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  • How Do Museums Resist Censorship?

    Feb 23, 2026

    Zócalo, JANM, and MOCA present a discussion at the top of LA’s art week: American Alliance of Museums Board Chair and Michigan State University Museum Director Devon Akmon, JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, and The Brick Director and MONUMENTS Co-Curator Hamza Walker will discuss how museums resist the erasure and revision of our history and culture, and what it means for how we document our shared past, present,...

  • 2026 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance

    Feb 21, 2026

    The annual Los Angeles Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Executive Order 9066 authorized the US military to remove persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast and set into motion their incarceration in concentration camps during World War II.This year’s theme, “The Power of Action: Silence Today, Injustice Tomorrow,” high...

  • Defining Courage at Aratani Theatre in Los Angeles

    Feb 19, 2026

    Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage honors the greatest fighting units in American military history. Featuri...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement in Reno, NV

    Feb 19, 2026

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have a special screening at the Prim Theater in Reno, Nevada on Thursday, February 19, 2026.Courtesy of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal.In recognition of the 84th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, join Nevada Humanities and the Reno chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League for a special screening of Tadashi Nakam...

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  • 追憶―絵画からたどる日系アメリカ人の歴史と美術：全米日系人博物館のコレクションより

    Feb 13, 2026 - May 10, 2026

    巡回展独立行政法人国際協力機構 横浜センター海外移住資料館火〜日曜：10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.、月曜休館Web: jica.go.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...

  • Remembrance―Japanese American History and Art from the Reproductions of the Japanese American National Museum’s Collection at Japanese Overseas Migration Museum (Yokohama, Japan)

    Feb 13, 2026 - May 10, 2026

    TRAVELING EXHIBITIONJapanese Overseas Migration MuseumYokohama, Kanagawa, JapanTuesday–Sunday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Closed on MondaysWeb: jica.go.jp As the leading institution in the United States that collects and preserves the history and culture of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans, the Japanese American National Museum is delighted to share the diverse artistic talent from our collection.These works of art—pr...

  • Democracy Center Announces the Fourth Annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship Focused on Visual Art Criticism

    Feb 12, 2026

    LOS ANGELES, CA –The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the fourth annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship) with a focus on visual art. The fellowship encourages emerging arts writers of color to write about works from their own cultural and political perspectives, enriching and broa...

  • JANM Book Club: The Poet and the Silk Girl with Satsuki Ina and Adrian Tomine

    Feb 07, 2026

    Join The Poet and the Silk Girl author Satsuki Ina and acclaimed graphic novelist Adrian Tomine for a conversation about the intergenerational impact of the Japanese American World War II incarceration experience. From the deep trauma of the past to the alarming and familiar turmoil of today’s political moment, they will discuss the power of art and family to foster understanding, healing, community, and societal cha...

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo at Monterey Museum of Art (Monterey, CA)

    Feb 05, 2026 - Apr 19, 2026

    TRAVELING EXHIBITIONMonterey Museum of ArtMonterey, CAWeb: montereyart.orgPhone: 831.372.5477 Rediscover the work of three trailblazing women—Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—in Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. This exhibition reveals a broader picture of the American experience through artworks and life stories of three Japanese American women from the pre–World War II gen...