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  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "What We Carried"

    Jun 23, 2018

    All members are invited to attend a gallery tour of What We Carried: Fragments & Memories from Iraq & Syria. Limited to 25 participants. RSVP by June 19 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Oct 03, 2015

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

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Oct 04, 2014

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

  • Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

    Aug 16, 2014 - Aug 17, 2014

    FREE! Saturday–Sunday, August 16–17 Please note the time has been changed. The Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu or sado) is a highly choreographed ritual of preparing and serving green tea (matcha) with traditional sweets to balance the bitter taste of the tea. The featured ceremony will be arai jakin and habuta (wet cloth and leaf lid). Performed only in the summer, this procedure is designed to provide cool...

  • Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

    Aug 16, 2014 - Aug 17, 2014

    FREE! Saturday–Sunday, August 16–17 Please note the time has been changed. The Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu or sado) is a highly choreographed ritual of preparing and serving green tea (matcha) with traditional sweets to balance the bitter taste of the tea. The featured ceremony will be arai jakin and habuta (wet cloth and leaf lid). Performed only in the summer, this procedure is designed to provide co...

  • Giant Robot Artists’ Entourage Workshop with Saelee Oh

    Nov 03, 2012

    This event has been postponed until December 15. Please join us then for a double workshop with artists Saelee Oh and Albert Reyes. Click here for more information. Come make art with Saelee Oh from Giant Robot Biennale 3 in this hands-on workshop. Immerse yourself in a variety of techniques and styles. These workshops are designed to foster dialogue and enhance digital networks between professional artists and th...

  • Film Screening: "You Don't Know Jack"

    Jul 31, 2010

    FREE! You Don’t Know Jack is a new one-hour documentary film by director/filmmaker and SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi. The film tells the fascinating story of a pioneering American entertainer Jack Soo, born as Goro Suzuki, who grew up in Oakland and became the first Asian American to be cast in the lead role in a regular television series Valentine’s Day (1963), and later starred in the popular comedy show Barney M...

  • Other: An Asian American & Pacific Islander Prisoner’s Anthology

    Apr 15, 2010

    This anthology of work by Asian and Pacific Islander (API) prisoners is the first book to highlight the unique stories and perspectives of this growing prisoner population in the U.S. 22 talented API prisoner writers, poets, and artists have contributed to this anthology, which was initiated and co-edited by Eddy Zheng, who was recently released from prison and immigration detention after over two decades behind bars...

  • Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko

    Jan 11, 2004

    Join Hydaiko, the network of taiko players, for a brief overview about taiko. Drummers from several different groups in Southern California will host this workshop and jam session where participants will have an opportunity to learn about the history of taiko in North America, gain hands-on experience with different instruments, and participate in a taiko jam session.

  • Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market - Audio Tour

    Welcome to the audio guide for Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market. Get to know the artist, his family, and dive into five artworks that explore East LA, collective memory, sites of trauma and healing, and how sites of trauma and sites of healing can be catalysts for generational change. Click on the buttons and arrows below to listen to the audio and view the transcripts. The audio tour is also available through the Bloom...