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  • Members Only Curator Tour: “Contested Histories”

    Dec 07, 2024

    JANM Members are invited to join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Exhibitions and Art Director, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection. The exhibition consists of the Eaton Collection, some 400 objects made by Japanese American incarcerees that were saved from the auction block by the incredible efforts of community organiz...

  • 2021 Oshogatsu Virtual Family Festival—Year of the Ox

    Jan 03, 2021 - Jan 08, 2021

    FREE! Join JANM for a week of virtual, kid-friendly activities to celebrate Oshogatsu (New Year’s Day)! From interactive, offline festivities for all ages to multi-lingual story times and play performances, welcome the Year of the Ox with JANM! Celebrate with us on social media Use our special Oshogatsu Instagram filters (search “JANM Oshogatsu”) and tag us with your results or use the hashtag #JANMOsho...

  • STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF IRENE YASUTAKE HIRANO INOUYE

    Apr 08, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – As Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum, I wanted to express our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the family of Irene Yasutake Hirano Inouye on her passing this week. I was very saddened by the passing of Irene—she was a caring, passionate person with unquestioned integrity. Irene was a giant and an outstanding bridge between and among all co...

  • STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF WATARU “WAT” MISAKA

    Nov 22, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA – On behalf of the Trustees, Governors, staff, volunteers, and supporters of the Japanese American National Museum, I want extend our condolences and deepest sympathies to the family of Wataru “Wat” Misaka, who passed away this week in Utah at the age of 95. In 2000, JANM’s relationship with Wat crystalized as he was one of the profiled sports stars in our groundbreaking exhibition, More Than a Gam...

  • "Drawing from Memory" by Allen Say

    Sep 17, 2011

    This is Allen Say’s own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn’t understand his son’s artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan’s leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as his “spiritual father.” Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, Drawing from Memory presents a complex look at the real-life relationship between me...

  • Mixed

    Mar 20, 2010 - Oct 17, 2010

    In a follow-up to the kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa exhibition, artist and author Kip Fulbeck returns with his newest collection of works based on the book Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids. This family-friendly exhibition for the young and the young at heart offers a playful yet powerful perspective on the complex nature of contemporary American identity, and, more importantly, is an opportunity to celebr...

  • Imagined Futures

    May 02, 2009

    The Aratani Endowed Chair, University of California Los Angeles, and the Japanese American National Museum present: Imagined Futures Saturday, May 2, 2009 1-5 pm Free! Pre-Registration is required. What does the future hold for the Japanese American and Asian Pacific American communities? What is the role of the young artist in defining our community’s future? What opportunities and challenges do young ...

  • kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa

    Jun 08, 2006 - Oct 29, 2006

    ha • pa (ha’pa) adj. slang. of mixed racial heritage with partial roots in asian and/or pacific islander ancestry. n. slang. a person of such ancestry. [der./hawaiian: hapa haole. (half white)] Organized by the Japanese American National Museum, kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa is an exhibition of portraits by award-winning filmmaker and artist Kip Fulbeck. Originally a derogatory label derived from th...

  • Day of Remembrance

    Feb 17, 2001

    Day of Remembrance (DOR), the community's annual commemoration of President Roosevelt's signing of EO 9066 and the World War II exclusion and internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum. The 2001 DOR marks the 20th Anniversary of the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR), formerly known as the National Coalition for Redress & Reparation. Th...

  • Evening of Remembrance

    Feb 20, 1997

    Letters from Camp Exhibit Series Presentation and Video Screening Speakers from the Day of Remembrance ad hoc committee of the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations present an “Evening of Remembrance” at the Museum. The 1988 film, Justice Now, Reparations Now by pioneering Asian American filmmaker Alan Kondo will be shown. This program takes place two days before the “Day of Remembrance” program at the Ja...