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Two-Day Workshop—Shibori and Indigo Explorations

2024年01月27日 - 2024年01月28日

Come and join this workshop to practice, learn, and enjoy all the creativity shibori has to offer! Taught by Glennis Dolce, this two-day class will explore a variety of traditional Japanese fabric dyeing techniques, including stitching, clamping, binding, and pole wrapping. This workshop (limited to fifteen participants) is open to all levels of knowledge. All tools, supplies, and materials are included with payme...

JANM’s “Our Promise” Comprehensive Campaign Virtual Briefing

2023年09月22日

The Japanese American National Museum is amplifying its powerful voice. Our campus and programs showcase how Japanese Americans’ lives, experiences, and culture intersect and resonate with the experiences of marginalized communities in the United States. Our story is an American story. Our founders promised that the Museum would stand as a beacon of civil rights to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans i...

Defining Courage at the Aratani Theatre

2023年07月23日

Two Performances at the JACCC Aratani Theatre: 3 p.m.—SOLD OUT 7 p.m. Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier, Americans of Japanese ancestry who served in the segregated military units of the 100th IB, 442nd RCT, MIS, and 522nd FAB. Considered the greatest fighting units in American military history, most have never heard their extraordinary stories. Join Emmy Award-w...

JACL 2023 National Convention Film Series

2023年07月19日 - 2023年07月23日

The 53rd JACL National Convention with the 2023 theme, “Rooted in Community,” is hosting a film series in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. Join us for a sunny, lively, and invigorating event in the heart of Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo. The film series is only available to full convention registrants and day pass attendees. Register for the day pass or email JANM...

Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market Opens June 30, 2023

2023年06月26日

WHAT: Join JANM for the opening of Aki’s Market, a uniquely personal exhibition featuring new work by acclaimed multimedia artist and filmmaker Glenn Akira Kaino. Visitors can immerse themselves in the virtual reality world of the small neighborhood market in East Los Angeles and explore a space of collective memory where the archival bleeds into the imaginary and the most advanced technology serves the most persona...

The Japanese American National Museum Decries Racist Rhetoric Against Dominic Ng and Congresswoman Chu

2023年03月07日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries Congressman Lance Gooden’s racist and anti-Asian remarks that questioned the loyalty of Dominic Ng, CEO of East West Bank, and Congresswoman Judy Chu’s loyalty to the US. Recently, Gooden discussed President Biden’s appointment of Ng to lead the country’s trade interest in Asia during a televised interview. He and other House Republicans wrote...

Art Break with Miye Sugino

2023年01月12日

FREE Join Miye Sugino, JANM 30 Under 30 Changemaker, for a virtual workshop exploring memory, loss, and reclamation. Using various techniques, we will deconstruct photographs to examine memory as fallible, and reconstruct them to explore how we might gain a sense of agency over this loss. Whether your photographs are in relation to family, history, or childhood, this workshop is about wrestling with loss in order ...

The Japanese American National Museum Decries the Rise in Antisemitic Hate Crimes

2022年12月22日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries the rise in antisemitic hate crimes. According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, Los Angeles experienced eighty antisemitic cases from January 1, 2022, to October 31, 2022. Most recently, a Texas man was arrested on the night of Sunday, December 18, 2022, on suspicion of carving Nazi ...

Art Break with Keila Sachi Gaballo

2022年12月08日

FREE Join Keila Sachi Gaballo, JANM 30 Under 30 Changemaker, for a virtual workshop exploring the connections between storytelling, mindfulness, and creativity. Together, participants will reflect on the picture book Ikigai: Life's Purpose by Chiemi Souen and Flor Kaneshiro and create a simple collage to set intentions as we get ready to enter the new year! The workshop will use supplies easily found around your h...

Told by the children: A presentation of Oral History Stories

1997年06月14日

Children will share the oral history stories and projects that they learned how to collect at the May 17 Museum workshop. Parents, visitors, and friends are encouraged to attend. Free with Museum admission.