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  • "Above the Fold" Artist Lecture: Origami as a Language of Contemporary Design

    Aug 20, 2016

    Exhibiting artist Paul Jackson will discuss the growing influence of origami in contemporary design practice, from fashion to architecture. Using examples from around the world and from his many years of teaching design, Jackson will demonstrate how, in recent years, origami principles have been applied to materials other than paper, such as fabric, leather, plastic, and wood. He will offer reasons for this interes...

  • 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.

  • JANM Summer Night Concerts—Electronic and Hip Hop Night

    Aug 18, 2016

    FREE Join us for an evening of electronic and hip hop music with Asian and Pacific Islander American performers. The featured headliner tonight is Dumbfoundead, a Korean American rapper straight out of LA’s Koreatown. Called a "walking bag of charisma" by genius.com, Dumbfoundead has appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly and counts Drake among his fans. Also featured are Year of the Ox, an APIA rap duo ...

  • 2016 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 13, 2016

    FREE ALL DAY! Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities. Musical performances by LA Matsuri Taiko, Common Souls, and Shin Kawasaki Basic taiko drumming and bon odori dance lessons Free samples of saataa andaagii (Okinawan deep-fried pastries) JANM Members Only reserved seating and express lines …and so much more...

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Aug 13, 2016

    Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as...

  • The Artistry of Kubo

    Aug 13, 2016 - Aug 30, 2016

    LAIKA, the award-winning animation studio whose next movie, Kubo and the Two Strings, opens August 19, 2016, is now presenting The Artistry of Kubo: A Magical LAIKA Experience in JANM’s Aratani Central Hall. Visitors get a behind-the-scenes interactive peek at Kubo and the Two Strings through puppets, sets, props, monsters, origami, and costumes from the production. The display will be on view through August 30. A...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Aug 06, 2016

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

  • Sadako and Her Origami Cranes

    Aug 06, 2016

    In May 2016, JANM received the gift of an original paper crane folded by Sadako Sasaki, the young Hiroshima-born girl who died in 1955 of complications resulting from radiation poisoning. Before her death, Sasaki folded over 1,000 paper cranes in hopes of recovering from her illness. Because of her efforts, which touched many people, paper cranes have since become a universal symbol of peace, hope, and recovery. T...

  • Two-Day Craft Workshop—Indigo and Shibori in the 21st Century

    Aug 06, 2016 - Aug 07, 2016

    Saturday, August 6–Sunday, August 7 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Enjoy two days of indigo dyeing with a focus on learning how the dye takes to different textiles. Shibori techniques to be explored include arashi, itajime, and nui, as well as combined and invented techniques. Material kits will include handouts, threads, and many types of vintage kimono silks as well as some cottons, bamboo, hemp, and other natural fi...

  • 'REMEMBERING MANZANAR' DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED JAN. 30

    Jan 14, 2010

    The documentary, "Remembering Manzanar", a compilation of rare historic footage, photographs and personal recollections from former inmates of the most famous World War II government-run domestic concentration camps, will be screened on Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Created for use at the Interpretive Center at the Manzanar National Historic Site, ...