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Sutra and Bible Upper Level Members & VIP Reception

2022年04月02日

Members at the Director's Circle Level and above are invited to a VIP Reception of Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration. See an array of astonishing artifacts: from the prayer books and religious scrolls they carried into camp, to the Buddha statues, crosses, and altars they handcrafted to keep their spirits alive. Evites were sent in early March. By invitation only. Contact ...

Nima Voices: Episode 8—Laura Honda-Hasegawa

2022年03月15日

Free [Language: Portuguese] Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, ...

Art Break: Drawing Life! with Rob Sato

2021年06月22日

Rob Sato is an artist, illustrator, and writer living and working in Los Angeles. Known for his watercolors and extensive drawing practice, he traverses a wide range of expression exploring the spaces between pictorial narrative and abstraction. Weaving autobiographical, historical, and fantastical imagery together, he mixes humor and beauty to create a wild, lush, and enigmatic dimension that overlays our own. He ha...

Healthy Japanese Home Cooking Workshop with Azusa Oda

2020年07月18日

$25 general, $20 member Learn how to cook a basic Japanese menu! In this virtual workshop, cookbook author, food blogger, and designer Azusa Oda will teach you how to cut down food waste and make full use of all the ingredients to make a basic, healthy, and delicious meal. Participants will start with making dashi (soup stock) then use the leftovers to make katsuo denbu (bonito rice topping). They will then mak...

JANM Digital Film Festival: "Big Drum: Taiko in the United States"

2020年07月17日

Fifteen years after its initial release as part of the groundbreaking exhibition at JANM, Big Drum: Taiko in the United States will be available online as part of the JANM Digital Film Festival! Featuring America’s pioneering taiko figures, this film documents the development of American taiko and includes interviews and footage of drum-making and performances that reflect the ongoing transformation and diversificati...

Contested Histories at History Colorado Center (Denver, CO)

2019年02月15日 - 2019年02月17日

TRAVELING DISPLAYHistory Colorado CenterDenver, CO10 a.m.–5 p.mFREE and open to the public* Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any aspect...

Contested Histories at NVC Hall (Seattle, WA)

2018年11月24日 - 2018年11月25日

TRAVELING DISPLAYNVC HallSeattle, WA10 a.m.–5 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any aspect of the lives of the 120,000 inmates. In ...

Kaiju vs Heroes

2018年09月15日 - 2019年07月07日

With mighty fangs, menacing horns, and iridescent gold scales, the lizard monster Drazoran crushes an imaginary city while Captain Maxx, wearing a bright red suit, flies in to save the day. Drazoran and Captain Maxx are two of the monsters and heroes that emerged from the creative mind of Mark Nagata, a toy designer and fervent toy collector. At JANM, Drazoran and Captain Maxx join hundreds of dazzling vintage and co...

"Moving Day"

2017年08月01日 - 2017年08月11日

March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

"Moving Day" program presented by JANM

2017年05月18日

Each night through August 11, from sunset to midnight, Moving Day presents outdoor projections of Civilian Exclusion Order posters, which were issued during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal and incarceration. The date of each projection will coincide with the original issue date of the order being projected. Projections take place on the façade of the museum’s Hist...