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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2009年07月11日

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

Target Free Family Saturday: Books Galore!

2009年07月11日

FREE ALL DAY Come and explore with us the wonderful world of Asian American and Japanese American books. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All day craft activities: Do you have a story to share? Create your own kamishibai! Kamishibai is a form of storytelling that originated in Japane...

Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy

2009年07月11日 - 2009年10月04日

Take a fresh look at the traditional and iconic Japanese kokeshi folk toy by exploring its origins and history, as well as what contemporary artists are producing in homage to this humble object. A special display of custom painted kokeshi is also featured—and available for sale at the Museum Store—by over 100 well-known international contemporary artists. This exhibition presented in collaboration with: ...

Summer Film Festival: "Bento to Mixed Plate: Politics of Plate Lunch"

2009年07月02日 - 2009年07月12日

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, the National Museum will continuously screen Bento to Mixed Plate: Politics of Plate Lunch. Politics of Plate Lunch is a penetrating yet tender look beneath the “island paradise” stereotype to explore the inter-ethnic and generational complexities of contemporary Hawai‘i. 20 min. This special showing will be screened at the Tera...

kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa at UNC (Chapel Hill, NC)

2009年07月01日 - 2009年10月31日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill FedEx Global Education Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa is an exhibition of portraits by artist Kip Fulbeck, who traveled the country photographing more than 1,000 Hapa of all ages and walks of life. Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, the word Hapa has been em...

Film Screening: "On Paper Wings"

2009年06月27日

On Paper Wings is the story of four Japanese women who worked on balloon bombs, the families of those killed in the U.S., and the man whose actions brought them all together forty years after WWII, and the balloon bomb project. During WWII, the Japanese military developed a new weapon intended to strike directly at the American continent – the balloon bomb. Thousands of hydrogen-filled balloons were attached to ...

Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Origami snail Garden Greeting Cards & Decorative Balls

2009年06月27日

Create fun garden greeting cards and decorative balls for your friends and family. $9 for National Museum members; $14 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2009年06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.

Happy Tenth: Celebrate the Pavilion

2009年06月20日

You’re invited to a special Open House birthday celebration on June 20! Join us for FREE all day. Don't miss this day filled with family fun activities, performances, and the Members' Coffee & Tours. It's time to visit our magnificent Pavilion and Museum and show it off to your friends and family. All are welcome! Celebrate all that has been presented within and beyond our walls with your fellow members, donors, a...

Bringing the Circle Together: Quest of the Carib Canoe

2009年06月18日

Free Screening of Quest of the Carib Canoe Carib Indian artist and activist Jacob Frederick, and others from his community, sail nearly 1000 miles in a hand built canoe from their home on the island of Dominica in the British West Indies to South America in a voyage to rediscover their ancestral heritage. Director Eugene Jarecki generously donated this extremely rare film for presentation. Kantuta will begin the e...