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Community Day of Remembrance

2008年02月16日

REDRESS REMEMBERED FREE ALL DAY The Day of Remembrance marks President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Hawai'i during World War II. On August 10, 1988 President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which legislated monetary reparations and an offical apol...

Nikkei Album Workshop - Part 2

2008年02月16日

Part 1: Intro - February 9 Part 2: Hands-on Workshop - February 16 Location: DISKovery Center 353 E. First St in Little Tokyo Learn how to browse and contribute to Nikkei Album, a versatile tool on the award-winning DiscoverNikkei.org Web site. Share personal family stories, community histories, and more through photos, text, audio, and video. Free for members of the National Museum and DISKovery C...

Anime Day on the Plaza

2008年02月10日

FREE, no reservations required Join us for this special collaboration between MOCA and the National Museum with special screenings, discussions, and activities around the art form that has inspired the work of artists like Takashi Murakami.

One Way or Another

2008年02月10日 - 2008年05月04日

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, a traveling exhibition organized by the Asia Society, brings together seventeen artists from across the United States who challenge and extend the category of Asian American art. The title of the exhibition, drawn from the 1978 Blondie hit song, suggests a non-formulaic way of making or seeing art. The artists and their works characterize the freedom to choose, manipulate a...

Nikkei Album Workshop - Part 1

2008年02月09日

Part 1: Intro - February 9 Part 2: Hands-on Workshop - February 16 Location: DISKovery Center 353 E. First St in Little Tokyo Learn how to browse and contribute to Nikkei Album, a versatile tool on the award-winning DiscoverNikkei.org Web site. Share personal family stories, community histories, and more through photos, text, audio, and video. Free for members of the National Museum and DISKovery C...

Members' Opening for One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now

2008年02月09日

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now brings together 17 artists from across the country who defy a definitive conception of Asian American art. Organized by the Asia Society, New York, and curated by Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, Karin Higa, Adjunct Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum, and Susette S. Min, Assistant Professor...

Neglected Legacies: Japanese American Women and Redress: Reconsidering Roots

2008年02月02日

REDRESS REMEMBERED (Part 1 of 3) FREE Admission The first in this series, Reconsidering Roots, will focus on the role of Japanese American women in the redress movement. The panelists will each speak about a specific individual's contributions — Joy Morimoto on Sox Kitashima; Sharon Yamato on Michi Weglen; and Diana Meyers Bahr on Sue Kunitomi Embrey. Presented in collaboration with the National Center f...

IRENE HIRANO TO TRANSITION POSITION; AKEMI KIKUMURA YANO NAMED NEW CEO FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM

2008年01月29日

Irene Y. Hirano, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, has announced that she would conclude her tenure in June 2009 after 21 years of service to the institution. Hirano was appointed Executive Director in April 1988 and named President and CEO in 1999. In order to ensure an effective transition and to support the institution’s highest priority, Hirano will continue to serve as President an...

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2008年01月26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.

Unfinished Business by Steven Okazaki

2008年01月19日

REDRESS REMEMBERED (Part 1 of 2) Screening of the Academy Award nominated documentary about the World War II coram nobis cases. Special tour of the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with Professor Mitch Maki to follow. Click here for more information about this program >>