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  • Exhibition Opening: "Instructions to All Persons"

    Feb 18, 2017

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH Public opening of the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066.

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Hisako Hibi

    Aug 05, 2016

    Join JANM’s Collections Management and Access unit for a viewing of oil paintings by Issei artist Hisako Hibi (1907–91). Hibi was a painter and printmaker throughout her life, exhibiting widely and achieving particular renown in the Bay Area, where she first moved with her family from Japan in 1920, and where she eventually retired and passed away. In 1942, Hibi and her husband George, also an artist, we...

  • 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

    Jun 15, 2012 - Jun 17, 2012

    The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, will celebrate storytelling of the Mixed racial and cultural experience, from interracial and intercultural relationships, to transracial and transcultural adoptions, and anyone who identifies as having a Hapa, biracial, multiracial, or Mixed identity on June 15, 16, and 17, 2012. Featured in the New Y...

  • Community Builders: Japanese American Activism 1960-1980 (Part 1)

    Oct 08, 2011

    The first program in a three part series will deal with the origins, the history, and the future of the Manzanar and Tule Lake Pilgrimages from those that were part of it. Panelists will include, Barbara Takei, Warren Furutani, Stan Shikuma, and Bruce Embrey. The UCLA Nikkei Student Union will moderate the discussion. This program is generously sponsored by The Aratani CARE grant, Asian American Studies Center, UC...

  • "Mizuhiki" with Ryosen Shibata

    Apr 21, 2007

    Rescheduled Design elaborate knots using paper cords--the perfect accessory for decorating a card or gift for that special someone. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended. Made possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.

  • REEL Hapa

    Jul 26, 2006

    Every second and fourth Wednesday through July and August, the National Museum will host screenings of film shorts that explore issues of identity. Following the films, community leaders, artists, activists, and others will share their own perspectives on identity and build upon issues discussed in each film.

  • Ikebana Demonstration and "Crafting History" Exhibition Tour

    Mar 01, 2003

    Join the National Museum for a special ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) demonstration by the Ohara School of Ikebana, Los Angeles Chapter, and a special exhibition tour of Crafting History: Arts and Crafts from America's Concentration Camps led by curator Kristine Kim.

  • 2ND SUNDAY FOR FAMILIES

    Feb 11, 2001

    Art on the Courtyard: Explore, Imagine, Create Join the National Museum for a Sunday of Art on our Children's Courtyard to celebrate the upcoming exhibition Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience. Learn about different techniques such as pastels, print making, water colors, and mixed medium collage used by this important American artist. Try your hand at one or all of these techniques at a variety of art ...

  • kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa - Extras

    related resources on discover nikkei what does hapa mean to others? Watch interview clips of artist Kip Fulbeck, musician Mike Shinoda, and the Morton brothers (Johnnie, Eric, and Chad). Read “kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa—an artist’s thoughts” by Kip Fulbeck to find out about his views on the exhibition and its impact. More articles about being Hapa: Articles by Leah Nanako Winkler “Gr...

  • Allen Say’s Journey—Bibliography

    Children’s books by Allen Say All titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company unless noted otherwise 1972 Dr. Smith’s Safari, Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. 1974 Under the Cherry Blossom Tree, reissued 1997 1976 The Feast of Lanterns. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. 1978 Magic and the Night River. Bunting, Eve, author; Say, Allen, illustrator. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. 1979 The Ink-Keeper’s...