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Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Holiday Wreaths

2015年11月21日

Learn how to make festive holiday wreaths to adorn cards and gifts. $12 members, $15 non-members. Supplies and admission included. Limited to 10 participants.

Members Only Meet and Greet with Richard Reeves and Jan Jarboe Russell

2015年11月21日

Members at the Contributing Level and above are invited to an intimate pre-event reception with authors Richard Reeves (Infamy) and Jan Jarboe Russell (The Train to Crystal City) prior to the discussion about their books. Space is limited. RSVP by November 13 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

NUNO Textiles Trunk Show

2015年11月21日 - 2015年11月22日

Saturday, November 21–Sunday, November 22 12 p.m.–4:30 p.m. "Nuno" is the Japanese word for fabric. Since launching in 1984, NUNO Textiles has worked exclusively with weavers and dyers in Japan, combining old practices with new technologies to create textiles that are original, distinctive, and fresh. Today, NUNO designs are highly acclaimed and reside in the collections of major museums around the world. ...

Two-Day Craft Workshop—Indigo and Shibori in the 21st Century

2015年11月21日 - 2015年11月22日

Saturday, November 21–Sunday, November 22 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Back by popular demand! Enjoy two days of indigo dyeing with a focus on learning how the dye takes to different textiles. Shibori techniques to be explored include arashi, itajime, and nui, as well as combined and invented techniques. Material kits will include handouts, threads, and many types of vintage kimono silks as well as some cottons, bambo...

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2015年11月21日

Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting.

Members Only Learning at Lunch: Holiday Edition

2015年11月20日

All members are invited to kick off the holidays by learning about how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the American concentration camps and by members of the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. RSVPs recommended to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

JANM Free Family Days: Pop Mania

2015年11月14日

FREE ALL DAY Join us for a day of pop culture-themed activities in honor of Giant Robot Biennale 4. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: See Giant Robot Biennale 4 and complete our scavenger hunt to win a prize. Make a special custom button with a design started by a Giant Robot artist and finished by you. At Ruthie’s Origami Corner, learn how to fold an origami dinosaur. Contribute your creativi...

Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty at the EMP Museum (Seattle, WA)

2015年11月14日 - 2016年05月15日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION EMP Museum Seattle Center Seattle, WA The Japanese American National Museum is now traveling Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty, the first large-scale Hello Kitty museum retrospective in the United States. Organized as part of the global icon’s 40th-anniversary celebrations, the exhibition examines the colorful history of Hello Kitty and her influence on popul...

MUSEUM ADDS 500 MORE IMAGES ONLINE FROM TOYO MIYATAKE-RAFU SHIMPO COLLECTION

2009年02月24日

The Japanese American National Museum recently added 500 more images to its Web site from its Toyo Miyatake/Rafu Shimpo Collection, a series of over 9,500 negatives and photographs taken by Toyo Miyatake Studios for the Rafu Shimpo beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the 1980s. The Rafu Shimpo, which was founded in 1903, is Southern California’s largest Japanese-English newspaper. Beginning in the 1950s, it...

2009 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, ‘FORGING ALLIANCES', SET FOR FEB. 21

2009年02月13日

The organizing committee for the 2009 Day of Remembrance program, set for Saturday, February 21, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, announced that the theme for this year’s program will be, "Forging Alliances: Connecting Nikkei to Current Immigration". The keynote speaker will be Professor Roger Daniels, a nationally-recognized scholar in the area of immigration and the Japanese American Wo...