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  • Japanese Tea Ceremony: "Sado"

    Feb 22, 2014

    Master Hamano from Urasenke and her “Hamano Shachu” group will perform the Japanese tea ceremony, sado, with authentic teawares, beautiful kimonos, and traditional furniture. Ceremony to be accompanied by an English guide explaining the subtleties of the performance.

  • "The Celtic Samurai: A Boy's Transcultural Journey" by Dr. Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu

    Oct 05, 2013

    Dr. Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu’s The Celtic Samurai: A Boy’s Transcultural Journey is a multi-media storytelling that illuminates the life of a boy born into a world torn by interracial and international hostilities. This educational performance will discuss multicultural and transnational family experiences.

  • Target Free Family Saturdays: Share Your Story!

    Jul 13, 2013

    Celebrate the exhibition Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History and share your story with your family and friends! You won’t want to miss out on this fun Target Free Family Saturday. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: • Create a memory book to jot down stories about you and your family. • Make a family portrait collage. • Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold a fun origami camera. SCHEDULE: 11AM: Doors open. 1...

  • "Portraiture Now" Members’ Preview

    May 09, 2013

    A special opportunity for JANM Members to check out the Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter exhibition before it opens to the public! For more information and the RSVP, contact specialevents@janm.org, or call (213) 625-0414.

  • Jean Ariyoshi: Washington Place, A First Lady's Story

    Sep 16, 2005

    Join us in New York! We invite our supporters in New York to join us as we host a special event with Hawaii's former First Lady Jean Ariyoshi at the Japan Society. She will speak about her new book, Washington Place, A First Lady's Story. The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing. Washington Place, A First Lady's Story is an autobiographical account of her childhood in a small town in Hawai`i...

  • 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.

  • "Henry Sugimoto" Exhibition Opening at the Crocker Art Museum

    Jan 26, 2002

    Opening of the Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.

  • 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....