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  • Performance—"Residence Elsewhere"

    Mar 04, 2017

    In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons, East West Players Theatre for Youth has developed a special play exploring the effects of the World War II incarceration. Free with museum admission. No RSVP necessary. Space is limited; first come, first served.

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Above the Fold"

    Aug 20, 2016

    Join Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami curator Meher McArthur for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 members. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. Photo: Erik DeMaine and Martin DeMaine, Destructors III, 2013. Photo courtesy of the artists.

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Giant Robot Biennale 4"

    Jan 23, 2016

    All members are invited to join curator Eric Nakamura for an intimate tour of the exhibition. Limited to 25 members. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

  • Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live!

    Sep 26, 2015

    Free admission to JANM all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, JANM is participating in this year’s Museum Day Live. Admission will be free for all visitors.

  • The 27th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    May 03, 2011 - May 04, 2011

    The 27th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will be at the National Museum from May 3 to May 4. Presented by Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier APA media arts center, screenings will premier and showcase Asian American and International Asian cinema in the nation. The film festival screens 150 films and videos from over 20 countries. 200 industry professionals including filmmakers, celebri...

  • Crossings

    Apr 02, 2009 - Jun 21, 2009

    See the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II through the eyes of ten unique artists from the past and the present. Featuring several never before displayed works from the Museum’s collections, Crossings places art created during the war alongside contemporary work to demonstrate how artists can provide insight into a dark episode in American history and expose its lasting impact on a community...

  • part asian: 100% hapa by Kip Fulbeck

    Jun 10, 2006

    Join award-winning filmmaker and artist, Kip Fulbeck, as he discusses his new book part asian, 100% hapa. This book was created as a forum in word and image for Hapa to answer the question they're nearly always asked: "What are you?" Fulbeck's frank, head-on portraits are paired with the sitters' own statements of identity. A work of intimacy, beauty, and powerful self-expression, part asian, 100% hapa is the book...

  • Halloween SPOOKY Fun

    Oct 26, 1997

    Join us for a ghoulishly delightful day of storytelling and pumpkin-making. Enter our Museum Family Costume Contest and win a prize! Fun for the entire family. Invite your friends too! Spooky punch and Goblin cookies will be served. Free with Museum admission. Storytelling at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.; reservations required for 1:30 p.m. pumpkin-making FUNshop by October 22; costume contest and snacks at 3 p.m. This...

  • Creative Writers Workshop Series presented by Asian American Writer's Workshop

    Oct 25, 1997

    Los Angeles based author, Sesshu Foster (City Terrace Field Manual) will hold a creative writing class to kick off this new series. The Museum, in collaboration with the Asian American Writer’s Workshop, a non-profit collective of writers based in New York City and Los Angeles, will present a series of creative writing workshops given by noted Asian American writers. Members $5, non-members, $9 includes Museum admi...

  • Asian American Writers' Workshop Readings

    Aug 07, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum Author Reading The second program in this series will feature readings by lesbian and bisexual Asian Pacific Islander women. Among those reading from their works will be Liz Bahn, Diep Tran, and Denise Uyehara. Asian American Writers’ Workshop is a non-profit organization based in New York City. Founded in 1991 by a collective of writers, its mission is to facilitate t...