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"Sugar/Islands" Catalog Signing

2015年07月18日

Artist Laura Kina and curator Krystal Hauseur, PhD, will be signing copies of the Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i exhibition catalog. The catalog is available for purchase from the JANM Store.

Edible Adventures: A Noodling Walk through Little Tokyo

2015年07月18日

Where does ramen come from? What is the difference between udon and ramen? Join this cultural and culinary tour and learn about the various noodle delights available in Little Tokyo. $48 members, $60 non-members. Museum admission and three noodle stops included. Limited to 15 participants. Comfortable walking shoes recommended.

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Before They Were Heroes"

2015年07月18日

Join Dr. Sus Ito and curator Lily Tamai, PhD, on this exclusive guided tour of the exhibition Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

TAIKOPROJECT Summer Intensive

2015年07月17日 - 2015年07月20日

Friday–Monday, July 17–20, 2015 This intensive weekend workshop for advanced taiko players is the first of its kind in Los Angeles. Delving into various techniques, TAIKOPROJECT will inspire participants from all over the world with its unique and innovative approach to the Japanese American art form. Topics to be covered include odaiko (big drum), multi-drum set technique, katsugi okedo (sling drum), hip-hop t...

Before They Were Heroes

2015年07月14日 - 2015年09月06日

Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images is the inaugural exhibition in Sharing Our Stories, a new series of exhibitions drawn from JANM’s extensive permanent collection. A celebration of the donation by Susumu “Sus” Ito of his vast archive of photographs and negatives taken while on duty during World War II, Before They Were Heroes gives the public a rare and breathtaking look at the daily lives of the...

Members Only Conversation with Sus Ito

2015年07月12日

Now 95 years old, Susumu "Sus" Ito, PhD and emeritus professor at Harvard Medical School, was a member of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. Smuggling a camera with him on his tour of duty, he took the breathtaking photographs on display in Before They Were Heroes, capturing the day-to-day lives of a group of young Japanese American soldiers. Dr. Ito’s...

"Before They Were Heroes" Members Only Preview

2015年07月12日

All JANM members are invited to preview the exhibition Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images—the first exhibition organized as part of Sharing Our Stories, JANM’s new series of historical shows drawn from its extensive collection—before it opens to the public on Tuesday, July 14.

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Sugar/Islands"

2015年07月12日

JANM members are invited to join curator Krystal Hauseur, PhD, and artists Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara on this exclusive tour of the exhibition Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

UNION BANK OF CA. CEO MASAAKI TANAKA NAMED TO MUSEUM BOARD OF GOVERNORS

2008年08月28日

The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum today announced the appointment of Mr. Masaaki Tanaka, President and Chief Executive Officer of UnionBanCal Corp. and its primary subsidiary, Union Bank of California, N.A., to the institution’s Board of Governors, effective immediately. The Trustees held their quarterly meetings at the National Museum in Little Tokyo on August 1 and 2, 2008. Members o...

OHARA SCHOOL OF IKEBANA TO GIVE DEMONSTRATION AUG. 24

2008年08月20日

The Ohara School of Ikebana Los Angeles Chapter, one of the three schools participating in the Japanese American National Museum’s art exhibition, Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art, will give a demonstration of their work and techniques on Sunday, Aug. 24, beginning at 2 p.m. at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. Living Flowers notes the interactions between the practice of ikebana and contemporary ar...