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Detention/Resistance: Japanese American and Latinx Histories of Incarceration

2021年05月20日

From Spanish colonial missions to WWII concentration camps to present day ICE run “family detention centers,” the history of the U.S. is marked by the mass incarceration due to racism and xenophobia that has affected Japanese and Latin Americans. In 1942, Crystal City detention facility opened in south Texas as one of the many sites around the U.S. used to incarcerate those of Japanese ancestry during WWII. Unique to...

The Etymology of Hapa

2018年04月28日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. In conjunction with JANM’s hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project exhibition, scholar Richard Keao NeSmith will discuss the origins and evolution of the word hapa, the Hawaiian interpretation of the English word “half.” His talk will address varying perspectives on who is hapa, who can or should rightfully use the term, and ...

JANM Free Family Days: Handy Crafts

2016年07月09日

FREE ALL DAY Inspired by Above the Fold, this Family Day will explore origami and other fun handmade crafts. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Learn to fold a paper frog at Ruthie’s Origami Corner—a JANM favorite! Visit our various origami stations to work on projects at the skill level of your choice. There will be beginning, intermediate, and advanced stations available. We will even have a pop culture...

GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE RETURNS TO JANM FOR FOURTH INSTALLMENT

2015年08月31日

The Japanese American National Museum will open Giant Robot Biennale 4, its fourth exhibition in collaboration with Giant Robot founder, Eric Nakamura, on October 11, 2015. This edition of the popular series, first presented in 2007, will examine the evolution of the Giant Robot aesthetic from its humble origins in drawing to its many celebrated manifestations in painting, installation, muralism, and photography. T...

Before They Were Heroes

2015年07月14日 - 2015年09月06日

Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images is the inaugural exhibition in Sharing Our Stories, a new series of exhibitions drawn from JANM’s extensive permanent collection. A celebration of the donation by Susumu “Sus” Ito of his vast archive of photographs and negatives taken while on duty during World War II, Before They Were Heroes gives the public a rare and breathtaking look at the daily lives of the...

SCHOLAR MICHIKO AYUKAWA TO DISCUSS PICTURE BRIDES COMING TO CANADA ON MAY 30

2010年05月18日

Japanese Canadian scholar Dr. Michiko Midge Ayukawa will provide insight into the history of Japanese "Picture Brides" and their contributions to their communities at a public program set for Sunday, May 30, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. While picture brides arrived in significant numbers in the early 20th Century in both the United States and Canada, Dr. Ayukawa exa...

ARTIST KIP FULBECK, EDUCATOR MAYA SOETORO-NG TO ENGAGE IN 'CONVERSATIONS' JUNE 12

2010年05月12日

Multicultural and global educator Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng will engage artist, slam poet, filmmaker and author Kip Fulbeck as part of the Japanese American National Museum’s on-going series, "Conversations", in a special ticketed presentation set for Saturday, June 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Tickets are $15 for National Museum members and $20 for non-members. Soetoro-Ng, who is currentl...

'REMEMBERING MICHI & WALTER WEGLYN' PROGRAM TO SCREEN NEW DOCUMENTARY ON JAN. 31

2009年01月28日

The program, "Remembering Michi Weglyn and Walter Weglyn", will feature the screening of a new documentary on the life of the Weglyns, and a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and personal friends of the couple at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First Street, in Little Tokyo, on Saturday, Jan. 31, beginning at 2 p.m. in the Democracy Forum. Michi Nishiura Weglyn was a successful designer of co...

FORMER SECRETARY PENA, GEORGE TAKEI, AUTHOR ADAM SCHRAGER SET FOR 'WHOSE AMERICA? WHO'S AMERICAN?' CONFERENCE

2008年05月14日

The national conference, "Whose America? Who’s American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice", organized by the Japanese American National Museum of Los Angeles and set for July 3-6 in Denver, Colorado, will feature former Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena, actor George Takei, 9News Anchor Adele Arakawa, 9News political reporter and author Adam Schrager(pictured left), and many others speaking at f...

'NEGLECTED LEGACIES' SERIES KICKS OFF WITH PROGRAM PROFILING THREE NISEI WOMEN PIONEERS ON FEB. 2

2008年02月01日

A three-part series, "Neglected Legacies: Japanese American Women and Redress", will kick off with a panel discussion, "Reconsidering Roots", with three authors of biographies of Nisei women in a public program set for Saturday, February 2, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. The program is free and open to the public. This program was organized by the Lane Hirabayashi, George and Sakaye ...