All JANM Members were invited to preview Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps before it opened to the public.
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Public Programming for Don’t Fence Me In will focus on immersing audiences into the experience of being a young person in US concentration camps during World War II and the challenges of coming of age in a challenging environment.
Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted.
To see a complete listing of the JANM’s programs, check out our Events Calendar.
Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps explores the experiences of Japanese American youth who asserted their place as young Americans confronting the injustice of being imprisoned in concentration camps during World War II and embarking on the universal journey into adolescence.
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In addition to the artwork and artifacts, the exhibition included several media components—a film by Norman Yonemoto, and video footage of performances by Linda Nishio and the musical Chop Suey.
Videos were created for each featured artist that included interviews with the artists, their friends, and family. Watch them in the playlist below or purchase the DVD.
View bios below for each of the artists featured in Drawing the Line. Watch artist profile videos created for the exhibition.
Featured Artists:
• GIDRA
• Matsumi Kanemitsu
• Nobuko Miyamoto
• Robert A. Nakamura
• Linda Nishio
• Ben Sakoguchi
• Larry Shinoda
• Qris Yamashita
• Bruce Yonemoto
• Norman Yonemoto
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will hold its annual Oshogatsu Family Festival on Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The New Year celebration will include free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for all ages to help ring in the Year of the Rabbit. Visit janm.org/oshogatsufest2023 to RSVP.
Los Angeles—Under a Mushroom Cloud: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb, a traveling exhibition organized by the two affected Japanese cities, will be installed at Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, beginning on November 9, 2019 and running until June 7, 2020.
FREE
Dive into the new online exhibition, Wakaji Matsumoto—An Artist in Two Worlds: Los Angeles and Hiroshima, 1917–1944, with a conversation about the historic significance of Wakaji’s work and the story behind the collection. Curator Dennis Reed and project liaison Karen Matsumoto, Wakaji’s granddaughter, will be joined by Masami Nishimoto, writer for the Chugoku Shimbun, and others involved with highlighting Matsumoto’s work to delve deeper into his photographs and legacy.