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  • 32nd Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Apr 22, 2016 - Apr 27, 2016

    Friday, April 22 – Wednesday, April 27 Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of festival favorites. In many cases, filmmakers will be on hand to participate in Q&A sessions with audiences, adding a uniquely intimate element to the arti...

  • The Military Intelligence Service (M.I.S.) in Occupied Japan

    Dec 07, 2013

    FREE EVENT UPDATE: Change in panelists, with Edwin Nakasone, Bruce Kaji, and Ken Akune. Author, professor, and M.I.S. veteran Edwin Nakasone will moderate a discussion with fellow veterans, Bruce Kaji and Hitoshi Sameshima, about their roles in the rebuilding of Japan after the end of World War II. The M.I.S., or the Military Intelligence Service, was a United States military unit mostly comprised of Japa...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Try This On For Size!

    Jun 13, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY Delight in a day of family fun that explores clothing and costumes within the Asian American community. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All day craft activities: Fun and flat! Make a paper doll of yourself and design clothes to go along with it! Show your style by making a w...

  • Fighting For Democracy at The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, LA )

    Feb 09, 2009 - May 17, 2009

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? is presented by the National Center for the Prese...

  • About Face: Artists Discuss Portraiture, Portrait-Making, and Identity - POSTPONED

    Sep 17, 2006

    * * * * POSTPONED! Due to circumstances beyond our control, this program has been postponed. The new date will be posted online as soon as it is determined. Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience caused. * * * * How are contemporary artists using portraiture and portrait-making processes to examine, reflect, and/or challenge constructions of identity? Join us as an eclectic group of artists gat...

  • Object Lessons

    Aug 02, 2003 - Jan 04, 2004

    With over 47,000 artifacts donated by more than 5,000 individuals, families, and organizations, the National Museum has the largest collection of Japanese American materials in the world. This exhibition showcases a range of compelling objects from the permanent collection, some of which have never been displayed before. Exhibition highlights include a seven-story-long American flag sewn by the Monterey Bay Japane...

  • Finding Family Stories (2003)

    Mar 14, 2003 - Jul 06, 2003

    In March 2003, the sixth year of finding family stories culminates with an exhibition at four partner institutions of the works of eight artists chosen by representatives from these institutions: the Japanese American National Museum (the organizing institution), the California African American Museum, the Chinese American Museum and Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. finding family stories brings together living arti...

  • Bruce and Norman Yonemoto

    Jan 23, 1999 - Jul 04, 1999

    This provocative exhibition surveys the film, video, and video installation art of Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, Los Angeles-based, Sansei (third generation Japanese American) brothers who have worked collaboratively since 1976. The first comprehensive exhibition of their career, it includes a newly commissioned piece, Silicon Valley, which combines dramatic projection of archival film footage of the atomic bomb blas...

  • Woodblock Printing Workshop: Part 1

    Feb 01, 1997

    Kona Coffee Story Exhibit Series Special Workshop Instructor: Hiroke Morinoue. The first of a two-day intensive workshop (February 1 and 2) on moku-hanga, the art of woodblock printing. Students will learn the technique of cutting, printing, and preparing the paper. Members $55, non-members $65 for both days. Fees include materials and use of tools. Limited to 15 adult students. Reservations required by Januar...

  • Legacy Society

    Legacy Society The Japanese American National Museum Legacy Society is a group of people who have arranged a future gift to JANM in their estate plans. They share a common bond of commitment to the future of JANM and acknowledge the importance of the Museum in preserving the rich heritage and cultural identity of Japanese Americans to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversit...