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  • "Sugar/Islands" Panel Discussion and Reception

    Jul 11, 2015

    Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i—The Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara curator Krystal Hauseur, PhD, and artists Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara discuss the ideas, histories, and inspirations behind their exhibition. Light reception to follow. This program is free, but RSVPs are strongly encouraged.

  • National Asian American Theater Conference

    Jun 23, 2011 - Jun 26, 2011

    June 23 through June 26. The National Museum is honored to be one of the hosts the 3rd Annual National Asian American Theater Conference & Festival. For schedule information, visit www.caata.net/.

  • Sumi-e Demonstration & Workshop with Nori Shirasu

    Jun 18, 2011

    Learn how to create a sumi-e painting, an art form that strives to distill the essence of an object in the fewest possible strokes. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Hinamatsuri Origami Dolls

    Feb 29, 2004

    Part two of this popular craft class. Please refer to the February 14 calendar listing for further information.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Hinamatsuri Origami Dolls

    Feb 15, 2004

    Part two of this popular craft class. Please refer to the February 14 calendar listing for further information.

  • Members' Program and Reception in Honolulu, Hawai'i

    Sep 25, 2003

    In conjunction with the National Museum's Board of Trustees meeting in Honolulu. For more information, please call 808.946.5417.

  • 4th Annual Courtyard Kids Festival

    Aug 11, 2002

    The Courtyard Kaeru invites all families to return to the Japanese American National Museum to celebrate the meaning of friendship, sharing, and the National Museum's 10th Anniversary! This year we'll learn how special our friendships are and how important it is to continue to make new friends. Workshops include: Friendship art with our Finding Family Stories Project Partners (California African American Museum, ...

  • Reception at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, CA

    Jan 30, 2002

    Members and Community Reception to celebrate the opening of traveling exhibition, Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience.

  • New Frontiers - Extras

    JANM’s DiscoverNikkei.org website is a treasure trove of materials and resources on Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their descendants) life, history, culture, and community around the world. It is a community-based project that partners with organizations and individuals throughout the Americas to share Nikkei-related community and personal stories, events, and more in four languages—English, Japanese, Spanish, and Po...

  • Kango Takamura Collection

    (91.9 and 2005.76) The online collection of Kango Takamura includes 17 watercolor paintings created during the artist’s incarceration at the Manzanar concentration camp. The artwork depicts daily life in the camps, including scenes of education, living conditions, agriculture, and more. Issei artist Kango Takamura (1895-1994) immigrated to the United States from Kumamoto-ken, Japan when he was seventeen years old....