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Art Break: Ghosts! with Edwin Ushiro

2021年06月01日

Edwin Ushiro is a visual artist who captures the essence of Hawaii, youth, and nostalgia in his work with a technique that’s uniquely his own. His work resonates with the echoes of his boyhood in the “slow town” of Wailuku on the Hawaiian island of Maui. In his paintings, he recalls the sun-struck days of youth, when the world was fresh and magical, but also explores the eerie folklore indigenous to dark country road...

Art Break: Clay! with Ako Castuera

2021年05月25日

Ako Castuera’s sculptural work is informed by the diverse cultural and environmental features of Southern California, on Tongva Land, where she was born and currently lives. Ako’s sculptural work is a material exploration which draws on mythmaking to give body to personal and global histories, incorporating a variety of mediums including locally gathered and commercial clay, neighborhood yard trimmings, compost, yarn...

8th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest: A Virtual Celebration

2021年05月23日

Marvel at the amazing and creative ways that writers can imagine Little Tokyo and expand the fictional boundaries of the Japanese American experience. Each year, the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest heightens awareness of Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo by challenging both new and experienced writers to write a story that captures the spirit and essence of Little Tokyo and the people in it. Noted theatre a...

Detention/Resistance: Japanese American and Latinx Histories of Incarceration

2021年05月20日

From Spanish colonial missions to WWII concentration camps to present day ICE run “family detention centers,” the history of the U.S. is marked by the mass incarceration due to racism and xenophobia that has affected Japanese and Latin Americans. In 1942, Crystal City detention facility opened in south Texas as one of the many sites around the U.S. used to incarcerate those of Japanese ancestry during WWII. Unique to...

THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (JANM) AWARDED NEW $1.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE LA ARTS RECOVERY FUND

2021年05月20日

LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to receive a $1.5 million grant from the LA Arts Recovery Fund that will help the Museum continue its exhibits, events and other projects after a yearlong closure. The grant, which will be paid over two years, assists JANM with rebounding after a challenging year in which the museum pivoted to online tours, programs and events, store sales,...

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry reading

2021年05月13日

Join us for our second annual virtual poetry reading with a powerful lineup of poets previously featured in Discover Nikkei’s Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column, hosted by author, poet, and performer traci kato-kiriyama. This year, we reached out to pairs of poets who will be reading works in conversation with each other. Each pair has their own unique relationship that will bring depth of conversation and in...

Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew, directed by Jully Lee

2021年05月08日 - 2021年05月21日

Artists at Play is sharing free theatre for young audiences in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! What were the experiences of Japanese American women during the World War II concentration camps? How did they keep hope alive for themselves, their families and community? Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew uses archival interviews and testimonials to tell their stories of hardship, determination, a...

2021 Member Appreciation Days—Springtime Savings!

2021年05月07日 - 2021年05月09日

JANM Members get 20% off at janmstore.com, Friday–Sunday, May 7–9! Traditionally, our Member Appreciation Days represent a partnership between JANM and other fantastic Southern California museums to offer free reciprocal admission and 20% store discounts to our collective membership. While we and our partner museum stores remain closed, we’re pleased to offer the 20% discount to JANM Members through our online sto...

NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING JAPANESE LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年08月24日

Los Angeles, CA Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, a new exhibition opening at the Japanese American National Museum on September 17, will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition will show how ethni...

JANM’S ANNUAL NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL IS A FREE DAY OF FUN FOR ALL

2017年07月24日

Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free. Highlights of the day will include a performance and taiko drumming workshop by Yuujou Daiko, performances by Koshin Taiko and Min...