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  • I/Witness A Photography Workshop for Kids - Part Two

    Jul 31, 2004

    Please refer to the July 17 calendar listing for more information. Participants must have completed part one of the program.

  • Reverberations: Young Artists and Writers Envision the Future

    Jul 29, 2004

    In conjunction with the National Museum's "Educators Appreciation Week" and the National Summer Institute for Teachers. Produced in partnership with The HeArt? Project, a non-profit organization that facilitates long-term, dynamic learning experiences between professional artists and hard-to-reach teenagers. Young visual and performing artists along with poets and writers from The HeArt? Project envision the futur...

  • A View from Afar: Angelenos Bear Witness to September 11th

    Jul 28, 2004

    Every Wednesday throughout the run of September 11: Bearing Witness to History, the National Museum will host gallery talks featuring a diverse group of community leaders, artists, activists, and educators. Using a specific object from the exhibition as their starting point, each will reflect upon the larger social, political, and cultural implications of 9/11. Master musician, UCLA Professor of Ethnomusicology, a...

  • "9066 to 9/11"

    Jul 22, 2004

    The filmmakers of and selected subjects from the film discuss the making of this timely project. Please refer to the July 8 calendar listing for more information.

  • A View from Afar: Angelenos Bear Witness to September 11th

    Jul 21, 2004

    Every Wednesday throughout the run of September 11: Bearing Witness to History, the National Museum will host gallery talks featuring a diverse group of community leaders, artists, activists, and educators. Using a specific object from the exhibition as their starting point, each will reflect upon the larger social, political, and cultural implications of 9/11. Attorney, activist, author, and teacher ANGELA OH.

  • "Circles of Grace": A Family Concert for Peace

    Jul 18, 2004

    Bring your family and friends to hear music of compassion and hope. This concert features the MASS ENSEMBLE creators of large-scale, architecturally-inspired stringed instruments such as the Peace and Wing Harps, the celebrated AGAPE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR, and acclaimed singer/songwriter, PERLA BATALLA. Hosted by YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS, Wednesday host of the Global Village on KPFK/90.7 FM. Co-produced by Community Arts Reso...

  • I/Witness A Photography Workshop for Kids - Part One

    Jul 17, 2004

    Photographer, PAMELA MAYER-SCHOENBERG, teaches youth (ages nine to thirteen) to look beyond everyday objects and explore the meaning and history behind them, especially as it relates to their own community. They will learn the basics of photography and have a week to "bear witness" and take pictures of their neighborhood. Photographs will be developed by the National Museum and participants will select final shots fo...

  • Memento Mori: Memory and Monuments in American Public Spaces

    Jul 15, 2004

    Moderated by KPCC's KITTY FELDE, this lively panel discussion includes, architect Greg Lynn of Greg Lynn FORM, who led the United Architects team's entry in the World Trade Center design competition; author EDWARD T. LINENTHAL, who has written eloquently about the Oklahoma City National Memorial; and Curator KARIN HIGA, Director of the Curatorial and Exhibitions Department and Senior Curator of Art at the Japanese Am...

  • A View from Afar: Angelenos Bear Witness to September 11th

    Jul 14, 2004

    Every Wednesday throughout the run of September 11: Bearing Witness to History, the National Museum will host gallery talks featuring a diverse group of community leaders, artists, activists, and educators. Using a specific object from the exhibition as their starting point, each will reflect upon the larger social, political, and cultural implications of 9/11. Theater, opera, and film director, Professor of World...

  • "9066 to 9/11"

    Jul 08, 2004

    Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was...