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  • JANM Announces New After-hours Artmaking Series Beginning March 21

    Mar 01, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces Asobi! at JANM, a new series from 7 p.m.–9 p.m. on selected Thursdays where local artists showcase their unique work through interactive demonstrations and every guest goes home with a new art piece and sense of accomplishment. Admission is $10 (Members: free). Visitors can learn how to make art, mingle with old and new friends, and try somet...

  • Discover Nikkei Presents a Multilingual Virtual Program on Okinawan Drumming

    Feb 29, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), will present the free virtual program Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Identity through Okinawan Drumming on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 3 p.m. PST. The program will be simultaneously translated in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The registration deadline is Friday, March 8 at 10 a.m. PST. Registration is req...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 15—Lee A. Tonouchi

    Feb 27, 2024

    FREE Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief and enlightening interviews...

  • Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival

    Feb 25, 2024

    Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town will be screening at the 2024 Seattle Asian American Film Festival, which will be held in-person February 22–25; virtually February 26 – March 3. This short documentary film is being presented as part of the Have You Eaten Yet? Shorts Program. ABOUT THE FILM Ricky and Bobby Okamura, the current owners of Benkyodo mochi shop, make a difficult decision to close their f...

  • Our Fragile Democracy: Historic and Present-Day Attacks on Our Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

    Feb 24, 2024

    On August 10, 2023, Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a historic statement and apology acknowledging the complicity of the California Attorney General’s Office in the incarceration and dispossession of Japanese Americans during World War II. Join us for a community education event featuring a fireside chat with Attorney General Bonta and JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, a keynote introduction by Don Tamaki, and ...

  • Two-Day Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi

    Feb 24, 2024 - Feb 25, 2024

    Part 1: Saturday, February 24, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Part 2: Saturday, February 25, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Explore the wonderful world of washi in this two-part workshop. Learn how to cover a variety of wooden beads with delicate washi (traditional Japanese paper) and create original jewelry by arranging them on beading wire alongside commercial beads. Bring a willingness to learn and leave with a stunning, original n...

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo at Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Feb 24, 2024 - Jun 30, 2024

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, UT Web: umfa.utah.edu/pictures-of-belonging Phone: 801.581.7332 Rediscover the work of three trailblazing women—Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—in Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. This exhibition reveals a broader picture of the American experience through artworks and life stories of three J...

  • 2024 Day of Remembrance

    Feb 19, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Today is the Day of Remembrance, a somber day that commemorates real people and families who were unjustly imprisoned during World War II when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. As JANM commemorates this anniversary, I recall my grandfather, Fred Jiro Fujioka, who helped many Southern California Issei establish their businesses and farms. I also think about my ...

  • 2024 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance

    Feb 17, 2024

    The annual Los Angeles Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Executive Order 9066 authorized the US military to forcibly remove persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast and set into motion their incarceration into concentration camps during World War II. This year’s theme, Rooted in Resistance: Fighting for Justice...

  • The Japanese American National Museum and Asian American Pacific Islander Arts Network Present a Program on the Legacy of Former Curator, Karin Higa

    Oct 28, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and the Asian American Pacific Islander Arts Network (AAPIAN) present Karin Higa: Hidden in Plain Sight on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. PDT in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. This free in-person and virtual program is the first in a two-part series that highlights the legacy of the late curator, writer, and cultural activist Karin Hig...