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  • "Transpacific Borderlands" Art Workshop—Paper Flowers from the Camp Archives

    Dec 02, 2017

    Japanese Americans living in the World War II American concentration camps did not have access to fresh cut flowers. Instead, they used patterns from sources like the Woolworth’s catalog to make paper flowers. Camp excavations have revealed that these makeshift flowers, with wires for stems, were placed in glass jars and laid on top of caskets at funerals. Join Transpacific Borderlands artist Shizu Saldamando ...

  • Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Town Hall, Film Showing, Panel Discussion

    Feb 22, 2014

    Meet the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation leadership for a Town Hall, during which time Congresswoman Judy Chu, from California's 27th District, will give remarks and the Foundation will recognize Nancy Araki, JANM's recently retired Director of Community Affairs. Afterwards, join us for the premiere of the extended version of Witness: The Legacy of Heart Mountain by ABC Reporter David Ono and Producer Jeff MacIntyr...

  • Portraiture Now

    May 11, 2013 - Sep 22, 2013

    Portraiture Now displays the diversity of contemporary Asian American identity through the groundbreaking work of seven visual artists—CYJO, Zhang Chun Hong, Hye Yeon Nam, Shizu Saldamando, Roger Shimomura, Satomi Shirai, and Tam Tran. Roger Shimomura is a third-generation American of Japanese descent who deconstructs Asian American stereotypes through his art. Born in San Francisco, Shizu Saldamando blends refere...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

    Jan 21, 2012

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Saturday, January 21, 10 AM - 12:30 PM WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Civil Rights movemen...

  • Graze Little Tokyo Walk

    Jan 07, 2012

    A food centric cultural exploration of the hidden corners of Little Tokyo. This walk provides opportunities to sample local Asian food from lotus root to pounded rice while learning about the history of the neighborhood. $15 Members, $20 non-members, includes admission. Wear comfortable walking shoes.

  • An Intergenerational Book Pairing: "Making Home from War "and "My Dog Teny"

    Mar 12, 2011

    Making Home from War, edited by Brian Komei Dempster is the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning From Our Side of the Fence. Written by 13 Japanese American elders who gathered regularly at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, it is a collection of stories about their exodus from concentration camps into a world that in a few short years had drastically changed. My Dog Teny writte...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Broken Rainbow

    Apr 22, 2010

    Free Screening of Broken Rainbow The heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. Broken Rainbow bears witness to the machinations of energy companies and their government proxies as they eagerly cast aside the peaceful Navajo to make way for oil, gas, uranium and coal exploration. In their own words, eld...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Lost Nation: The Ioway

    Feb 25, 2010

    Free Screening of Lost Nation: The Ioway In the twilight of Native American dominion, two Ioway leaders travel to Washington, D. C. in 1824 to meet with Superintendent of Indian Affairs, William Clark. Both sign a treaty ceding a large portion of tribal land for settlement. White Cloud sees cooperation as the only way for his people to survive, while Great Walker regrets the loss of land where his ancestors are bu...

  • TATEUCHI FOUNDATION NAMES DEMOCRACY FORUM

    Dec 11, 2009

    In ceremonies held in October, the Japanese American National Museum officially unveiled the new name for its Democracy Forum, part of its National Center for the Preservation of Democracy: the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. The Tateuchi Democracy Forum was officially opened in ceremonies held with the National Museum’s Board of Trustees and a representative of the Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation, located in...

  • O-Maya

    Jul 07, 2005

    Brewing a spicy concoction of urban hip-hop, soul, and Afro Latin grooves, O-Maya features some of the finest young talent from the Bay Area. This 10-piece band creates poetic lyrics that carry messages of positivity and social change -- all carried by a fierce beat. This series is presented in association with the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy and is sponsored, in part, by the City of Los Ange...