museums

1998年01月18日

The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, present Finding Family Stories, (FFS) Arts Partnership Project, opening Thursday, January 22, 1998; Friday, January 30, 1998; and Friday, February 6, 1998, respectively. Initiated by the Japanese American National Museum in 1995 and funded in part by The James Ir...

Personal Reflections: Kenjiro Nomura & Minidoka Camp

1997年10月04日

Artist Kenjiro Nomura captured his experiences in camp visually using whatever materials he could find. His landscapes and portraits of daily rituals have always been treasured by his family for their artistic and historic value. George Nomura, Kenjiro’s son, will share his personal reflections and memories with us. Mitsuye Yamada will read her poetry bringing to life the experiences of Minidoka. Please join us for a...

Obon and Bon Odori

1997年07月06日

Lecture and Demonstration Featuring Rev. Shuichi T. Kurai Obons (Buddhist temples’ observance for the deceased) and the festive bon odori (the dancing that follows) are observed in nearly every Japanese American community but do we truly understand the meaning behind these rituals? Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai of the Sozenji Buddhist Temple of Montebello will shed some light upon these important community traditi...

Transcendients - Heroes

Listed below are the names of the heroes featured in the Transcendients: Heroes at Borders exhibition. Click on their names to learn more about each hero. Kim Abeles Artist and professor Manal J. Aboeleta Public health advocate The Accomplices—Mike Sonksen, Peter Woods, Chiwan Choi Independent Publishing Collective Bernice Akamine Artist, community activist, and ancestral historian Susan B....

Under a Mushroom Cloud - Videos

Seeds: A Message from Kaz Seeds: A Message from Kaz is a short documentary that follows Kazuye Suyeishi (aka Kaz-mama), a Hiroshima A-bomb survivor and life-long peace activist. Born in the United States, Kaz-mama moved to Hiroshima as a child and survived the A-bomb blast when she was 18 years old. After the war, she returned to the United States and later dedicated her life to advocating for peace by talking abo...

BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration—Artist

Masaki Fujihata is a world-renowned new media artist. Among the first to explore the potential of computers as an artistic medium and a pioneering figure in “interactive art,” he is the recipient of numerous honors including the Ars Electronica Golden NIKA Award in 1996 for Global Interior Project. His career until 2015 is detailed in the Augmented Reality-enhanced book Anarchive 6: Masaki Fujihata. In fall 2019, he ...