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Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Origami for Boys' (Childrens') Day and Mother's Day
2008年04月13日
Learn origami to use on greeting cards, to embellish package, create wall hangings, many other decorative uses. Class fees are $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies. Reservations are required. Sign up early as class is limited to 10 participants
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The Nikkei Experience: Curtiss Takada Rooks on Hapa Issues
2008年04月12日
Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness What does it mean to be Hapa? Too often, being Hapa/Haafu/Mixed Race is talked about as the tragedy of "not belonging" or the constant burden of "being confused." The social reality of Hapa-ness, however, defies these myths. Join four noted members of the Hapa community in an interactive roundtable discussion to explore the revelations and resil...
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Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop
2008年04月10日
Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, April 10, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Civil ...
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MOCA Talk: Allan Kaprow -- Art as Life
2008年04月06日
In conjunction with Allan Kaprow -- Art as Life, art historian and writer Jeffy Kelly will discuss his close friend Allan Kaprow and the artist's work in a talk entitled, Memory of Happenings. For more information, please call 213-621-1745 or education@moca.org This program is in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Neglected Legacies: Japanese American Women and Redress: Organizing the Community
2008年04月05日
REDRESS REMEMBERED (Part 2 of 3) This program will feature first-hand accounts from participants in the major Redress/ Reparations organizations that held pride of place during the 1980s. The current list of speakers include: Chizu Omori, Seattle, on JACL/ Pacific Northwest region; Aiko Herzig on her work with NCJAR, CWRIC, and Coram Nobis; Lillian Nakano, on her work in NCRR Susan Nakaoka (Calif...
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Southwest Chamber Music: Music Unwrapped
2008年03月29日
FREE! Enjoy new quartet music from Southeast Asia juxtaposed with the exciting Mozart Hunt Quartet. Part of a three-year cultural exchange project between Southwest Chamber Music Music and the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and the Hanoi National Conservatory in Vietnam. Visit their website
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One Way or Another - Gallery Talk
2008年03月29日
Gallery talk with curator Karin Higa and artists Kaz Oshiro and Glenn Kaino. Left: Glenn Kaino Graft (salmon) 2006 Shark skin, thread, salmon skin, plastic 36 x 12 x 4 in. Collection of the artist Photograph SJK, courtesy of The Project, New York
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Little Tokyo Walking Tour
2008年03月29日
Relive history, learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents. $8 Members; $13 non-members, includes Museum admission. Comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.
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Japanese American National Museum and National Coalition for Redress/Reparations Present 'Day of Remembrance' Programs on Feb. 19 and 20
1999年02月01日
In annual remembrance of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the unconstitutional incarceration of more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II, the Japanese American National Museum and the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR) are featuring a weekend of programs and events at the Japanese American National Museum on Friday, Februa...