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  • The Japanese American National Museum Condemns the Increasing Violence Against the Los Angeles Jewish Community

    Feb 23, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the increasing violence against the Jewish community in Los Angeles. Recently, a man shot two Jewish men outside two different synagogues in Los Angeles’s Pico-Robertson neighborhood. The suspect, who had a history of making antisemitic statements, was taken into custody and charged with federal hate crimes. “The increase of violence against t...

  • Karin Higa: Hidden in Plain Sight

    Nov 05, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Karin Higa: Hidden in Plain Sight is the first in a two-part series highlighting the legacy of the late curator, writer, and cultural activist Karin Higa. This program will explore and celebrate the intersections of art, community and organizing in Higa’s work. This conversation, along with a second panel which will be held at the Hammer Museum on November 20, coincides...

  • Virtual Educator Workshop—Using Miné Okubo’s “Citizen 13660” in the Classroom

    Jan 27, 2022

    FREE Join the JANM Education Unit for this virtual workshop on using the art of Miné Okubo’s Citizen 13660 in the classroom. Published in 1946, Citizen 13660 was the first book-length acount of America’s concentration camps from the perspective of a former incarceree. Through a series of nearly 200 illustrations, each accompanied by a caption, Okubo documented how World War II and the subsequent incarceration upen...

  • Screening and Q&A—A Flicker In Eternity

    Dec 04, 2021

    A Flicker in Eternity is the coming-of-age tale of Stanley Hayami, a talented young teenager caught between his dream of becoming a writer/artist and his duty to his country. Join filmmakers Sharon Yamato and Ann Kaneko for a Q&A following this screening of their short film. About the Film: Based on Hayami’s own diary, this documentary is the firsthand account of a 15-year-old thrust into the turmoil of Wo...

  • Tatau at the Bishop Museum (Honolulu, HI)

    Nov 13, 2021 - Jul 04, 2022

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Bishop Museum Honolulu, HI Web: bishopmuseum.org/tatau Phone: 808.847.3511 Tatau: Marks of Polynesia explores the beauty of Samoan tattoos as well as the key role they play in the preservation and propagation of Samoan culture. Through photographs taken in the studio and on location in Samoa and elsewhere, Tatau showcases the work of traditional Samoan tattoo masters alongside...

  • Educators Workshop—Teaching Hayami & Okubo

    Oct 23, 2021

    Join JANM Education department in celebrating two important Japanese American artists featured in the museum’s newest exhibits A Life in Pieces: the Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami and Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13360. Both artists recorded groundbreaking chronicles of their lives in camp, shining light on the first person experiences of Japanese American incarcerees. Teachers and educators a...

  • Screening and Q&A—KIKAN: The Homecoming

    Oct 02, 2021

    $16 General Admission / FREE for Members Join the cast and crew of KIKAN: The Homecoming for a screening of this film exploring the story of a Japanese American soldier during WWII. The post-screening discussion moderated by Mitch Maki (CEO, Go For Broke National Education Center) will feature writer and Director Kerwin Berk, Director of Photography Ben Arikawa, and actors Ryan Takemiya, Anna Sun, and Kealoha ...

  • Not Yo’ Butterfly with Nobuko Miyamoto (ft. Quetzal Flores)

    Jul 10, 2021

    $10 general / FREE for members Join Nobuko Miyamoto for a virtual celebration of her new album and memoir! She will be joined in conversation and performance by Quetzal Flores via Zoom. About the book: Not Yo’ Butterfly: My Long Song of Relocation, Race, Love, and Revolution, a new memoir, is the intimate and unflinching life story of Miyamoto—artist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing...

  • Art Break: Ghosts! with Edwin Ushiro

    Jun 01, 2021

    Edwin Ushiro is a visual artist who captures the essence of Hawaii, youth, and nostalgia in his work with a technique that’s uniquely his own. His work resonates with the echoes of his boyhood in the “slow town” of Wailuku on the Hawaiian island of Maui. In his paintings, he recalls the sun-struck days of youth, when the world was fresh and magical, but also explores the eerie folklore indigenous to dark country road...

  • Hanashi: Preserving the Story of Japanese American Service in the Forgotten War

    Apr 05, 2014

    Japanese American veterans will speak about their experiences in the Korean War. Lecture by Professor Kristine Dennehy followed by panel discussion with Korean War Veteran, Thomi Yamamoto and Richard Hawkins, Oral History Program Manager at the Go For Broke National Education Center. Q&A to follow discussion.