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STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM CELEBRATES THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF SECRETARY NORMAN Y. MINETA, CHAIR OF THE MUSEUM’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2021年11月11日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) sends warm and joyful wishes to Secretary Norman Y. Mineta for his 90th birthday on Friday, November 12. The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta has been JANM’s Chair of the Board of Trustees since 2015, and a Museum Trustee since 1996. He previously served on JANM’s Board of Governors from 1988-1995, and served as its Chair from 2010-2015. Mineta was the firs...

Japanese Cooking for Beginners with Azusa Oda: Gyoza

2021年11月06日

$25 General Admission / $20 Members Making gyoza (Japanese dumplings) can be a fun group activity or a solo meditative practice. In this interactive virtual workshop, learn the basics with cookbook author and designer, Azusa Oda, and make this perennial favorite a part of your cooking repertoire. You will be sent the ingredient list and necessary setup in advance so you can cook along from your own kitchen. Azu...

STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF HOLLY YASUI – WRITER, EDITOR AND FILMMAKER

2021年11月05日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the death of Holly Yasui, 67, a writer, editor, and documentary filmmaker. She died Oct. 31 in Mexico from complications of COVID-19 and was the youngest daughter of Minoru Yasui, the legendary Japanese American lawyer and civil rights activist. “The Museum is deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Holly Yasui whose film about her father kee...

Kokoro2021—Virtual Craft Show

2021年11月01日 - 2021年11月15日

The 13th Annual Kokoro Craft Show is virtual again this year! Although the pandemic has prevented the in-person Kokoro Craft Show from occurring two years in a row, there will be more than 60 vendors this year, most of whom are new. Shoppers can begin viewing vendor’s products on November 1 for two weeks at the new website, www.kokorocraftshow.com. During this special shopping period, buy products from the vendor...

JACSC 2021 Education Conference

2021年10月29日 - 2021年10月30日

Please join the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC) for the second virtual education conference to be held October 29th-30th, 2021! Save the dates for a special event in person at JANM and virtually anywhere the evening of Friday, October 29th and virtual educational sessions throughout the day on Saturday, October 30th. Founded on the idea that we are stronger together than on our own, JACSC ai...

Through Stanley’s Eyes: Telling Stories of Heart Mountain

2021年10月29日

RSVP TO ATTEND IN PERSON CLICK TO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM How do we tell personal narratives in ways that highlight our community’s broader history and impact? Join for a conversation on innovative ways to share the voices of Heart Mountain, as well as other WWII incarceration sites, in to order to inspire, advocate, and educate. Dakota Russell (Executive Director, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation), Clem...

STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM IS HONORED TO RECEIVE AWARD FROM AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS-LA FOR PAVILION DESIGNED BY GYO OBATA OF HOK

2021年10月29日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to receive the Twenty-Five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles (AIALA) for the Pavilion designed by famed architect Gyo Obata of HOK, a global design and architecture firm. AIALA described its Twenty-Five Year Award as recognition bestowed upon an architectural design of “enduring significance” for a project “that ha...

THE 13th ANNUAL KOKORO CRAFT SHOW IS NOV. 1-15 ONLINE BOUTIQUE ORGANIZED BY VOLUNTEERS FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2021年10月25日

LOS ANGELES - The annual Kokoro Craft Show is back for 2021 as an online boutique for the second year. The event will feature more than 60 vendors selling a wide range of items. “Year after year, our dedicated Kokoro volunteers work long hours to organize this craft show to assist JANM. Their enthusiasm and can-do spirit – even through the pandemic – is a wonderful demonstration of their support and commitment,” s...

Educators Workshop—Teaching Hayami & Okubo

2021年10月23日

Join JANM Education department in celebrating two important Japanese American artists featured in the museum’s newest exhibits A Life in Pieces: the Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami and Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13360. Both artists recorded groundbreaking chronicles of their lives in camp, shining light on the first person experiences of Japanese American incarcerees. Teachers and educators a...

TOUR, SCREENING, AND ARTIST TALK MARK CLOSING OF JANM’S "TRANSPACIFIC BORDERLANDS"

2018年01月29日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer a trio of exhibition-related public programs for the closing weekend of Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, on February 24 and 25. They include a curator-led exhibition tour, a film screening and live musical performance, and an artist talk about cultural representation. On S...