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  • Democracy Center Announces the 2025 Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellows

    Jun 11, 2025

    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 Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) has awarded the third annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship to Heven Haile and Joyce Kwon, and the Jurors’ Award for Special Recognition to Syd Westley. A ...

  • JANM Announces New Board Members

    Jun 06, 2025

    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) is pleased to welcome new board members to its Board of Governors and Honorary Board. Diana Abouali, Anthea M. Hartig, Hiroshi Kawano, Erika Moritsugu, and Jay Shiba joined the Board of Governors. US Represen...

  • Why Our Story Must Be Told

    May 28, 2025

    Why Our Story Must Be Told: 2025 Survey Data on Public Knowledge of the World War II Japanese American IncarcerationJoin JANM and the Japanese American Citizens League for a powerful virtual program that unveils new data on the awareness of the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of th...

  • JANM Announces Programs for AANHPI Month

    Apr 24, 2025

    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) announces its roster of programs for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Month throughout May 2025. Tickets are available at janm.org/events. Celebrate Discover Nikkei’s twentieth anniversar...

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo at Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC)

    Nov 15, 2024 - Aug 17, 2025

    TRAVELING EXHIBITIONSmithsonian American Art MuseumWashington, DCWeb: americanart.si.eduPhone: 202.633.1000 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–Wo...

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo at Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Feb 24, 2024 - Jun 30, 2024

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, UT Web: umfa.utah.edu/pictures-of-belonging Phone: 801.581.7332 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 J...

  • JANM Book Club: Pictures of Belonging with ShiPu Wang

    Nov 26, 2023

    Join Dr. ShiPu Wang, curator of Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo; the Coats Family Chair in the Arts and Professor of Art History at the University of California, Merced; and commissioner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery for the launch of the new catalog, which accompanies the forthcoming nationally touring exhibition organized by JANM. The exhibition and catalog reveal...

  • JANM to Present the Traveling Exhibition devoted to Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

    Oct 31, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the national tour of Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, traveling to four venues across the US before its final stop at JANM in late 2026. Curated by Dr. ShiPu Wang, the Coats Family Chair in the Arts and Professor of Art History at the University of California, Merced, and commissioner of the Smithsonian Natio...

  • JANM Announces Fall 2023 Book Club Authors

    Aug 31, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the lineup of authors for the fall 2023 JANM Book Club, a public program series that highlights new publications by Japanese Americans or related to Japanese American history and culture. The featured authors are Naomi Hirahara, Eric L. Muller, Gwen Muranaka, and Dr. ShiPu Wang. Tickets for each program are $16 ($9 for seniors and students, free...

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

    Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo 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 generation, seen together fo...