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Members Only Learning at Lunch: Iwao Takamoto

2016年11月18日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Join JANM’s collections staff for an exploration of the work of animator, TV producer, and film director Iwao Takamoto. As a teenager, Takamoto and his family were sent to Manzanar, where he learned basic illustration. After the war, he was hired by Walt Disney Studios as an assistant animator. He eventually beca...

JANM STATEMENT REGARDING THE “PRECEDENT” OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II

2016年11月18日

The Japanese American National Museum is alarmed by the escalation of rhetoric already taking place in the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory. Citing the unlawful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as a "precedent" for the unjust targeting of any group, and especially for the creation of a registry for Muslim Americans in the future is to completely misunderstand one of the most shameful c...

JANM Free Family Days: Incredible Inks

2016年11月12日

FREE ALL DAY In conjunction with our current exhibition Tatau: Marks of Polynesia, join us for a day of crafts, workshops, and performances that celebrate Polynesian culture and the art of tattoos. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Get a cool custom JANM temporary tattoo. Try designing your own tattoos and motifs using traditional Samoan techniques such as the upeti board. Learn to fold origami sharks wi...

Kollaboration EMPOWER Conference

2016年11月11日 - 2016年11月12日

Friday, November 11 – Saturday, November 12 At the EMPOWER Conference, young Asian Pacific Islander professionals from all over the country are invited to learn directly from some of the community’s most inspirational leaders. Attendees will be able to explore a variety of creative career paths and industries, as well as best practices to apply toward making their dreams a reality. The conference will in...

JANM STATEMENT REGARDING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

2016年11月10日

The Japanese American National Museum respects the democratic process and its results in selecting the next president of the United States. As an institution whose mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity, we hope that the 45th President of the United States will remember the unlawful violation of Japanese Americans’ civil rights during World War II that led to...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2016年11月05日

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

Mottainai Yoga with traci

2016年11月05日

—PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME— Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep...

East West Players: A Writers' Gallery Reading

2016年11月01日

FREE East West Players presents a reading of Mutt: Let’s All Talk About Race!, written by Christopher Chen and directed by Rodney To. The Republican Party finally realizes it has a problem with race, so it decides its best chance for success in the 2016 presidential election is to back a candidate who is a mixture of every race on earth. A one-night performance produced as part of the company’s Politics ...

STORY OF BUILDING OF JAPANESE HOSPITAL IN 1920s TO BE DISCUSSED APRIL 11

2010年03月27日

The story of the Japanese community’s fight to get better medical care in the 1920s by going to court to gain the right to incorporate their own hospital will be recounted in the public program, "Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community", organized by the Little Tokyo Historical Society and Discover Nikkei and set for Sunday, April 11, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. The program ...

BRUCE KAJI, EARLY FOUNDERS TO BE RECOGNIZED AT 2010 ANNUAL GALA DINNER ON APRIL 10

2010年03月19日

As part of its year-long celebration of its 25th Anniversary since its incorporation, the Japanese American National Museum will recognize some of its founders at its 2010 Annual Gala Dinner, "25 Years & Beyond: Celebrating the Spirit of Our Community", set for Saturday, April 10, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. The National Museum was organized when two community groups merged their efforts to build a m...