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  • JANM Celebrates the Establishment of the Amache National Historic Site

    Feb 16, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) celebrates the establishment of the Amache National Historic Site in Granada, Colorado. The site is the nation’s newest unit of the National Park Service (NPS). “Amache is one of the ten American concentration camps in which over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated for the duration of World War ll. Their lives were changed forever. We...

  • JANM to Host Educational Program “Our Fragile Democracy—Historic and Present-Day Attacks on Our Civil Rights and Civil Liberties” on February 24

    Feb 16, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host Our Fragile Democracy—Historic and Present-Day Attacks on Our Civil Rights and Civil Liberties from 1 p.m.–4 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2024. The program will include a fireside chat with Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of JANM, and Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California; a keynote address by Don Tamaki, senior counsel at Minami Tamaki L...

  • JANM Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2024 NEH Workshops for Educators

    Feb 15, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is accepting applications for Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations, a Landmarks of American History and Culture educator workshop funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The workshop will be held twice on June 24–28, 2024 and July 15–19, 2024 and includes a stipend of $1,300. Applications are being accepted un...

  • JANM Welcomes New Board Members

    Feb 14, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – In 2023, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) added nineteen new trustees, governors, and honorary members to its board. “Our board members bring a multitude of international experiences to JANM’s leadership. We are grateful for their devotion to strengthening the Museum for years to come. I look forward to expanding the Museum’s work and mission with them to create a just future for all,...

  • JANM Skate Park Pop-Up

    Feb 11, 2024

    Bring your board and join us for a pop-up skate park on JANM’s plaza to celebrate the special edition skateboard deck designed by the artist in collaboration with The Berrics. Once an “off-brand skateboard kid,” Kaino’s experiences on the board helped shape his art career and worldview. Combining the artist’s childhood love for skateboarding with the influential imagery of Katsuhiro Otomo’s animated film Akira, th...

  • Transit Equity Day

    Feb 04, 2024

    Celebrate Transit Equity Day on February 4, 2024 with Metro and SoCal Museums to embark on a cultural journey through LA County’s vibrant museums and receive perks with your TAP card! Transit Equity Day highlights the right of all people to affordable public transportation and honors the birthday of Rosa Parks, who took a stand to create a more equitable transportation system for everyone, by offering free rides ...

  • JANM to Present J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist on March 15, 2024

    Feb 01, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist from March 15–September 1, 2024. Curated by Dennis Reed, the exhibition comprises sixty photographs by Sata, along with family artifacts from his time in America’s concentration camps and reproductions of his paintings and drawings. Sata was a charter member of the Japanese Camera Pictorialists of California, a...

  • Two-Day Workshop—Shibori and Indigo Explorations

    Jan 27, 2024 - Jan 28, 2024

    Come and join this workshop to practice, learn, and enjoy all the creativity shibori has to offer! Taught by Glennis Dolce, this two-day class will explore a variety of traditional Japanese fabric dyeing techniques, including stitching, clamping, binding, and pole wrapping. This workshop (limited to fifteen participants) is open to all levels of knowledge. All tools, supplies, and materials are included with payme...

  • Inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture

    Jan 26, 2024

    The Democracy Center presents the inaugural lecture in the Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series. Our special guest speaker will be Mitch Landrieu, former Senior Advisor to the President and former Mayor of New Orleans. The Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series is a Democracy Center signature series centered on the leadership values and principles inspired by Secretary Mineta (1931–2022), includin...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Launches An American Vocabulary: Words to Action in Response to Increased Anti-Asian Violence

    Sep 27, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will launch a new, collaborative project, An American Vocabulary: Words to Action, on Saturday, October 8, 2022, from 3 p.m.–6 p.m. on the JANM Plaza. The event will include live music with rapper jason chu, percussionist Gingee, and DJ Grace Ktown. Visual artist, Audrey Chan, will facilitate an art demonstration connected to the project that encourages p...