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Live Painting by Giorgiko

2024年09月04日 - 2024年09月06日

Witness creativity in action as the artist duo Giorgiko (Darren Inouye and Trisha Inouye) paint a mural on the gallery walls in Giant Robot Biennale 5, the art exhibition that celebrates the ethos of Giant Robot—a staple of Asian American alternative pop culture and an influential brand encompassing pop art, skateboard, comic book, graphic arts, and vinyl toy culture. Giorgiko’s mural will be on view through January ...

Celebrating Little Tokyo at 140 Years

2024年08月10日 - 2025年01月05日

Celebrate Little Tokyo’s 140th anniversary with JANM and other Little Tokyo community organizations with the new pop-up exhibit, Celebrating Little Tokyo at 140 Years, now on view in JANM’s Manabi and Sumi Hirasaki National Resource Center through January 5, 2025.The display explores the anniversary’s theme, “Celebrating Our Legacy. Persevering for Our Future.” Highlights include artifacts and items from Koharu resta...

The Crimson Kimono at the Academy Museum

2024年07月21日

JANM is a Community Partner for the Academy Museum’s screening of the 1959 film The Crimson Kimono. JANM’s Chief Curator Karen Ishizuka is introducing the film. About the FilmJames Shigeta and Glenn Corbett depict two Los Angeles detectives who fall in love with the same woman, Christine (Victoria Shaw), in Samuel Fuller’s 1959 noir The Crimson Kimono. Fuller’s groundbreaking feature stimulates more than a sensationa...

J. T. Sata Exhibition: Curator Tour with Dennis Reed and Virginia Heckert

2024年07月20日

Join exhibition curator Dennis Reed and special guest, J. Paul Getty Museum curator Virginia Heckert, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist. The exhibition comprises sixty photographs by J. T. Sata, photographs of Sata’s concentration camp paintings and drawings, and family artifacts from camp. Reed will talk about Sata’s photography and legacy as well as the process of curating the ...

Asobi at JANM: Mini-zines with Mya Worrell

2024年07月11日

Have you been able to take a break this month? Do you think about journaling, doodling, and crafting all the time, but can never get a moment to actually start? Come make a zine with Mya Worrell! They’ll bring the supplies and plenty of creative prompts to get you started. You’ll learn how to make a variety of unique zines that use just one piece of paper. Enjoy specially crafted cocktails and mocktails from our n...

JANM to Host Wakayama Sister Museum Ceremony on May 22

2024年05月15日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a signing ceremony on May 22, 2024 to commemorate its new sister museum affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (MOMAW). MOMAW is one of Japan’s leading art museums and is the fifth oldest modern art museum in Japan. MOMAW has continuously conducted research on prewar Japanese artists from Wakayama who settled in the US and has b...

Comedy Zen: Tao of Comedy

2010年03月27日

Let these martial comedians hit you with their freshest and edgiest material. We are happy to bring in Kevin Shea, Owen Smith, introducing the COMEDY MONKS. A sketch group we created by selecting today's top comedians like Randall Park, Dwayne Perkins, and Hasan Minhaj. Rajiv Satyal will be your host and MC. To buy tickets or for more information, go to: www.comedytheory.com/

Teens of Contemporary Art (TOCA)

2008年01月13日

FREE, no reservations required Teens are invited to explore art and materials at MOCA's ©Murakami and the National Museum's Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues, then try their own hand at painting and silkscreening. For additional information on TOCA, call 213.633.5310 or email dgray@moca.org.

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of The Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and A Librarian Who Made A Difference by Joanne Oppenheim

2006年02月26日

The debut of Joanne Oppenheim's new book, which incorporates images and letters from the National Museum collection, chronicles the story of humanitarian Clara Breed whose correspondence uplifted the spirits of San Diego children sent to America's concentration camps during World War II. Book signing to follow. To order a copy, visit the Museum Store Online or call the Museum Store toll free at 1.888.769.5559.

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