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  • Author Discussion—"Relocating Authority" by Mira Shimabukuro

    May 13, 2017

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Relocating Authority: Japanese Americans Writing to Redress Mass Incarceration examines the ways Japanese Americans have continually used writing to respond to the circumstances of their community’s mass imprisonment during World War II. It highlights literacy’s enduring potential to participate in social change and as...

  • GRB4 Girl Scout Program

    Jan 09, 2016

    By popular demand, JANM is continuing to offer occasional programs just for Girl Scouts. Current, active Girl Scouts of middle-school age and older will enjoy a private viewing of the Giant Robot Biennale 4 exhibition before the museum opens to the public. They can then participate in a zine-making workshop with artist Yumi Sakugawa, whose art is featured in the exhibition. Participants will receive a special ...

  • "Folding Paper" Exhibition Tour

    Apr 14, 2012

    Walkthrough of Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami with curator Meher McArthur.

  • No Victory Ever Stays Won

    Nov 21, 2010 - Dec 11, 2010

    In 1920, America was reeling from a post-World War I fear that the Communist Revolution that had taken place in Russia would spread to the United States. As is often the case when fear outweighs rational debate, civil liberties paid the price. The ACLU evolved over the next 90 years from a small group of idealists committed to protecting Americans’ civil liberties into one of the nation’s premier defender of the r...

  • Shibori Class with Shibori Girl

    Aug 07, 2010

    This half day workshop will introduce you to three basic traditional shibori techniques-makiage (stitched and bound), itajime (fold and clamp), and arashi (pole wrapped) shibori on silk. Traditional and contemporary samples from my collection will be on hand for observation as well as many favorite books on the subject from my library. Using a non-toxic cold water dye for silk that needs no chemicals or heat to...

  • Gokurosama

    Feb 14, 2009 - May 24, 2009

    Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i is an exhibition of 35 black & white portraits by Honolulu photographer Brian Y. Sato. The term gokurōsama, which is used to express appreciation of someone’s hard work and sacrifice, embodies the spirit and cultural heritage of these second-generation (Nisei) Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. Starting in 2002, Sato photographed more than 70 Nisei from O‘ahu a...

  • Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics

    Feb 07, 2004 - May 30, 2004

    Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics is the first major American exhibition of Noguchi’s postwar work in ceramics. The exhibition includes approximately 75 clay sculptures presented as a chronological account of Noguchi’s evolution as a sculptor along with the works of Japanese modern ceramicists. Noguchi’s explorations into a wide range of themes, from the abstract to the material, display his fearlessness ...

  • Japanese American National Museum Presents Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award To Buddy Takata At Recognition Dinner

    May 01, 2001

    The 2000 Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award was presented to Buddy Takata at the Japanese American National Museum’s annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner & Awards Presentation on Friday, April 6 in the George and Sakaye Aratani Central Hall of the National Museum’s Pavilion. The Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award was established by the National Museum to honor one volunteer each year who made an e...

  • Sumo USA: Video Play-by-Play

    Oct 12, 1997

    Learn about the ceremony and technicalities of the art of sumo competition. Gordon Berger, professor of history at the University of Southern California and sumo radio commentator, will take us frame by frame through sumo video footage to explain this ceremonial sport for a deeper understanding and appreciation of sumo wrestling. Free with Museum admission. Reservations suggested.

  • Nothing But The Real Thing, Baby: 100% Kona Coffee At The Japanese American National Museum

    Feb 01, 1997

    For all those coffee connoisseurs who feel defrauded by the recent allegations that a major Kona coffee distributor has been actually passing off inferior quality beans from Central America as the real taste of Hawai‘i, the Japanese American National Museum is featuring authentic Kona coffee in its upcoming exhibit, The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawai‘i Belt Road. Kona Kai Farms, one of the biggest brokers ...