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  • Two Day Workshop: Shibori and Indigo Explorations (Shibori On!)

    Apr 20, 2024 - Apr 21, 2024

    Learn and enjoy all the creativity that indigo and shibori have to offer! Taught by Glennis Dolce, this workshop will explore a variety of traditional Japanese fabric dyeing techniques, including stitching, clamping, binding, pole wrapping, and yanagi (willow) shibori. This workshop is limited to fifteen participants and is open to all levels of knowledge. All tools, supplies, and materials are included with payme...

  • Discover Nikkei Presents a Multilingual Virtual Program on Okinawan Drumming

    Feb 29, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), will present the free virtual program Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Identity through Okinawan Drumming on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 3 p.m. PST. The program will be simultaneously translated in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The registration deadline is Friday, March 8 at 10 a.m. PST. Registration is req...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 15—Lee A. Tonouchi

    Feb 27, 2024

    FREE Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief and enlightening interviews...

  • Aki’s Market Extended Through February 11, 2024

    Jan 17, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has extended the exhibition, Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market, through Sunday, February 11, 2024. Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s small neighborhood market (1957–1970) in East Los Angeles. Created by artist Glenn Akira Kaino (Akira’s grandson and namesake), the exhibition explores the transgenerational trauma from the World War II J...

  • Giant Robot Biennale Returns to JANM on March 2, 2024

    Dec 06, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, will present Giant Robot Biennale 5 from March 2 – September 1, 2024. The popular group show, last seen at JANM in 2016, showcases diverse creative works that celebrate the ethos of Giant Robot, a staple of Asian American alternative pop culture. Three decades after its founding as a hand-assembled zine, Giant Ro...

  • Youth Workshop: Contemporary Origami with Robert J. Lang and Glenn Kaino

    Dec 02, 2023

    Join world-renowned physicist and origami artist, Robert J. Lang, for a workshop on the art of paper folding. Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami—using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful. All youth are welcome to join for a unique hands-on lesson with Glenn Kaino Studio and learn about how art can tell special stor...

  • The Chinese American Museum, JANM, and LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes present Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles in December 2023

    Nov 20, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Chinese American Museum (CAM), Japanese American National Museum (JANM), and LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes (LA Plaza)—will present the Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles initiative, a collaborative series of public programs from December 1–17, 2023. With programs that range from symposia and panel discussions to films and family activities, Our Shar...

  • Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution

    Ongoing

    Step into the captivating world of Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto, a Japanese American artist whose journey from Wakayama, Japan, to Hanford, California, and ultimately to the bustling streets of Manhattan, influenced his diverse and evocative body of artworks. Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution is an online exhibition that invites you to explore Sugimoto’s journey and the evolution of his art over five time periods of hi...

  • The Adventures of Sikh Captain America

    Feb 08, 2014

    FREE! In June 2013, cartoonist Vishavjit Singh dressed up as Sikh Captain America and was photographed around New York City. He will share the reactions—both positive and negative—that he received on his adventure, followed by a cartoon workshop.

  • Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo - Extras

    Artist Profile Videos In this series of short videos, artists featured in the exhibition discuss their work, their backgrounds, and their identities as Nikkei in Latin America and Southern California. WATCH VIDEOS Click on the links below to view translated transcripts for each profile on Discover Nikkei. English | Español | 日本語 | Português Opening Day Artists Panel On September 17, 2017, JANM ...