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  • Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival

    Feb 25, 2024

    Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town will be screening at the 2024 Seattle Asian American Film Festival, which will be held in-person February 22–25; virtually February 26 – March 3. This short documentary film is being presented as part of the Have You Eaten Yet? Shorts Program. ABOUT THE FILM Ricky and Bobby Okamura, the current owners of Benkyodo mochi shop, make a difficult decision to close their f...

  • Media Coverage of the Japanese American Incarceration and its Lessons for the Trump Era

    May 25, 2017

    FREE Join Los Angeles Times publisher Davan Maharaj, author and journalist Richard Reeves, author and former Rafu Shimpo editor Naomi Hirahara, and others for a lecture and roundtable discussion on the media’s mistakes during the public hysteria generated by the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the lessons learned for our times. Space is limited. This program is free, but RSVPs are recommended using...

  • Little Tokyo Then & Now: Neighborhood Change Through The Lens of Photography Workshop

    Feb 06, 2010

    PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELED. Professor Paul Ong will teach participants how to document aspects of neighborhood change by using historic and contemporary photos they take themselves. $9 members; $14 for non-members. Please note that this workshop requires access to a digital camera.

  • "Transforming the Commonplace": Curator Daniell Cornell talks about the life and legacy of Ruth Asawa

    Mar 11, 2007

    Organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air is a brilliant retrospective of the artist's richly varied career. A Nisei who was incarcerated in Rohwer Concentration Camp, Asawa went on to become a highly influential figure in the history of American modernism and is recognized nationally for her activism in arts education. Daniell Cornell, Associate Curator of ...

  • Annual Giving Circle Members Reception for opening of Ansel Adams at Manzanar

    Nov 12, 2006

    A special reception for Annual Giving Circle Members celebrating the opening of Ansel Adams at Manzanar. By invitation only. Learn more about Annual Giving Circle Membership

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: New Year's Sumi-e (Year of the Horse)

    Jan 26, 2002

    Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: New Year's Sumi-e (Year of the Horse)

  • The Forgotten War: The Impact of the Korean War on Japanese Americans and their Community

    Apr 29, 2000

    Featuring: Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura, Charles Kubokawa, Norman Y. Mineta, Vince Okamoto, Judge Taketsugi Takei, Robert Wada, and host Mitchell T. Maki The Korean War is often referred to as the "Forgotten War" and yet its impact upon Japanese Americans would change the community forever. This discussion will explore the complicated issues associated with the Korean War and its social impact on society, sp...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ONLY LOS ANGELES-BASED MUSEUM TO RECEIVE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICE GRANT

    Jan 01, 2000

    LOS ANGELES.—The Japanese American National Museum was the only Los Angeles-based museum to receive a General Operating Support grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and one of only 177 museums to earn this support from over 800 applications, the IMLS announced. The IMLS is a federal agency that supports the nation’s 15,000 museums and 112,000 libraries nationally. Its General Operating Su...

  • "Kenjiro Nomura: An Artist's View of the Japanese American Internment" exhibition opens October 4, 1997

    Sep 25, 1997

    The Japanese American National Museum opens a new exhibit, Saturday, October 4, 1997. Kenjiro Nomura: An Artist’s View of the Japanese American Internment highlights the images created by artist Kenjiro Nomura while he was incarcerated in the Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt, Idaho. Already an established and prolific artist when he and his family were forcibly removed from their home in Seattle and placed in Mi...

  • Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty - Venues

    Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display October 11, 2014 – May 31, 2015. TRAVELING EXHIBITION Past Venue EMP Museum November 14, 2015 – May 15, 2016 Seattle Center 325 5th Avenue N Seattle, WA 98109 Web: empmuseum.org Phone: 206.770.2700