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  • Author Discussion—"The Storm on Our Shores" by Mark Obmascik

    Nov 02, 2019

    Deeply researched and movingly told, Mark Obmascik’s The Storm on Our Shores is an intimate tale of tragedy and redemption. The true story follows two World War II soldiers—a Japanese surgeon and an American sergeant—set during a brutal Alaskan battle in which the sergeant discovers the medic’s revelatory and fascinating diary that ultimately changed some Americans’ perception of Japan. The Storm on Our S...

  • Artist Conversation with Mark Nagata

    Jan 06, 2019

    FREE 12:30 p.m.–1 p.m.: Artist Conversation 1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Toy and Print Signing with Mark Nagata and Gerald Okamura Presented in conjunction with Oshogatsu Family Festival To mark the release of Kaiju vs Heroes artist Mark Nagata’s latest special edition sofubi toy figure—an homage to the character played by Gerald Okamura in the movie Big Trouble in Little China—Nagata will discuss how this project ca...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Kaiju vs Heroes"

    Jan 05, 2019

    In California in the 1970s, Mark Nagata was living an all-American childhood when an aunt and uncle serving on a US military base in Japan sent him a box filled with colorful kaiju and hero toys. For Nagata, those toys and the artwork of their packaging inspired him to study art, to zealously collect vintage Japanese vinyl toys, and to become a toy designer himself. Join Mark Nagata for a gallery tour during ...

  • CANCELLED: Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

    Sep 29, 2013

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED This event is FREE! The Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or sado in Japanese. It is a choreographed ritual of preparing and serving Japanese green tea (called matcha) together with traditional Japanese sweets to balance with the bitter taste of the tea.

  • Indigo and Shibori Techniques with Shibori Girl

    Nov 17, 2012 - Nov 18, 2012

    We are fortunate to once again have a two-day workshop to further explore shibori and indigo. Various types of vats will be used, vat making instructions to be presented, and a swatch sheet made with various fabrics. Additionally, we will work on stitched shibori as well as itajime and even try our hand at shirokage or “white shadow” shibori. Everyone will leave with a nicely varied collection of their own hand-dyed...

  • "Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp "by Priscilla Wegars

    Jul 16, 2011 - Jun 16, 2011

    Come find out about the Kooskia Internment Camp, an obscure and virtually forgotten World War II detention facility that was located in a remote area of north central Idaho. Kooskia held men of Japanese ancestry who were termed "enemy aliens," even though most of them were long-time U.S. residents, denied naturalization by racist U.S. laws. For more information on the Kooskia Internment Camp and on Imprisoned in ...

  • Lecture: The Japanese American Family Today

    Dec 04, 2010

    Professor Arthur Sakamoto from the University of Texas, Austin will lead an informative talk on the sociology of the modern Japanese American family versus Japanese American families from the early 20th century.

  • Art-Talk-Art "The Impossible Series"

    Apr 17, 2003

    The second in a series of six lectures and conversations featuring distinguished contemporary thinkers and artists. This program will focus on how our conceptions of the "possible," potential and pragmatic, shape our understanding and creative responses to "the impossible". For more information and for the schedule of lecturers, please visit www.farsited.org or call F.A.R. at 213.386.5572.

  • All-Camps Summit: Ensuring the Legacy

    Nov 15, 2002 - Nov 17, 2002

    The year 2002 marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. To commemorate this historic event and to ensure the legacy of the concentration camp experience is passed on to future generations, we invite you to join us at this special event. Workshops, dialogue sessions, presentations from national keynote speakers and an all-camps reunion reception, are just a few of the many activities offere...

  • Big Drum Articles—Kenny Endo

    Kenny Endo: Connecting to Heritage through Music Working with artists in various genres, he has paved new directions in using the traditional taiko, bringing a refreshing and creative approach to music through his background in western, ethnic, and traditional Japanese drumming. —from the Taiko Center of the Pacific website Taiko has played a significant role in Japan’s music history, appearing in ...