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RARE MINE OKUBO DRAWINGS AVAILABLE ON JANM.ORG

2012年11月07日

The Japanese American National Museum announced today that it has completed the conservation, cataloguing, and digitization of 197 pen and ink drawings by artist Mine Okubo, which now may be viewed on the JANM’s website. Okubo was an artist, writer, and social activist who created drawings and sketches of her life while at Tanforan assembly center in San Bruno, California and Topaz concentration camp in Utah durin...

Giant Robot Artists’ Entourage Workshop with Saelee Oh

2012年11月03日

This event has been postponed until December 15. Please join us then for a double workshop with artists Saelee Oh and Albert Reyes. Click here for more information. Come make art with Saelee Oh from Giant Robot Biennale 3 in this hands-on workshop. Immerse yourself in a variety of techniques and styles. These workshops are designed to foster dialogue and enhance digital networks between professional artists and th...

Common Ground Exhibition Tour

2012年11月03日

Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with experienced docents.

Fighting For Democracy at Highground Veterans Memorial Park (Neillsville, WI)

2012年11月01日 - 2012年12月31日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Highground Veterans Memorial Park Neillsville, WI About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who...

"Manzanar Fishing Club" DVD Release Event

2012年10月28日

Special meet & greet session with Manzanar Fishing Club director Cory Shiozaki and writer Richard Imamura before the official release on October 30th. Purchase copies of the DVD and get them signed before it's available anywhere else!

Los Angeles International Tea Festival

2012年10月28日

Join us for the second annual Los Angeles International Tea Festival! Exhibitors such as Ito-En, International Tea Importers, and ABC Tea House will offer tastings, talks, shows, and ceremonies celebrating world-wide tea culture. All are invited. Check teafestivalla.com for information and tickets >> Event sponsored by Chado Tea Rooms in collaboration with JANM.

Los Angeles International Tea Festival

2012年10月27日 - 2012年10月28日

Join us for the second annual Los Angeles International Tea Festival! Exhibitors such as Ito-En, International Tea Importers, and ABC Tea House will offer tastings, talks, shows, and ceremonies celebrating world-wide tea culture. All are invited. Check teafestivalla.com for information and tickets >> Event sponsored by Chado Tea Rooms in collaboration with JANM.

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2012年10月27日

Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents. $9 Members; $14 non-members, includes Museum admission. Comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.

Densho Workshop/Educator's Open House

2012年10月27日

JANM is pleased to be partnering with Seattle-based Densho to host a very special workshop where educators will explore web-based primary resources and pick up new strategies for teaching about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. This workshop will take place at JANM and is open to in-service and pre-service teachers, who will each receive a $100 stipend for participation. Light refreshments will be...

"Hibakusha" Screening

2012年10月20日

Hibakusha is an animated drama featuring Kaz Suyeishi (Karin Anna Cheung), a 57 year old woman, who recalls her most vivid and horrific experiences as a 17 year old Hiroshima student during the morning of August 6, 1945 when the atomic bomb dropped on her hometown. This film is inspired to bring awareness to the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings in hopes that a nuclear tragedy like this will ever happen again. A Q&A w...