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  • Giant Robot × JANM Art Konbini

    May 25, 2024

    Join the artists of Giant Robot and JANM for an art market at the Museum! Playing on the idea of the konbini or Japanese convenience store, which stocks everything from snacks to household supplies, this Art Konbini will feature art prints, zines, pins, and more! 2 p.m.: Join Felicia Chiao and Eric Nakamura in conversation around art and community with a special drawing demo by Chiao. Included in event admission. Se...

  • 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...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Receives $10.4 Million Endowment to Establish the Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship

    Nov 13, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has received a $10.4 million gift to establish the Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship which will promote democracy, leadership, diversity, and community empowerment. The Fellowship will facilitate dialogue and cooperation between early to mid-career leaders from Japan drawn from government, business, media, the arts, and NGO sectors and their American ...

  • JANM Condemns Anti-Muslim Hate Crime in Illinois

    Oct 19, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the recent anti-Muslim hate crime in Plainfield, Illinois. Six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and his mother, Hanaan Shahin, were stabbed multiple times by their landlord, killing Wadea and seriously injuring Hanaan. When the landlord expressed that he was angry at her for what was happening in Israel and she responded by saying “let’s pray for peace,...

  • JANM Announces Two New Online Exhibitions

    Sep 26, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) recently launched two new online exhibitions, Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution and Tanaka Photo Studio: Family, Tradition, Business, and Community Before World War II, on janm.org. “We are pleased to share these incredible collections online. Henry Sugimoto’s art illustrates his prolific career, in which he captured scenes ranging from the French co...

  • JANM Book Club: Evergreen with Naomi Hirahara

    Sep 09, 2023

    Join Edgar Award–winning author, Naomi Hirahara, for a dive into the history of Little Tokyo through her newest book, Evergreen. Evergreen, the follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning Clark and Division, is the story of a Japanese American nurse’s aide who navigates the dangers of post–World War II and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family. Hirahara’s presentation w...

  • New Work by Glenn Kaino Coming to JANM June 30, 2023 – January 28, 2024

    May 16, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present Aki’s Market, a new and uniquely personal project by acclaimed multimedia artist and filmmaker Glenn Akira Kaino from June 30, 2023–January 28, 2024. Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market is inspired by the small neighborhood market created and run by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi in Los Angeles from 1957–1970. Created by the grandson and namesake of A...

  • Exhibition Family Day - "Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan" and "Lasting Beauty: Miss Jamison and the Student Muralists"

    Mar 05, 2005

    Learn how to create woodblock prints through demonstrations and an activity where participants will design and create their own simple prints using a variety of materials. Also, discover what it takes to develop a mural by lending a hand to paint our very own portable community mural.

  • Author Discussion—"Footprints in My Rearview Mirror: An Autobiography and Christian Testimony of George Oiye" by George Oiye

    Oct 19, 2003

    Join author George Oiye as he reads selected passages from his autobiographical work, Footsteps in My Rearview Mirror. Oiye recounts key moments of his life and has included photos from an album documenting his service with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion during World War II (currently on display in Object Lessons and featured on the National Museum's website). Oiye also describes how these pivotal moments shap...