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Giant Robot Workshop: Plant Buddies with Sean Chao

Jun 15, 2024

Join Giant Robot Biennale 5 exhibition artist, Sean Chao, as he guides you through making a small “plant buddy” out of clay, reflecting on his own miniature sculpture practice. Born in Taipei and based in Los Angeles, Chao is known for his detailed miniature sculptures of polymer clay, bass wood, balsa wood, paper, and wire. This workshop is sold out. Please click the link above to sign up for the waitlist a...

VC Film Fest at JANM

May 01, 2024 - May 08, 2024

Celebrate with Visual Communications as they present the 40th edition of the VC Film Fest (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) from May 1 – 10, 2024. The festival is the premier showcase for the best and brightest of Asian Pacific cinema and has presented over 5,000 films, videos, and digital mediaworks by Asian and Pacific Islander artists since 1983. The 40th edition will feature a robust lineup of in-pers...

JANM Congratulates the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation on Being a New Smithsonian Affiliate

Apr 09, 2024

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) congratulates the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF) on being a new Smithsonian Affiliate. Established in 1996, the HMWF preserves the original site of the Heart Mountain concentration camp in northwestern Wyoming and tells the stories of over 14,000 people who were unjustly incarcerated there during World War II through its world-class museum, the ...

ASOBI at JANM: Mini Lotus Cross-Stitches with Barbara Sueko McGuire

Mar 21, 2024

Experience the art of play at Asobi at JANM, our new series once a month where local artists showcase their unique work through interactive demonstrations and every guest goes home with a new art piece and sense of accomplishment. For our inaugural event, join Barbara Sueko McGuire of String Theory to create mini lotus cross-stitches. Follow Barbara’s pattern and use your own creativity to make your own handmade,...

East West Players Presents a Writers Gallery Reading of "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo" by Jiehae Park

Oct 17, 2013

FREE EVENT EWP and JANM proudly present the Writers Gallery reading of HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO by Jiehae Park directed by Jennifer Chang Inside the FedEx box are two things: a 100% bona-fide-heart’s-desire-level wish and a suicide note. Hannah tracks the package back to Seoul, where her grandmother recently jumped from the roof of her retirement home onto the wrong side of the Demilitarized Zone. The...

"Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi" by Dr. Amy Sueyoshi

Jan 19, 2013

Join Dr. Amy Sueyoshi for a reading and discussion of her book, Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi. A Q&A and book signing will follow the program. Click here to read an interview with Dr. Sueyoshi about Queer Compulsions. In September 1897 Yone Noguchi (1875–1947) contemplated crafting a poem to his new love, western writer Charles Warren Stoddard. Recently arrived in...

Evening of Poetry

Apr 28, 2005

Poetry Month continues with readings by poets Hiroshi Kashiwagi and Juliet Kono.

Slide Presentation and Book Party—"Topaz Moon: Chiura Obata’s Art of the Internment"

Jun 24, 2000

Featuring: Kimi Kodani Hill Join Kimi Kodani Hill as she discusses the art and lives of her grandparents, Chiura, an artist and professor at UC Berkeley, and Haruko Obata, who created art during their incarceration in Tanforan and Topaz, Utah. The Obatas are also the parents of Gyo Obata, architect of the National Museum’s Pavilion.

The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Events

Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.

Japan after Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan - Events