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STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM IS HONORED TO RECEIVE AWARD FROM AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS-LA FOR PAVILION DESIGNED BY GYO OBATA OF HOK

2021年10月29日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to receive the Twenty-Five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles (AIALA) for the Pavilion designed by famed architect Gyo Obata of HOK, a global design and architecture firm. AIALA described its Twenty-Five Year Award as recognition bestowed upon an architectural design of “enduring significance” for a project “that ha...

THE 13th ANNUAL KOKORO CRAFT SHOW IS NOV. 1-15 ONLINE BOUTIQUE ORGANIZED BY VOLUNTEERS FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2021年10月25日

LOS ANGELES - The annual Kokoro Craft Show is back for 2021 as an online boutique for the second year. The event will feature more than 60 vendors selling a wide range of items. “Year after year, our dedicated Kokoro volunteers work long hours to organize this craft show to assist JANM. Their enthusiasm and can-do spirit – even through the pandemic – is a wonderful demonstration of their support and commitment,” s...

STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM WELCOMES PUBLIC APOLOGY AND POSTHUMOUS HONORARY DEGREES TO FORMER 1940s USC STUDENTS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY

2021年10月19日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) welcomes the decision by the University of Southern California (USC) to issue a public apology, and grant honorary degrees posthumously to former students of Japanese ancestry who were enrolled at the college but who were forced to leave when they and their families were incarcerated during World War II. After the war, most did not return to USC and were r...

Two-Day Workshop: Indigo, "Shibori", and the Making of an Offering Bag

2019年10月19日 - 2019年10月20日

Saturday–Sunday, October 19–20 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) The first day of this two-day workshop will focus on indigo and shibori dyeing of recycled fabrics and threads. These will then be used the following day to make a replica of a komebukuro, or offering bag. These bags, in which offerings were taken to the local temple, were originally made from either scraps of leftover and reusable household text...

Author Discussion—"Two Faces of Exclusion" by Lon Kurashige

2017年03月25日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. From the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, the United States has a long history of anti-Asian policies. In his latest book, author and USC Associate Professor of History Lon Kurashige demonstrates that despite widespread racism, Asian exclusion was not the pro...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN MARK TAKAI

2016年07月28日

Statement by Norman Y. Mineta, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, on the passing of US Congressman Mark Takai: The leadership, staff, and volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Congressman Mark Takai. Along with others in the Japanese American community, we are grateful for Mark’s years of service as a distingui...

JANM COMMUNITY DAY OF PAINTING POSTPONED

2014年10月20日

Due to an unforeseen personal emergency, the community day of painting for the Japanese American National Museum’s Moon Beholders mural, previously announced as taking place on Saturday, October 25, has been postponed. A new date will be announced when circumstances have been resolved and a new timeline is established for the mural. JANM apologizes for any inconvenience.

To All Relations: Memories of Boyle Heights

2003年01月25日 - 2003年02月02日

From swing to hip-hop, from tamales to knishes, from Dia de los Muertos to Obon, Boyle Heights is one of the most significant neighborhoods in the history of Los Angeles. Join Great Leap for performances that celebrate the history and diversity of this unique place. Created during the To All Relations: Memories of Boyle Heights residency project, the performances will use storytelling, theater, music, song, and da...

Hanamatsuri: The Celebration of Buddha’s Birth

2000年04月09日

The birth of Buddha will be celebrated at the Museum with several programs slated for the day, including a lecture in Japanese at 11 a.m. and in English at 2 p.m. on “Living Together in Harmony” by Mark Unno of Carleton College in Minnesota, a taiko performance, a Hanamatsuri (flower festival) service, and activities for children. Programs are free of charge and open to the public. Reservations are required. To ma...

In this Great Land of Freedom

1993年08月07日 - 1994年01月16日

This historical overview exhibition is created by the Museum in partnership with the Oregon Historical Society and the Japanese American community in Oregon. The exhibition tells of the early struggles and triumphs of the Japanese pioneers of Oregon from 1890 to 1952.