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JANMコレクションレプリカからたどる 日系アメリカ人の歴史と美術
2025年08月23日 - 2025年09月21日
巡回展古川美術館(名古屋)火〜日曜:10:00am-5:00pm、月休館ホームページ: www.furukawa-museum.or.jp 全米日系人博物館は、日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史と文化を収集・保存するアメリカを代表する博物館です。その所蔵コレクションから、多彩な日系アメリカ人アーティストの芸術的作品を紹介いたします。複製の形で展示するこれらの作品は、移民から戦時中の強制収容の歴史を記録するとともに、その時、日系アメリカ人アーティストたちが何を見て考えていたのかを浮かび上がらせています。第二次世界大戦中、アメリカ西海岸に住んでいた日系アメリカ人は、不当にもアメリカの強制収容所へと送られました。彼らはその過酷な生活においても、創造力やユーモアを失わず、その中で見つけた美や喜びを描いていきました。日系アメリカ人のアーティストの、たくましさと芸術性に触れ、その歴史をたどっていただければ幸いです。上作品:ヒサコ・ヒビ、「洗濯室...
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Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity
2025年08月21日 - 2025年08月23日
The Democracy Center presents two solo shows that explore what happens when two Asian American performers fall deeply in love with Western mediums—movies and opera—they discover that they both may be in too deep. Bee Vang’s Your Movie Guide to Life delves into an actor’s existential journey through cinema, Hmong history, his antiwar activism, and his role in Clint Eastwood’s film, Gran Torino. Kurt Kanazawa’s L’Oper...
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JANM’s Nikkei Children’s Book Festival is on Saturday, September 20
2025年08月20日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the Nikkei Children’s Book Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The festival will be held at the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) from 10...
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Saturday, August 30 Cruising J-Town Program Highlights Legacies of the Import Car Scene
2025年08月20日
PSAWHAT:Dive into the world of import tuners with a panel discussion about the roots of the import car scene, beginning with its earliest emergence in the 1970s through the explosion of interest in the 1980s through 2000s.WHEN:Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. PDTDETAILS:Cruising J-Town exhibition curator Oliver Wang will be in conversation with a range of panelists including:Robert Jung, founding membe...
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National Day of Action to Defend History News Conference and Rally Comes to Little Tokyo Aug. 23
2025年08月18日
Media AdvisoryWHAT:A National Day of Action news conference and community rally to defend the truth of World War II Japanese American incarceration history. Survivors of World War II incarceration camps along with community activists and allies will join to defend the accurate presentation of history in America’s National Parks and to honor the people and places that shape our past.The event is supported by organizat...
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2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival
2025年08月16日
Celebrate summer with us at JANM’s Democracy Center and the Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!Cultural performancesStorytime with author and racecar driver Nadine Sachiko HsuFun summer-themed crafts and origamiExclusive activities connected to JANM’s new exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei CommunityAn...
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JANM on the Go at the GVJCI Car Show
2025年08月16日
JANM will have a booth at the car show, which will include Pinewood Derby Races, free games for kids, vendor booths, food trucks, and more. Stop by JANM’s booth to make a Cruising J-Town origami car!
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JANM Condemns Reshaping of Smithsonian Museums to Fit Administration’s Historical Interpretation
2025年08月14日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the Administration’s directive to reshape Smithsonian museums to conform to its prescribed historical interpretation ahead of the US semiquincentennial in 2026. In a letter to Smithsonian Secretary L...
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JANM Condemns Federal Operation on Its Grounds
2025年08月14日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is outraged by the presence of armed federal agents on its Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza today, an effort to intimidate speakers at the Museum’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center), which was the chosen venue for a press conference held by Governor Gavin Newsom and other state and federal elected offici...
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JANM Presents Free 2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 16
2025年08月11日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) presents the 2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m. The free family festival celebrates the summer at JANM’s Democracy Center and the Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Pla...