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Giant Robot Drawing Party

2015年11月07日

FREE Bring your sketchpad and favorite drawing instruments for a special drawing party with live music by Goh Nakamura. Giant Robot Biennale 4 curator Eric Nakamura will lead themed drawing exercises with live demonstrations and discussion by GRB4 featured artists Luke Chueh, Mari Inukai, and Yoskay Yamamoto, and other Giant Robot artists. Get inspiration from these exercises, or just hang out and work o...

Lecture and Book Signing—"San Jose Japantown: A Journey"

2015年11月07日

San Jose’s Japantown is one of only three Japantowns remaining in the United States. Begun as an outgrowth of the city’s last Chinatown, Japantown San Jose has a 125-year history that spans two world wars, the Great Depression, Japanese American incarceration and resettlement, and the present day. Authors Curt Fukuda and Ralph Pearce will present a program on the creation of their book, San Jose Japantown: A ...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2015年11月07日

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

Members Only JANM Ghost Stories

2015年10月31日

It’s Halloween at JANM! Come hear ghost stories from near and far, including some that have taken place at the museum. Join actor Rodney Kageyama, artist Edwin Ushiro, and Cold Tofu Improv members Aaron Aoki, Jully Lee, and Helen Ota for a delightfully scary time! RSVP by October 28 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2015年10月31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.

JANM PERMANENT COLLECTION ADDS HENRY SUGIMOTO PAINTINGS

2015年10月26日

LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has added 240 oil paintings and more than 200 watercolors by artist Henry Sugimoto to its permanent collection, thanks to a donation by the artist’s daughter Madeleine. The donation also included diaries, woodblocks and woodblock prints, artist tools, and dress designs. These items join numerous other Sugimoto paintings and artifacts that had previously been ...

Film Screening, Panel Discussion, and Reception—Off the Menu: Asian America"

2015年10月25日

Off the Menu: Asian America, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee, takes viewers on a road trip across the United States in an exploration of how family, history, faith, and geography shape people’s relationships to food and their communities. Lee travels from Houston, Texas, to Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to Oahu, Hawaii, seeking stories that reflect an evolving Asian Pacific America and the role food pl...

NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS PASSING OF HAWAII'S SIEGFRIED 'SIG' KAGAWA AT AGE 77

2009年01月07日

The Board of Trustees and Board of Governors for the Japanese American National Museum expressed their sadness at the passing of Siegfried "Sig" Kagawa, who provided major leadership and support when the National Museum was being formed in the 1980s and 1990s, and who contributed to many important causes in his native Hawai`i and nationally. Kagawa, the son of life insurance pioneer Lawrence "L.T." Kagawa, continu...

NATIONAL MUSEUM TO BEGIN 2009 WITH OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL JANUARY 4

2008年12月24日

The Japanese American National Museum will kick off 2009 with its annual Oshogatsu (New Year’s) Family Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 4, 2009, at its facility at 369 E. First Street, in Little Tokyo. This event is free and open to the public. Highlighting the day’s activities will be the appearance of Kodama Taiko, who will perform their annual mochitsuki (pounding of sweet rice) ceremony at 1 ...

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ALLEN SAY TO LAUNCH LATEST BOOK, 'ERIKA-SAN', JAN. 3, AT MUSEUM

2008年12月23日

World-renowned author and illustrator Allen Say will launch his first book in two years, Erika-san, at a special reading and book signing set for Saturday, January 3, 2009, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Based on a true story, the newest masterpiece from the Caldecott medalist is Erika-san, which traces the life of a young girl—inspired as a child by a magical paintin...