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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 Only Exhibition Tour: "Making Waves"

2016年04月16日

Join Robert Hori, Cultural Curator at the Huntington Library, for an exclusive gallery tour entitled "Japanese Cultural Traditions as Expressed in Japanese American Photography." By combining references from their artistic heritage with everyday elements, Japanese American photographers created visual haiku—seemingly simple but complex compositions. Limited to 25 members. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213....

Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

2016年04月16日

April 2, 9, and 16—JUST ADDED! New dates have been added due to popular demand! Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don't be wasteful" in Japanese. In this 3-session 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 each one-hour ...

JANM TO LAUNCH IMAGES OF EATON COLLECTION ON FLICKR

2016年04月14日

The Japanese American National Museum will debut new pre-conservation photography of the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which it acquired last year, on Flickr on Friday, April 15, 2016. The date coincides with the one-year anniversary of the cancellation of a public auction of the collection. Beginning April 15, the public is invited to visit flickr.com/jamuseum and view images of about 150 artifacts from...

Lecture: "Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank"

2016年04月09日

FREE Bill Jeffries and Grace Eiko Thomson, co-curators of Two Views, will discuss their exhibition. This program is free, but RSVPs are recommended using the link below.

JANM Free Family Days: Protect Our Planet

2016年04月09日

FREE ALL DAY Join us for a day of fun activities to encourage everyone to "think green." ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Make a Green Pledge stating what you can do to help the environment. Take home an instant photo of you and your pledge to help you remember it throughout the year. Create your own biodegradable planter, then plant a seed and take it home to watch it grow. Learn to fold paper cra...

Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

2016年04月09日

April 2, 9, and 16—JUST ADDED! New dates have been added due to popular demand! Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don't be wasteful" in Japanese. In this 3-session 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 each one-hour ...

OCTOBER PROGRAMS FOCUS ON 'KOKESHI' CLOSING, TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY OCT. 10

2009年10月01日

The Japanese American National Museum is featuring a variety of programs that are family-friendly in October, beginning with a sushi making workshop on Saturday, Oct. 3, a lecture discussing the meaning of the dolls used for Girls’ Day on Sunday, Oct. 4, and the popular Target Free Family Saturday program set for Saturday, Oct. 10, with the theme of "Toy Shoppe!" On Saturday, Oct. 3, the Sushi Chef Institute will ...

KOKESHI: FROM FOLK ART TO ART TOY EXHIBIT TO CLOSE OCT. 4

2009年09月30日

The unique exhibition, Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy, will end its installation at the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, October 4, which included over 200 Japanese dolls from a private collection alongside of the works of custom and contemporary artists. The exhibition, developed in collaboration between the National Museum and the Los Angeles Toy, Doll, and Amusements (LATDA) Museum, presents a br...

NORMAN MINETA, GEORGE TAKEI TO CONVERSE ON GROWING UP JA

2009年09月22日

Two of the most distinguished and widely-recognized Japanese Americans, Norman Y. Mineta and George Takei, will have a frank, behind-the-scenes discussion about growing up before and after World War II, the challenges of entering careers in the public eye, and what it took to arrive at difficult decisions in their personal and professional lives in a special fundraising event at the Japanese American National Museum ...