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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jul 01, 2017

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Apr 15, 2017

    Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as well as ...

  • Kollaboration EMPOWER Conference

    Aug 29, 2015

    At the EMPOWER Conference, young Asian Pacific Islander professionals from all over the country are invited to learn directly from some of the community’s most inspirational leaders. Attendees will be able to explore a variety of creative career paths and industries, as well as best practices to apply toward making their dreams a reality. The conference will include keynote speeches, panel discussions, mentor...

  • Hello Kitty Shibori Workshop

    Mar 22, 2015

    This program is sold out. After a brief talk on the connection between Sanrio and Japan’s silk industry, Shibori Girl (Glennis Dolce) will lead participants in designing and dyeing a stitched shibori piece on vintage silk kimono lining fabric in this one-day workshop. Please bring rubber gloves, sewing pins, and scissors. $36 members, $45 non-members, plus $20 materials fee due to instructor at beginning of cla...

  • 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...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Take It to the Streets

    Jun 11, 2011

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate the exciting world of street art with fun activities and workshops for the whole family! 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: Stencil and pencils and markers… oh my! Express yourself with a colorful poster that’s all about you! Design stickers ...

  • "Sumo East and West"

    Sep 26, 2009

    SUMO EAST AND WEST is a feature documentary about Westerners in the ancient Japanese sport of sumo. The film traces this cultural upheaval from sumo’s introduction to America by Japanese immigrants in the 19th century, through the success of US-born sumotori such as Akebono and Konishiki, to efforts to establish it as a popular sport in the US today. Shot in Japan, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Atlantic City, SUMO EAST...

  • "Finding Family Stories" Arts Partnership Project Exhibit to Open in Three California Museums

    Jan 18, 1998

    The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, present Finding Family Stories, (FFS) Arts Partnership Project, opening Thursday, January 22, 1998; Friday, January 30, 1998; and Friday, February 6, 1998, respectively. Initiated by the Japanese American National Museum in 1995 and funded in part by The James Ir...

  • Obon and Bon Odori

    Jul 06, 1997

    Lecture and Demonstration Featuring Rev. Shuichi T. Kurai Obons (Buddhist temples’ observance for the deceased) and the festive bon odori (the dancing that follows) are observed in nearly every Japanese American community but do we truly understand the meaning behind these rituals? Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai of the Sozenji Buddhist Temple of Montebello will shed some light upon these important community traditi...

  • BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration—Artist

    Masaki Fujihata is a world-renowned new media artist. Among the first to explore the potential of computers as an artistic medium and a pioneering figure in “interactive art,” he is the recipient of numerous honors including the Ars Electronica Golden NIKA Award in 1996 for Global Interior Project. His career until 2015 is detailed in the Augmented Reality-enhanced book Anarchive 6: Masaki Fujihata. In fall 2019, he ...