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  • Hand Casting Workshop with Glenn Kaino

    Oct 14, 2023

    Join artist Glenn Kaino for a hand casting workshop connected to the exhibition, Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market at the Japanese American National Museum. Inspired by the iconic LA Fingers, participants will be able to create plaster models of their own hands while reflecting on their connections to history and place. All three one-hour time slots are full. If you are still interested in attending this workshop, you can...

  • Remember, Educate, and Inspire: Learning from Our Past to Improve Our Future

    Oct 22, 2016

    Members of Go For Broke’s exhibitions and archives staff will speak about the inspiration that they draw from working with the history of the Nisei veteran experience. Gavin Do, Assistant Director of Archives and Special Collections, will share his experiences of discovery while working with the Hiroshi Sugiyama collection. Erin Sato will speak about how her life, work, and passions all intersect through her job a...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THAT GREG KIMURA HAS RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT/CEO

    May 20, 2016

    Japanese American National Museum officials announced today that Dr. G.W. (Greg) Kimura has decided to resign as President and Chief Executive Officer to pursue new leadership opportunities. Dr. Kimura’s departure comes after more than four years of distinguished service as the Museum’s President and CEO during which he advanced many of the Museum’s goals. During his tenure, Dr. Kimura is credited with enhan...

  • "Search for the Weight Watchers Chef" Cooking Class with Lisa Fontanesi of Kidding Around the Kitchen

    May 17, 2014

    This workshop has been cancelled.

  • "Blossoms and Thorns: A Community Uprooted" by Kenneth Kokka

    Feb 02, 2013

    Blossoms and Thorns, a short documentary commissioned and funded by the Contra Costa Japanese American Citizens League, depicts the story of Richmond's Nikkei flower growing community. Japanese immigrants began arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1800s and quickly discovered that they could make a living growing cut flowers. The moderate climate was conducive to growing flowers, and they found afford...

  • MUSEUM TRUSTEES NAME INTERIM CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

    Aug 31, 2011

    The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced today the appointment of two interim co-executive directors to oversee and direct Museum matters while the Board seeks a new head of the institution. To handle the day-to-day operations, Nancy Araki, Director of Community Affairs, and Miyoko Oshima, Chief Operating Officer, will share responsibilities for running the institution until a new CEO ...

  • FOUNDING PRESIDENT BRUCE KAJI TO SPEAK AT VENICE JCC OCT. 31

    Oct 22, 2010

    Bruce Kaji, the Founding President of the Japanese American National Museum, will relate stories from his autobiography, Jive Bomber: A Sentimental Journey, as part of the National Museum’s Members’ Appreciation Event set for the Venice Japanese Community Center on Sunday, October 31, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Kaji, who was born in Boyle Heights, was attending Roosevelt High Sch...

  • NORMAN MINETA, GEORGE TAKEI TO CONVERSE ON GROWING UP JA

    Sep 22, 2009

    Two of the most distinguished and widely-recognized Japanese Americans, Norman Y. Mineta and George Takei, will have a frank, behind-the-scenes discussion about growing up before and after World War II, the challenges of entering careers in the public eye, and what it took to arrive at difficult decisions in their personal and professional lives in a special fundraising event at the Japanese American National Museum ...

  • LINKIN PARK'S MIKE SHINODA OPENS EXHIBIT AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Jul 10, 2008

    Musician/producer/artist Mike Shinoda will premiere Glorious Excess, his most ambitious and powerful series of paintings and digital works to date, on July 12. The special engagement features large-scale pieces that blend Shinoda’s experiences in the spotlight with pop commentary and classical vanitas influences. The first in a two-part series, the exhibition will be displayed in the George and Sakaye Aratani Central...

  • Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i—The Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara - JANM Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now