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  • Making Waves

    Feb 28, 2016 - Jun 26, 2016

    In the early 1900s, groups of Japanese Americans formed photography clubs along the Pacific coast from Los Angeles to Seattle. Their photographs were exhibited and published internationally to considerable acclaim, and admired by other photographers including Edward Weston and László Moholy-Nagy. Through artfully arranged images, the photographers represented the Japanese cultural heritage that they knew and loved; a...

  • Before They Were Heroes

    Jul 14, 2015 - Sep 06, 2015

    Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images is the inaugural exhibition in Sharing Our Stories, a new series of exhibitions drawn from JANM’s extensive permanent collection. A celebration of the donation by Susumu “Sus” Ito of his vast archive of photographs and negatives taken while on duty during World War II, Before They Were Heroes gives the public a rare and breathtaking look at the daily lives of the...

  • SCHOLAR MICHIKO AYUKAWA TO DISCUSS PICTURE BRIDES COMING TO CANADA ON MAY 30

    May 18, 2010

    Japanese Canadian scholar Dr. Michiko Midge Ayukawa will provide insight into the history of Japanese "Picture Brides" and their contributions to their communities at a public program set for Sunday, May 30, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. While picture brides arrived in significant numbers in the early 20th Century in both the United States and Canada, Dr. Ayukawa exa...

  • ARTIST KIP FULBECK, EDUCATOR MAYA SOETORO-NG TO ENGAGE IN 'CONVERSATIONS' JUNE 12

    May 12, 2010

    Multicultural and global educator Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng will engage artist, slam poet, filmmaker and author Kip Fulbeck as part of the Japanese American National Museum’s on-going series, "Conversations", in a special ticketed presentation set for Saturday, June 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Tickets are $15 for National Museum members and $20 for non-members. Soetoro-Ng, who is currentl...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TO UNVEIL 'TEXTURED LIVES' EXHIBITION ON FEB. 27

    Feb 25, 2010

    The Japanese American National Museum will premiere its latest exhibition, Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai`i, representing the beautiful and historically important textiles and clothing collected and documented by scholar and author Barbara Kawakami, on Saturday, February 27, and running through May 30, 2010. This exhibition is part of the National Museum’s 25th Anniversar...

  • TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY, 'BE ANIMATED' SET FOR FEBRUARY 14

    Feb 05, 2009

    The Target Free Family Saturday series, a monthly Japanese American National Museum event, will have the theme, "Be Animated", and feature screenings of the new series, "Afro Samurai", an animation workshop, a family improv activity, and a special lecture about the history of anime/manga in the United States by author Oliver Chin on Saturday, Feb. 7, starting at 11 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. at the National Museum in ...

  • 'REMEMBERING MICHI & WALTER WEGLYN' PROGRAM TO SCREEN NEW DOCUMENTARY ON JAN. 31

    Jan 28, 2009

    The program, "Remembering Michi Weglyn and Walter Weglyn", will feature the screening of a new documentary on the life of the Weglyns, and a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and personal friends of the couple at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First Street, in Little Tokyo, on Saturday, Jan. 31, beginning at 2 p.m. in the Democracy Forum. Michi Nishiura Weglyn was a successful designer of co...

  • FORMER SECRETARY PENA, GEORGE TAKEI, AUTHOR ADAM SCHRAGER SET FOR 'WHOSE AMERICA? WHO'S AMERICAN?' CONFERENCE

    May 14, 2008

    The national conference, "Whose America? Who’s American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice", organized by the Japanese American National Museum of Los Angeles and set for July 3-6 in Denver, Colorado, will feature former Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena, actor George Takei, 9News Anchor Adele Arakawa, 9News political reporter and author Adam Schrager(pictured left), and many others speaking at f...

  • NATIONAL CONFERENCE, ‘WHOSE AMERICA? WHO’S AMERICAN?’

    May 07, 2008

    The Japanese American National Museum’s national conference, "Whose America? Who’s American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice", set for July 3-6 in Denver, Colorado, will feature United States Senator Daniel Inouye, former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, actor George Takei, attorney Dale Minami, authors Cynthia Kadohata and Naomi Hirahara, and many others speaking at formal sessions, workshop...

  • 'NEGLECTED LEGACIES' SERIES KICKS OFF WITH PROGRAM PROFILING THREE NISEI WOMEN PIONEERS ON FEB. 2

    Feb 01, 2008

    A three-part series, "Neglected Legacies: Japanese American Women and Redress", will kick off with a panel discussion, "Reconsidering Roots", with three authors of biographies of Nisei women in a public program set for Saturday, February 2, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. The program is free and open to the public. This program was organized by the Lane Hirabayashi, George and Sakaye ...