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  • Transcendients Artist Discussion with Taiji Terasaki

    Feb 08, 2020

    Join us to celebrate the launch of the exhibition catalog, Transcendients: Heroes at Borders, Los Angeles, in conjunction with the new exhibition, Transcendients: Heroes at Borders. Art critic and curator, Isabella Ellaheh Hughes, will discuss the process of developing the exhibition with contemporary artist, Taiji Terasaki. A light reception and catalog signing with Terasaki and some of the heroes featured in th...

  • Taiji Terasaki: Transcendients

    Feb 01, 2020 - May 16, 2021

    “Transcendients” combines two words, “transcend” and “transient.” To me the word speaks to those individuals who have honed their inner beings to find a core of strength—a power they use to muster the support and solidarity needed to make a difference. I think of these “Transcendients” as elegant and spiritual examples of the human spirit who will move us forward to the brilliance of humankind.” —Taiji Terasaki ...

  • "Full Circle"—Mitsuye Yamada’s Book Release Celebration and Multigenerational Poetry Reading

    Aug 24, 2019

    Poet, essayist, educator, activist, and foremother of Asian American feminism, Mitsuye Yamada will read from her newest collection of poetry, Full Circle: New and Selected Poems. The celebration will also uplift the voices of generations of other Japanese American women writers, including special guests Diane Fujino, Miya Iwataki, Amy Uyematsu, Brynn Saito, and Diana Tsuchida. Live music by Kyoko Takenaka wi...

  • Play—"Little Women (A Multicultural Transposition)" by Velina Hasu Houston

    Dec 15, 2018

    Inspired by the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Velina Hasu Houston’s play Little Women (A Multicultural Transposition) follows the Mayeda sisters as they move from an incarceration camp to an uncertain, changing future for Asian Americans. Told from the perspective of Josephine Mayeda, the second oldest daughter of Marmee Chang Mayeda and Makoto Mayeda, we follow her journey from adolescent dreamer ...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM APPOINTS KAREN ISHIZUKA CHIEF CURATOR

    Jun 06, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, has announced the appointment of Karen L. Ishizuka to the position of Chief Curator. Ishizuka’s charge is to develop and chair a national Scholarly Advisory Council to help shape the museum’s curatorial direction and intellectual agenda. Ishizuka was previously on staff at the museum as media producer, curator, and director ...

  • Two Views

    Feb 28, 2016 - Apr 24, 2016

    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, both the Canadian and American governments incarcerated citizens of Japanese descent who were living in the western coastal regions. Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans and 22,000 Japanese Canadians were affected. In the United States, concentration camps to house the citizens were scattered throughout the interior. In Canada, the BC Security Commission was established to over...

  • ‘DRAWING THE LINE: JAPANESE AMERICAN ART, DESIGN & ACTIVISM IN POST-WAR LOS ANGELES’ TO OPEN OCT. 15

    Oct 06, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum will continue its focus on the post-World War II Nikkei experience with its latest exhibition, Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles, opening Saturday, October 15 and running through February 19, 2012, in the Museum’s Pavilion in Little Tokyo. This exhibition is part of the project Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945 – 1980, an unpre...

  • CURATOR ISHIZUKA TO DISCUSS ORGANIZING HISTORIC 'AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS' EXHIBIT

    Mar 31, 2011

    Author/curator/filmmaker Karen Ishizuka will discuss the development and opening of the Japanese American National Museum’s landmark exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience, as well as read from her book on the subject, Lost & Found: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration, at a public program set for the National Museum on Saturday, April 9, beginning at 2 p.m. ...

  • VIOLINIST MIDORI TO DISCUSS CAREER, INITIATIVES ON JAN. 30

    Jan 15, 2011

    Violinist Midori, who rose to fame as a young prodigy almost 30 years ago, will discuss her career and her community engagement initiatives in a special public program, "A Conversation with Midori", set for Sunday, January 30, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum’s Tateuchi Democracy Forum in Little Tokyo. The program will include a question-and-answer component. This program is part of JapanOC, orga...

  • Judgments Judged, Wrongs Remembered: Examining the Japanese American Civil Liberties Cases of World War II

    Nov 06, 2004

    Please refer to the November 5th event information.