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  • Almond—Author Discussion and Signing with Allen Say

    Mar 07, 2020

    SOLD OUT FREE Join Caldecott Medalist Allen Say as he discusses the making of his new children’s book, Almond. Through beautiful artwork and a powerful story, Almond explores the story of Almond Biggs as she discovers what it means to have her own unique gifts and talents. The book will be released on March 3, which is Girls’ Day or Hinamatsuri in Japan, and is a celebration of girl empowerment. After the sh...

  • "Transpacific Musiclands" Outdoor Concert

    Oct 14, 2017

    If you missed the concert, you can watch highlights from the event online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE Join us for an exciting outdoor concert event with performers from Latin America, Japan, and Los Angeles, held in conjunction with the exhibition, Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo. Featured acts will inc...

  • Before They Were Heroes at the Fullerton Arboretum (Fullerton, CA)

    Sep 10, 2017 - Oct 29, 2017

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Fullerton Arboretum Fullerton, CA Susumu “Sus” Ito’s WWII photographs were taken while on a tour of duty through Europe as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. While Ito participated in such dramatic events as the rescue of the Lost Battalion, these rare and breathtaking images capture the humble daily lives of a group of young Japanese A...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AND RACISM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

    Aug 14, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the violence that recently took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, sparked by white supremacists who promote hate based on racism and bigotry. We mourn the three people who lost their lives and send hopes for speedy recoveries to those injured as they stood up for the real values of the United States and its diversity. “As an institution, we s...

  • Film Screening and Q&A—"Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice (Part 1)"

    Jul 29, 2017

    If you missed the program, you can watch the post-screening Q&A online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Join us for the LA premiere of this new documentary by Holly Yasui tracing the early life of her father, the noted civil rights activist Minoru Yasui. Born in 1916 to Japanese immigrant parents, Yasui was raised in the farming community of Hood River, Oregon, and became that state’s first Japan...

  • Hello Kitty Panel Discussion

    Feb 22, 2015

    This panel will take a critical look at Hello Kitty and examine her phenomenon from various perspectives. Moderated by Hello! curator Christine Yano, with Laura Miller, Jaime Scholnick, and Denise Uyehara.Yano will be signing books following the program. Free for members; free with Hello! admission; $5 general. If you are purchasing tickets for Hello! and would like to attend this program, please RSVP to rs...

  • "Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life" by Diane C. Fujino

    Aug 04, 2012

    The first biography of Asian American activist and Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki An iconic figure of the Asian American Movement, Richard Aoki (1938-2009) was also, as the most prominent non-black member of the Black Panther Party, a key architect of Afro-Asian solidarity in the 1960s and 70s. His life story exposes the personal side of political activism as it illuminates the history of ethnic nationali...

  • GREAT LEAP SETS WORKSHOPS, FILM SCREENINGS, DANCE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY JUNE 5

    May 26, 2011

    Great Leap in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum will premiere the music video MOTTAINAI as part of an informative and fun-filled day of performance, video screenings, participatory workshops and a ritual dance to celebrate World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative, at the Museum’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (NCPD) in Little Tokyo on Sunday, June 5, 2011, beginnin...

  • 'THE PINK DRESS' PUPPET PERFORMANCE SET FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM DEC. 6

    Nov 21, 2008

    "The Pink Dress", a puppet-theatre performance done in a Japanese Bunraku style and based on a story of a Japanese American teenage girl’s experiences in the World War II domestic concentration camp at Amache, Colorado, will return to the Japanese American National Museum for a single performance on Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 2 p.m. The show is being produced by Triumvirate Pi Theatre (Tri-Pi Theatre). Last pr...

  • Wakaji Matsumoto

    The Wakaji Matsumoto—An Artist in Two Worlds: Los Angeles and Hiroshima,1917–1944 online exhibition highlights the rare photographs of an Issei farmer turned photographer who captured the Japanese American community in Los Angeles and urban life in Hiroshima prior to the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. The Watase Media Arts Center produced these short videos narrated by exhibition curator Dennis Reed about Wakaji Ma...