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34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2018年05月10日

Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of festival favorites. In many cases, filmmakers will be on hand to participate in Q&A sessions with audiences, adding a uniquely intimate element to the experience. Celebrating its 34th edition, the fe...

NEW EXHIBITION AT JANM EXPLORES REFUGEE EXPERIENCE THROUGH CARRIED OBJECTS

2018年05月10日

Los Angeles, CA—What We Carried: Fragments & Memories from Iraq & Syria, a traveling exhibition that shares poignant narratives from Iraqi and Syrian immigrants to the United States, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The exhibition’s theme echoes one found in discussions of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II, when those being forcibly removed were allow...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour in Japanese

2018年05月06日

日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史を紹介する常設展「コモン・グラウンド」を日本語でご案内します。 ツアーは無料（入館料のみ）、予約不要です。

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2018年05月05日

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

Members Only Learning at Lunch: Kodomo no Hi

2018年05月05日

Bring a brown bag lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts focused on the history and traditions of Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day). Space is limited. RSVP by May 1 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Jewelry Workshop—The World of "Washi": Beginner Class

2018年05月05日 - 2018年05月06日

Saturday–Sunday, May 5–6 11 a.m.–4 p.m. The World of Washi workshop series continues with two projects demonstrating that hand-made washi beads can be unique and elegant: a delicate necklace crimped on a gold/silver chain and a memory-wire bracelet of semi-precious stones and washi danglies. The technical challenges will be crimping and looping. All materials will be provided. Bring a shoebox for su...

34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2018年05月05日 - 2018年05月06日

Saturday, May 5 – Sunday, May 6 Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of festival favorites. In many cases, filmmakers will be on hand to participate in Q&A sessions with audiences, adding a uniquely intimate element to the experience....

C3: The Conference for Creative Content

2018年05月05日

This media arts conference features panels and seminars on new media technologies, platforms, and distribution. C3 aims to connect creative individuals through a forum of pioneers in entertainment, academia, and professional guilds. For details and to purchase tickets, visit vconline.org. In the George & Sakaye Aratani Central Hall

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 ...

KRISTINA MCMORRIS, AUTHOR OF 'BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES' TO SPEAK AT JANM ON JULY 14

2012年07月06日

Kristina McMorris, author of the novel Bridge of Scarlet Leaves, will read from her book and speak at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 14, beginning at 2 p.m. Bridge of Scarlet Leaves begins in 1941 when young Maddie Kern secretly elopes with her Japanese American boy friend, Lane Moritomo. Besides the turmoil created in both families over the inter-racial union (whi...