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  • Author Discussion—"Hiroshima Boy" by Naomi Hirahara

    Mar 17, 2018

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. The latest and final installment in the Mas Arai series finds the curmudgeonly detective returning to Hiroshima to bring his best friend’s ashes to a relative. However, Mas quickly becomes embroiled in the mysterious death of a teenage boy, who was about the same age he was when he survived the atomic bomb in 1945. ...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Naomi Hirahara

    Mar 17, 2018

    All members are invited to congratulate Naomi Hirahara on the completion of her popular Mas Arai mystery series prior to the author discussion about her book, Hiroshima Boy. Space is limited. RSVP by March 13 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. In the Koichi & Toyo Nerio Education Center

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE’S COMMENT TO REP. COLLEEN HANABUSA

    Mar 17, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum is profoundly disappointed by the insulting treatment of Hawaii Representative Colleen Hanabusa by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. By flippantly responding in Japanese to her impassioned plea for the continued funding of the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program, Secretary Zinke demonstrated a shocking level of insensitivity and cultural ignoranc...

  • NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING HAPA IDENTITY TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Mar 09, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project, a new exhibition by artist Kip Fulbeck, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 7 and remain on view through October 28, 2018. The installation pairs photographs from Fulbeck’s groundbreaking 2006 exhibition, titled kip fulbeck: part Asian, 100% hapa, with new portraits of the same individuals. The photographs are accompanied by eac...

  • Author Discussion—"Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II" by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams

    Mar 03, 2018

    Featuring rarely seen photographs by Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, and Japanese American photographers employed by the US government, Un-American is an extensive documentation of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The authors used key images from the National Archives and Library of Congress, and then tracked down many of the people in those photographs so that the subjects could share thei...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Mar 03, 2018

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Hinamatsuri

    Mar 03, 2018

    Bring a brown bag lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts focused on the history and traditions of Hinamatsuri (Girls’s Day). Space is limited. RSVP by February 27 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. In the Nancy K. Araki Community Education Center

  • Hinamatsuri Workshop: "Kokeshi" Doll Art with Mari Inukai

    Mar 03, 2018

    SOLD OUT In celebration of Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), paint your own prince and princess kokeshi doll set with artist Mari Inukai. Bring pictures of your favorite flowers and textile samples as reference material to paint your doll’s kimono. All generations welcome! Limited to 10 participants, however, to encourage collaboration, guests who wish to work together may sign up as a single participant; each particip...

  • Why Is the Modern World So Angry?

    Mar 01, 2018

    American mass shooters. Islamic terrorists. Vengeful nationalists. Racist presidents. Social media misogynists. In today’s world, paranoid hatred—and the wrath of the people who spread it—is inescapable. Where does all the rage come from? Join Zocalo and JANM at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum for a discussion with Panjak Mishra, author of Age of Anger: A History of the Present for a discussion moderated by Gregory R...

  • "Transpacific Borderlands" Artist Talk

    Feb 25, 2018

    On the closing day of Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, join exhibition curator Clement Hanami and exhibiting artist Shinpei Takeda for a conversation on social representation and cultural context across borders. How do borderlands function as a space for exchanging ideas and culture? How do artworks take on new cultural and historical me...