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Reconstructing Memories: An Art Workshop with Mike Saijo

2017年05月20日

In conjunction with Instructions to All Persons, exhibiting artist Mike Saijo will lead this daylong drop-in workshop exploring our connections to history and current events. Photographs of participants will be printed onto pages that they choose from local newspapers and then mounted on wood panels for them to take home. Guests may come and go as they please, but limit is 16 at any given time. No reservation...

Author Discussion—"Japan: A Reverence for Beauty" by Gil Garcetti

2015年09月26日

FREE During more than 10 trips to Japan over a period of five years, author and photographer (and former Los Angeles County District Attorney) Gil Garcetti captured the stunning images reproduced in this limited edition, hardbound portfolio. The photographs are accompanied by illuminating essays, in both English and Japanese, from such noted authors as Pico Iyer, Kendall Brown, Hitoshi Abe, and Atsuko Tanaka. ...

Organza Ikebana Design

2014年08月23日

In this one-of-a-kind class, genzai (present) is merged with tradition. Learn a little about ikebana, the artistry of Japanese flower arranging, and its history in combination with some modern craft techniques. Those techniques will then be used to learn how to make beautiful organza fabric flowers and arrange them into ikebana designs, a hair piece and brooch that will last forever. Appropriate for ages 12+....

Member Appreciation Days (MAD)

2013年12月01日

Friday-Sunday, November 29-30 & December 1 MAD is in its 10th year! National Members get a 20% discount at the Museum Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% discount at 16 other participating Southern California institutions including museums, libraries, and other cultural sites like the California Science Center, Craft and Folk Art Museum, MOCA, Pacific Asia Museum, and the The San Diego Museu...

Member Appreciation Days (MAD)

2013年11月29日

Friday-Sunday, November 29-30 & December 1 MAD is in its 10th year! National Members get a 20% discount at the Museum Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% discount at 16 other participating Southern California institutions including museums, libraries, and other cultural sites like the California Science Center, Craft and Folk Art Museum, MOCA, Pacific Asia Museum, and the The San Diego Museu...

Asian American Lesbian and Gay Pioneers in Los Angeles

2012年09月15日

Although their stories are not well-known, Asian Americans participated actively in the nascent LGBT civil rights movement in Southern California. API Equality-LA honors two such pioneers with short films featuring Tak Yamamoto and June Lagmay, who in 1980 were founders of Asian Pacific Lesbians and Gays, the first gay Asian organization in Los Angeles. A discussion with these two ground-breaking activists will fo...

Manzanar Pilgrimage

2009年04月25日

Join us for the 40th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, an emotional and cathartic experience remembering the past by honoring the sacrifices of those gone before us and a look toward the future. $20 members; $25 for non-members includes bus transportation. Advance reservations required. Box lunch available upon prior request. To make reservations please call 213.625.0414 at ext.2313. For more information about the Pilgr...

Japanese Garden 2007 Chrysanthemum Show

2007年10月27日

Saturday & Sunday, October 27-28 At the Long Beach/Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, California State University, Long Beach Come see the Japanese Garden bathed in thousands of colored chrysanthemums. Purchase tea and treats, and mums for your home or garden. FREE to National Museum members (valid membership card must be presented) For more information call (562) 985-5930 or visit www.csulb.edu/~jgarden. ...

Keep it Going...Pass it On: Poetry Inspired by the Manzanar Pilgrimage

2004年09月18日

An afternoon of poetry published in an anthology by the Manzanar Committee, an organization whose goal is to educate the public about the Japanese American internment experience. Poets featured in this anthology will talk about their experience writing and their participation in Manzanar After Dark, a program that began in 1997 to teach young people about the Manzanar camp experience.

Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo - Bios

Español| 日本語 | Português ARTISTS Madalena Hashimoto | Patssy Higuchi | Ichiro Irie | Erica Kaminishi | Sandra Nakamura | Oscar Oiwa | Kiyoto Ota | Yuriko Rojas Moriyama | Shizu Saldamando | Kenzi Shiokava | Shinpei Takeda | Eduardo Tokeshi | Taro Zorrilla CURATORS Miho Hagino | Clement Hanami | Kris Kuramitsu | Michiko Okano | Jaime Higa | Claudia Sobral ARTIST BIOS Madalena...