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  • 2017 Gala Dinner and Silent Auction

    May 06, 2017

    Reconnecting with the Past, Forging Our Future Honoring: Irene Hirano Inouye, Lifetime Achievement Award Bruce T. Kaji, Legacy Award Tom Ikeda, Founders’ Award Join us for the 2017 Gala Dinner and Silent Auction at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles on Saturday, May 6. Reconnecting with the Past, Forging Our Future will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Japanese Amer...

  • Living Flowers: Sogetsu Los Angeles Branch

    Jul 20, 2008

    This program highlights the art of Sogetsu Los Angeles Branch, featured in Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art.

  • Exhibition Walkthrough

    Mar 09, 2008

    Karin Higa, exhibition co-curator, will lead gallery tours of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

  • "Gasa-Gasa Girl: A Mas Arai Mystery" by Naomi Hirahara

    Apr 14, 2005

    Naomi Hirahara follows up her acclaimed first mystery novel Summer of the Big Bachi with another Mas Arai adventure. The story follows Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, who from the time she was a child was completely gasa-gasa (never sitting still, always on the go). Mas, a gardener and Hiroshima survivor haunted by his past, never had much time for his family. Now, Mari is asking for his help and Mas finds himself in New ...

  • Flo Oy Wong

    Sep 27, 2001 - Mar 31, 2002

    Artist Flo Oy Wong is known for her provocative explorations of family and community history through her work. The exhibition includes Wong’s most recent installation, made in usa: Angel Island Shhh, that exposes the conditions and experiences of Chinese immigrants incarcerated at Angel Island Immigration Station between 1910 and 1940. Premiering as a work-in-progress, Kindred Spirit #1 reflects on Wen Ho Lee’s 27...

  • VC Filmfest 2001 presents: Once Upon A Camp

    May 19, 2001

    Video screening, panel discussion and reception Join the National Museum and CABE in the world premiere of three unique multi-lingual, educational videos that teach students about the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Videos include: The Bracelet (elementary school), Dear Miss Breed (middle school), and Interactions (high school), followed by panel discussions with the producers, dire...

  • Conversations with the Artists

    Mar 13, 1998

    Panel discussion at Self-Help Graphics Featuring: Joyce Dallal, Aaron Glass, Eddy Kurushima, Frank LaPena, Judith Lowry, and Kim Yasuda. Finding Family Stories artists explore personal and private stories in their art. How does an artist make a private story the subject for public viewing? How does one engage an audience while maintaining the integrity of personal experiences? Join the FFS artists as they di...

  • Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami - Artists

    Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami presents the work of nine renowned artists. These artists have been pushing the boundaries of origami to elevate what was once considered a children’s craft into a sophisticated global art form. Each work, created specifically for this touring exhibition, presents a unique perspective on contemporary social, political, and aesthetic ideas. See below for their bios and lin...

  • Planned Giving

    What will your legacy be? Share your legacy with future generations and be a part of JANM’s mission by including the Museum in your estate plans.

  • Artifact Donation

    Contributing to JANM’s Permanent Collection The over 150,000 objects that comprise the JANM permanent collection chronicle the Japanese American experience in its entirety from early immigration to the present. Artifacts related to early immigration to the United States at the turn of the 20th century, early life in Japanese American communities, and the World War II incarceration experience and military service a...