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  • 30th Anniversary Benefit - Auction

    Auction Preview opens: Saturday, April 16 Bidding opens: Saturday, April 23 Bidding closes: 1 p.m. (PDT) on Sunday, May 1 JANM’s Online Auction is 100% digital and available to preview starting Saturday, April 16, and open for bidding on Saturday, April 23. Know if you’ve been outbid, no matter where you are. Set up automatic bidding and maximum bids to increase your chances of winning with the i...

  • Supernatural

    Learn more about the artists featured in Supernatural through the articles from JANM’s Discover Nikkei website below!

  • Desire For Magic

    Artist Patrick Nagatani When asked how he would describe himself, Sansei artist Patrick Nagatani immediately responds that he considers himself to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. Unlike the traditional photographer who is considered an objective recorder of reality, Nagatani carefully sets the stage for his photographs, collages, and multimedia pieces much like a movie director arranges a set and actor...

  • Portraiture Now - Artists

    Learn more about the featured artists and view their artwork below.

  • Portraiture Now - Extras

    Visit the National Portrait Gallery’s Portraiture Now exhibition site for artist statements and audio interviews: www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/encounter Related Resources on Discover Nikkei Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community website that provides an inviting space for the community to share, explore, and connect with each other through diverse Nikkei experiences, culture, and history. Explore articles a...

  • Visible & Invisible - Exhibition

    INTRODUCTION More and more people are crossing racial and ethnic lines to create new kinds of families. If the future of America is the multiracial and multiethnic family, Japanese America is already there. U.S. Census data indicates that in the very near future, more than half of all Japanese Americans will be racially or ethnically “mixed” or hapa. From the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the Amer...

  • Visible & Invisible - Resources

    Hapa Japan Database Project The Hapa Japan Database Project is a forum for connecting mixed-race and mixed-roots Japanese people. The Project sponsors a website with social networking, genealogical, and educational features. They also host a Festival every other year that celebrates this community through concerts, exhibits, comedy nights, film screenings, and academic conferences. Hapa Japan I took place in Apr...

  • BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration—Events

    Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.

  • BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration—Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)

  • BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration—Artist

    Masaki Fujihata is a world-renowned new media artist. Among the first to explore the potential of computers as an artistic medium and a pioneering figure in “interactive art,” he is the recipient of numerous honors including the Ars Electronica Golden NIKA Award in 1996 for Global Interior Project. His career until 2015 is detailed in the Augmented Reality-enhanced book Anarchive 6: Masaki Fujihata. In fall 2019, he ...