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2013 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction & After Party: "Vision, Values, Voices"

2013年04月13日

Join us as we return to the newly renovated historic Los Angeles Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. In addition to an inspiring Dinner program, enjoy our famous Seafood Buffet Reception and Silent Auction and the increasingly popular After Party at the X-Bar. For more information, visit the Gala Dinner page at janm.org/dinner2013 or contact galadinner@janm.org or call (213) 830-5669.

"Visible & Invisible" Opening Party

2013年04月06日

Join us for the public opening of Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History! There will be a short program at 8 PM featuring singer/songwriter Meiko.

Visible & Invisible

2013年04月07日 - 2013年08月25日

It is believed that by the 2020 U.S. Census, a majority of Japanese Americans will identify as multiracial. Explore the diverse and complex history of the mixed-race and mixed-roots Japanese American experience. Visible & Invisible, curated by Cindy Nakashima, Lily Anne Yumi Welty, and Duncan Williams, reveals the long “mixed” history in the Japanese American community. Starting with the earliest days of immigrati...

Asian Americans in Hip Hop Panel

2013年04月06日

This event has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Join us for a moderated discussion on the roles Asian Americans have played in hip hop. Panelists to be announced. Check janm.org for updates.

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2013年04月06日

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

Continuing Explorations in Shibori Dyeing with Glennis Dolce

2013年04月06日

Whether you are new to shibori or continuing your practice, come join us as we continue to find various ways to create pattern and texture on cloth. We will stitch, fold, twist, wrap and roll...fabrics new and old. There will be lots of silks to explore- feel free to bring some of your own. Glennis will also bring her antique zakuri and give you a demonstration of how silk is reeled from a cocoons she has raised he...

"Hafu: The Mixed Race Experience of Japan" by Lara Perez-Takagi and Megumi Nishikura

2013年04月05日

Hafu: The Mixed Race Experience of Japan is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern day Japan. The film follows five hafus – the Japanese term for people who are half Japanese – who are compelled to explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that proclaims itself to be mono-ethnic. To RSVP for the event,...

"Strawberry Yellow" by Naomi Hirahara

2013年03月30日

Mas Arai is a taciturn, sometimes even curmudgeonly retired gardener with a past. Born in Watsonville in California’s strawberry country, he was raised in Hiroshima, Japan, and as a teenager survived the 1945 A-bomb. After the war, he returned to Watsonville to start over, finding shelter with cousins and work in the strawberry fields. Now, after moving to Altadena and spending a lifetime as a gardener, Mas re...

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2013年03月30日

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

Toyo Miyatake Studios Donates Photos Taken For Rafu Shimpo To Japanese American National Museum

1996年08月01日

The Japanese American National Museum announced that Toyo Miyatake Studios, one of the nation’s oldest family-run Japanese American photography studios, has recently donated a collection of photographs that it took for The Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese-English publication in the continental United States, to the Museum for identification and preservation. Toyo Miyatake Studios was often called upon by the ...