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  • Exhibition Walkthrough

    Feb 17, 2008

    Walkthrough of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 16, 2008

    REDRESS REMEMBERED FREE ALL DAY The Day of Remembrance marks President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Hawai'i during World War II. On August 10, 1988 President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which legislated monetary reparations and an offical apol...

  • Nikkei Album Workshop - Part 2

    Feb 16, 2008

    Part 1: Intro - February 9 Part 2: Hands-on Workshop - February 16 Location: DISKovery Center 353 E. First St in Little Tokyo Learn how to browse and contribute to Nikkei Album, a versatile tool on the award-winning DiscoverNikkei.org Web site. Share personal family stories, community histories, and more through photos, text, audio, and video. Free for members of the National Museum and DISKovery C...

  • Anime Day on the Plaza

    Feb 10, 2008

    FREE, no reservations required Join us for this special collaboration between MOCA and the National Museum with special screenings, discussions, and activities around the art form that has inspired the work of artists like Takashi Murakami.

  • One Way or Another

    Feb 10, 2008 - May 04, 2008

    One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, a traveling exhibition organized by the Asia Society, brings together seventeen artists from across the United States who challenge and extend the category of Asian American art. The title of the exhibition, drawn from the 1978 Blondie hit song, suggests a non-formulaic way of making or seeing art. The artists and their works characterize the freedom to choose, manipulate a...

  • Nikkei Album Workshop - Part 1

    Feb 09, 2008

    Part 1: Intro - February 9 Part 2: Hands-on Workshop - February 16 Location: DISKovery Center 353 E. First St in Little Tokyo Learn how to browse and contribute to Nikkei Album, a versatile tool on the award-winning DiscoverNikkei.org Web site. Share personal family stories, community histories, and more through photos, text, audio, and video. Free for members of the National Museum and DISKovery C...

  • Members' Opening for One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now

    Feb 09, 2008

    One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now brings together 17 artists from across the country who defy a definitive conception of Asian American art. Organized by the Asia Society, New York, and curated by Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, Karin Higa, Adjunct Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum, and Susette S. Min, Assistant Professor...

  • "Bruce And Norman Yonemoto: Memory, Matter And Modern Romance" Art Exhibit To Open At Japanese American National Museum Jan. 23

    Jan 01, 1999

    In recognition of the importance of visual art in the Japanese American community, the mid-career survey Bruce and Norman Yonemoto: Memory, Matter and Modern Romance opens at the Japanese American National Museum on January 23, 1999. Since 1976, the Yonemotos have created an extensive body of film, single-channel video, video installations, and objects that explore the complex creation of meaning and identity throu...

  • BRUCE AND NORMAN YONEMOTO: MEMORY, MATTER AND MODERN ROMANCE

    Jan 01, 1999

    Dates January 23–July 4, 1999 Location Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles Curator Karin Higa Description This mid-career survey examines the single-channel video and video installations by Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, Los Angeles-based brothers who have worked together since 1976. The exhibition features the Yonemotos’ work from the last 25 years, providing a comprehensive analysis of t...

  • ‘WELCOME WEEKEND’ HIGHLIGHTS OPENING OF PAVILION FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM JAN. 23-24

    Jan 01, 1999

    LOS ANGELES—The Japanese American National Museum will celebrate the Public Opening of its new 85,000-square-foot expansion Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo with a festive “Welcome Weekend” on Saturday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 24 including a series of community performances, workshops, demonstrations and storytelling. Saturday will begin the Welcome Weekend with a morning Community Dedication, a Co...