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  • Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: "Kusudama"

    Jul 23, 2016

    Learn to make decorative kusudama (paper balls), an ancient Japanese tradition that continues to thrive today. In addition to being a popular gift or form of decoration, kusudama are credited as an important early form of modular origami. $12 members, $15 non-members. Supplies and admission included. Limited to 10 participants.

  • GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER TO LEASE SPACE IN JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S HISTORIC BUILDING

    Jul 14, 2014

    Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) have finalized 20-year lease terms allowing Go For Broke to move into JANM’s historic building located at 369 First Street, at Central Avenue, in Little Tokyo. Following renovations and refurbishments, Go For Broke staff members will move from Torrance to downtown Los Angeles, bringing them just steps away from the Go F...

  • Sogetsu Ikebana Workshop: Basic Slanting Style Moribana

    Jan 26, 2013

    Ikebana (“living flower”) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Sogetsu Ikebana is a three dimensional artistic expression composed of flower and plant material arranged in a container. This workshop will introduce students to the basic technique and style that is the foundation of many Ikebana arrangements. Instructor Mikiko Ideno will teach you "Basic Slanting Style Moribana." $30 members; $35 non-members, inc...

  • GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE 3 on Exhibition September 23 - January 20

    Sep 14, 2012

    The Japanese American National Museum presents Giant Robot Biennale 3, its third show in conjunction with Eric Nakamura, owner of Asian American pop culture juggernaut Giant Robot. The expansive show features a gallery of eight emerging artists along with a customized vinyl figure collection. Following two previous successful exhibitions at JANM, the Biennale continues to push the envelope with a creative, fresh...

  • "Lost & Found: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration"

    Apr 09, 2011

    In November of 1994, the Japanese American National Museum opened its second major exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience to both critical and popular acclaim. The exhibition utilized innovative inter-active displays of the 11 government-run camps, installed a fragment of an original barracks building used to hold Japanese Americans and encouraged former inmates to exp...

  • Asian New Media

    Apr 24, 2008

    Los Angeles Art Association is proud to present Asian New Media, a film screening and panel discussion featuring emerging Asian American video and media artists. Los Angeles’ important role in the contemporary art world is a byproduct of our diversity and proximity to the Pacific Rim. Asian New Media features a selection of emerging Asian American artists as they share their art and process. Short films by arti...

  • Giant Robot Biennale

    Nov 03, 2007 - Jan 13, 2008

    Developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and the Japanese American National Museum In celebration of its 50th issue and in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, the pop-culture magazine Giant Robot has assembled works by ten cutting-edge artists from around the country in Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues. Artists: APAK, Gary Baseman, David Choe, Seonna Hong, Sashie Masakat...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-Visit Workshop

    Mar 08, 2007

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, March 8, 4:30-7:30 PM (Dinner provided) 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 Righ...

  • "Fat Man/Little Boy" Installation Viewing

    Aug 09, 2005

    Fat Man/Little Boy is an art piece that explores the events of the atomic bomb and the experiences of artist Clement Hanami's mother, who is a hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivor. The installation chronicles the fundamentals of the atomic bomb and its impact on a life's meaning and purpose. "Hanami's sprawling series of faux lab experiments asks you to consider, from multiple vantage points, the ways in which the F...

  • "Una Storia Segreta: A Discussion About the Italian American Internment and Evacuation During World War II"

    Jul 13, 2002

    Lecture and Book Signing Lawrence DiStasi?, editor of the recently published Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Internment During World War II (Heyday Books: 2001), will discuss the little-known experience of the 600,000 Italian enemy aliens nationwide who were variously restricted, interned, and evacuated during the wartime. His remarks will give special emphasis to the experi...