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  • JANM to Host Wakayama Sister Museum Ceremony on May 22

    May 15, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a signing ceremony on May 22, 2024 to commemorate its new sister museum affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (MOMAW). MOMAW is one of Japan’s leading art museums and is the fifth oldest modern art museum in Japan. MOMAW has continuously conducted research on prewar Japanese artists from Wakayama who settled in the US and has b...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement at CAAMFest in San Francisco

    May 11, 2024

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have its Bay Area premiere at CAAMFest in San Francisco on May 11, 2024. Expected guests in attendance: Co-Director Quyên Nguyen-Le, Co-Director/Producer Tadashi Nakamura, subject Nobuko Miyamoto, and composer Derek Nakamoto. Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activis...

  • Giant Robot Workshop: Wooden Worlds with Yoskay Yamamoto

    May 11, 2024

    Join Giant Robot Biennale 5 exhibition artist, Yoskay Yamamoto, as he guides you through the process of designing and decorating your own recycled wood creations. Born and raised in Toba, Japan, Yoskay Yamamoto moved to the United States at the age of fifteen. A self-trained illustrator, Yamamoto blends pop iconic characters from his new Western home with traditional and mythical Japanese elements and balances his...

  • May 2024 Member Appreciation Days

    May 10, 2024 - May 12, 2024

    Come shop at the JANM Store during Member Appreciation Days and receive a 20% discount on qualified store purchases as an appreciation of thanks for all of your support and patronage! Not a current JANM Member? Join Now Order Online! JANM will honor the 20% discount for online orders placed by current JANM Members at janmstore.com from May 10–12, 2024. To receive the special discount, enter the code MADNE...

  • ASOBI at JANM: Greeting Cards with Kristina Yu of Cheery Human Studios

    May 09, 2024

    Bring a friend or two to this greeting card workshop! Draw and color alongside Kristina Yu of Cheery Human Studios as she walks through her artistic process and teaches participants how to make a card to keep or gift to a friend. Participants will receive a greeting card coloring sheet and coloring materials. They are also welcome to bring their favorite art supplies (colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc) to this f...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Margaret “Marge” Wada

    May 10, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Margaret “Marge” Wada, a dedicated JANM volunteer for twenty-three years. She worked for the State of California for nineteen years and retired as a Manager II. At JANM she taught origami to students during school visits and supported staff with mailings and other projects. Her passion for dancing led to her to recruit and organize v...

  • Act To Change Hosts 6th Annual National Asian American and Pacific Islander Day Against Bullying and Hate at JANM on May 18, 2024

    May 09, 2024

    PSA WHAT: May 18 is the birthday of Vincent Chin, who was murdered in a hate crime in 1982. To honor his legacy and to commemorate Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Act To Change will host a conversation with author Paula Yoo and writer Philip Chung about Yoo’s latest book, Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles 1992, and her 2021 book, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry. This even...

  • World Premiere of Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement at the VC Film Fest

    May 04, 2024

    JANM is proud to present the world premiere of Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, at the VC Film Fest in Los Angeles on May 4, 2024. Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever. Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Mo...

  • Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town at the Doclands Film Festival in San Rafael, CA

    May 03, 2024

    Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town will be screening at the Doclands Film Festival in San Rafael, CA on Friday, May 3, 2024. The screening is part of the Doclands Education Docshorts. ABOUT THE FILM Ricky and Bobby Okamura, the current owners of Benkyodo mochi shop, make a difficult decision to close their family business. The Japanese pastry shop, a landmark for Japanese Americans and Asian Americans in...

  • hapa.me at Morikami Museum (Delray Beach, FL)

    May 04, 2024 - Aug 24, 2024

    TRAVELING EXHIBITIONMorikami Museum and Japanese GardenDelray Beach, FL Web: morikami.orgPhone: 561.233.1325 Artist Kip Fulbeck created The Hapa Project in 2001, traveling the country to photograph over 1,200 volunteers who identified as Hapa. The Hapa Project’s goal was to promote awareness and recognition of the millions of Hapas in the United States; to give voice to multiracial people and other previously ignored...