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Screening and Q&A —The Race Epidemic: Resurgence of the Yellow Peril

2021年10月14日

FREE ($20 Suggested Donation) This screening is currently SOLD OUT. If you would like to be added to a wait list to be alerted if tickets become available or are interested in seating in the overflow screening space, please email publicprograms@janm.org. Join Representative Mark Takano, CA State Treasurer John Chiang, and John Kobara (JANM Board of Governors) in a conversation emcee'd by Fox 11 An...

MOURNING THE LOSS OF JANM VOLUNTEER RICHARD “BABE” KARASAWA

2020年12月16日

Los Angeles, CA–I am personally saddened to share the loss of Richard “Babe” Karasawa, a JANM volunteer for over 30 years, who passed away on December 8, 2020. Babe and his wife Mary were fixtures at JANM, becoming volunteers in 1989 before the opening of the Historic Building in 1992. As with so many of our core volunteers, the Karasawas embraced the challenge of sharing the Japanese American experience with...

Recollections of Family History

2016年04月16日

In this panel discussion moderated by exhibition curator Dennis Reed, family members of photographers featured in Making Waves will discuss the artists’ lives and activities. The discussion will move through three time periods—the 1920s and ’30s, the World War II incarceration, and the postwar period—and include time for audience Q&A. Confirmed participants include representatives from the families of Harry Hayash...

Members' Opening for One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now

2008年02月09日

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now brings together 17 artists from across the country who defy a definitive conception of Asian American art. Organized by the Asia Society, New York, and curated by Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, Karin Higa, Adjunct Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum, and Susette S. Min, Assistant Professor...

1st & Central Summer Concerts Returns for Third Year on June 28th

2007年06月11日

The heart of Los Angeles’ burgeoning downtown arts scene will come alive with songs and sounds from around the world this summer as the Japanese American National Museum presents its annual outdoor music series, "1st & Central Summer Concerts," with six free-to-the-public, mid-week programs of world music, June 28th to Sept. 13. The series launches with Enzo Avitabile & Bottari, featuring the internationally renow...

Boyle Heights

2002年09月08日 - 2003年02月23日

A neighborhood is made up of people and places. It is defined through the experiences of those who consider it home. Through the stories of past and present residents of the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, this exhibition explores how the experiences and memories of many generations of Angelenos intersect in this powerful place.

Day of Remembrance

2001年02月17日

Day of Remembrance (DOR), the community's annual commemoration of President Roosevelt's signing of EO 9066 and the World War II exclusion and internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum. The 2001 DOR marks the 20th Anniversary of the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR), formerly known as the National Coalition for Redress & Reparation. Th...

Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project Selects Artists For 1998 Exhibitions

1997年12月06日

The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles; and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, have announced the selection of six artists participating in the third year of the Finding Family Stories (FFS) Arts Partnership Project, funded in part by the James Irvine Foundation. Initiated by the Japanese American National Museum in 1995, the goal of Findi...

Day of Remembrance

1997年02月22日

Presented by the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations in celebrating the 16th anniversary of the first “Day of Remembrance.” This program commemorates the signing on February 19, 1942 of Executive Order 9066 authorizing the mass evacuation and incarceration of all West Coast Japanese Americans in concentration camps.

Evening of Remembrance

1997年02月20日

Letters from Camp Exhibit Series Presentation and Video Screening Speakers from the Day of Remembrance ad hoc committee of the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations present an “Evening of Remembrance” at the Museum. The 1988 film, Justice Now, Reparations Now by pioneering Asian American filmmaker Alan Kondo will be shown. This program takes place two days before the “Day of Remembrance” program at the Ja...