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  • Film Screening, Q&A, and Reception—"Masters of Modern Design"

    May 09, 2019

    FREE From the hand-drawn typeface on the cover of The Godfather to Herman Miller’s biomorphic coffee table, the work of Japanese American designers including Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita, and Gyo Obata permeated postwar culture. While these second generation Japanese American artists have been celebrated, less-discussed is how their World War II incarceration—a period of intense hard...

  • ZÓCALO—What Does the Life of Frederick Douglass Tell Us About America?

    Nov 29, 2018

    A Smithsonian/ASU "What It Means to Be American" Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Baratunde Thurston, cultural critic, comedian, and author of How to Be Black American icon Frederick Douglass died in 1895, but he still makes the news. Indeed, he represents an increasingly rare sort of hero—one whose story is invoked across the political spectrum. Perhaps t...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES BEQUEST FROM ESTATE OF SETSUKO OKA

    Sep 11, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum has received a bequest in excess of $525,000 from the estate of Setsuko Oka, a longtime museum member who died in October 2017. The funds will go toward educational initiatives as well as exhibitions and programs focused on Japanese artistic and cultural heritage in the United States, through the soon-to-be-established Setsuko Oka Japanese Heritage Fund. A plaque ...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS TO BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND GOVERNORS

    Sep 07, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has named Mark Okada to its Board of Trustees and Kazuo “Kaz” Koshi and W.D. “Denny” Minami to its Board of Governors. Trustees serve for three-year terms; governors serve two-year terms. In both roles, individuals may be re-elected for additional terms. “I’m very pleased that Mark is joining JANM’s Board of Trustees. He brings a wealth of knowledge and ...

  • NEW JANM EXHIBITION TO FEATURE ORIGINAL EXECUTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING WWII INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS, ON LOAN FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

    Jan 26, 2017

    From February 18 to August 13, 2017, the Japanese American National Museum will present Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, a new exhibition that commemorates the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the tragic and unlawful incarceration of 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II. For the first three month...

  • JANM TO PRESENT SPECIAL FREE SCREENING OF STEVE AOKI’S NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM "I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD"

    Aug 31, 2016

    I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, a new documentary on the life of influential DJ, music producer, and record label founder Steve Aoki, will be screened at the Japanese American National Museum on September 27, at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, the screening will be followed by a discussion with Aoki led by Mike Shinoda of Grammy Award-winning rock band Linkin Park. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead was shot over the c...

  • JANM TO LAUNCH IMAGES OF EATON COLLECTION ON FLICKR

    Apr 14, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will debut new pre-conservation photography of the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which it acquired last year, on Flickr on Friday, April 15, 2016. The date coincides with the one-year anniversary of the cancellation of a public auction of the collection. Beginning April 15, the public is invited to visit flickr.com/jamuseum and view images of about 150 artifacts from...

  • 'VANISHED: LOMPOC'S JAPANESE' AUTHOR TO DISCUSS STORY OF FARMING COMMUNITY

    Jun 15, 2011

    Author John V. McReynolds will discuss his book, Vanished: Lompoc’s Japanese: Only Two of 100 Families Returned at a public program at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, June 18, beginning at 2 p.m. During World War II, the U.S. government unconstitutionally forced people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes and businesses on the West Coast and thousands ended up living in domestic concentrati...

  • Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project To Unveil Works Of 8 Southern California Artists At Four Cultural Sites Beginning March 14, 2003

    Feb 28, 2003

    Finding Family Stories, a three-year arts partnership project that brings together cultural institutions representing Southern California’s diverse communities, will highlight the works of eight emerging and established local artists working in a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, video, and painting, at four sites beginning on Saturday, March 15, 2003, at the Japanese American National Museum in L...

  • Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty - Artists

    40 innovative contemporary artworks inspired by Hello Kitty and her world for the exhibition were created for the exhibition by artists across the United States and in Japan, United Kingdom, and Ireland. APAK • Asuka Satow • Audrey Kawasaki • becca • Ben Venom • Brandi Milne • Buff Monster • Colin Christian • D*Face • Edwin Ushiro • Eimi Takano • Gary Baseman • Hikari Shimoda • Jason Woodside • Jeni Yang ...