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Exhibition Tour of BeHere / 1942 with artist Masaki Fujihata

2022年05月19日

FREE Join Masaki Fujihata, the visionary Japanese media artist behind BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, for a guided tour of JANM’s newest exhibition. Photo credit: Jim Conner

The Japanese American National Museum Debuts the Miné Okubo Collection on Google Arts & Culture

2022年05月17日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is proud to announce the launch of the Museum’s Google Arts & Culture web page, which features the Miné Okubo Collection at JANM, an online exhibition of the same name, and the video, UNBOXED: Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660, from JANM’s UNBOXED series. The online exhibition is included in Google Arts & Culture’s Asian Pacific American ...

Author Discussion—Facing the Mountain with Daniel James Brown

2022年05月14日

Join New York Times bestselling author of The Boys on the Boat, Daniel James Brown, in conversation with Tom Ikeda, Executive Director of Densho, to celebrate the release of the paperback edition of his newest book Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II. About the book: They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their...

Members Only Meet and Greet with Daniel James Brown

2022年05月14日

FREE for members In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join for an exclusive conversation for JANM members with New York Times bestselling author of The Boys on the Boat, Daniel James Brown, and the Executive Director of Densho, Tom Ikeda. This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the link below, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213.830.5646 by Friday, May 13th. Spac...

38th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2022年05月10日 - 2022年05月13日

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), presented annually by Visual Communications (VC), Southern California’s leading showcase for new Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema, announced today the program for the 38th edition of the festival. The festival returns May 5–13 in Los Angeles and will feature an exciting lineup of in-person programming, along with virtual programming for our au...

Discover Nikkei Celebrates 11th Edition of Nikkei Chronicles with Call for Nikkei Food Stories

2022年05月09日

LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, announces the 11th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series, an annual, themed open call for writings. “Nikkei” refers to Japanese migrants and their descendants. This year’s theme, Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Commu...

Artist Conversation—BeHere / 1942 with Masaki Fujihata & Karen Tei Yamashita

2022年05月07日

JANM’s newest exhibition, BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, by artist Masaki Fujihata, invites visitors to experience the photographic archive of the 1942 forced removal of Japanese Americans in new ways, including through two augmented reality installations. Join us for a conversation with Fujihata and National Book Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award medalist, Karen Tei Yamashi...

BeHere / 1942 Upper Level Members & VIP Reception

2022年05月06日

Members at the Sustaining level and above are invited to a Upper Level Members & VIP Reception for BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration. By invitation only. Contact membership@janm.org to upgrade your membership to Director’s Circle and above to be invited to Upper Level Members events like this.

BeHere / 1942

2022年05月07日 - 2023年01月08日

Visionary Japanese media artist Masaki Fujihata invites visitors to experience the photographic archive of the 1942 forced removal of Japanese Americans in new ways, including two groundbreaking augmented reality (AR) installations.

“REFLECTIONS/REFRACTIONS” LITERARY SHOW SET FOR JANM

2019年08月29日

Los Angeles, CA—In a special program organized by Visual Communications—the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts organization—and the Japanese American National Museum, ten locally based literary artists will perform original works inspired by media arts works featured in the ongoing VC Founders’ photographic exhibition, At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America on Thursday, September 19, in ...