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  • 2016 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction, and After Party

    2016年03月19日

    Moving Images, Telling Stories Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles (Please note new venue.) Film and video are powerful tools used for generations to document, reflect, and influence people and culture. The Japanese American National Museum’s 2016 Gala Dinner will focus on the museum’s significant collection of moving images and how these compelling first-person resources have helped portray...

  • Giant Robot Artists’ Entourage Workshop with Albert Reyes and Saelee Oh

    2012年12月15日

    Come make art with Albert Reyes and Saelee Oh from Giant Robot Biennale 3 in this hands-on workshop. Immerse yourself in a variety of techniques and styles. These workshops are designed to foster dialogue and enhance digital networks between professional artists and the local community. Saelee Oh: Open Love Letter to the Universe: We will be creating lots of artwork together! You can make portraits of your spirit ...

  • Mottainai

    2011年06月05日

    The Japanese American National Museum and Great Leap present MOTTAINAI, a fun-filled, informative day of performance, video screenings and participatory workshops celebrating World Environment Day. "Mottainai" is a Japanese word that loosely means “it’s a shame to waste nature." The day opens and ends with “ORDER TO GO”, a performance by members of Collaboratory, Great Leap's artist mentorship program. Directed by Da...

  • No Victory Ever Stays Won

    2010年11月21日 - 2010年12月11日

    In 1920, America was reeling from a post-World War I fear that the Communist Revolution that had taken place in Russia would spread to the United States. As is often the case when fear outweighs rational debate, civil liberties paid the price. The ACLU evolved over the next 90 years from a small group of idealists committed to protecting Americans’ civil liberties into one of the nation’s premier defender of the r...

  • Shibori Class with Shibori Girl

    2010年08月07日

    This half day workshop will introduce you to three basic traditional shibori techniques-makiage (stitched and bound), itajime (fold and clamp), and arashi (pole wrapped) shibori on silk. Traditional and contemporary samples from my collection will be on hand for observation as well as many favorite books on the subject from my library. Using a non-toxic cold water dye for silk that needs no chemicals or heat to...

  • Film Screening: "On Paper Wings"

    2009年06月27日

    On Paper Wings is the story of four Japanese women who worked on balloon bombs, the families of those killed in the U.S., and the man whose actions brought them all together forty years after WWII, and the balloon bomb project. During WWII, the Japanese military developed a new weapon intended to strike directly at the American continent – the balloon bomb. Thousands of hydrogen-filled balloons were attached to ...

  • Gokurosama

    2009年02月14日 - 2009年05月24日

    Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i is an exhibition of 35 black & white portraits by Honolulu photographer Brian Y. Sato. The term gokurōsama, which is used to express appreciation of someone’s hard work and sacrifice, embodies the spirit and cultural heritage of these second-generation (Nisei) Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. Starting in 2002, Sato photographed more than 70 Nisei from O‘ahu a...

  • Joseph Ileto Speaker Series presents Helen Zia

    2005年08月26日

    In partnership with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, the National Museum is proud to host this conversation with award winning journalist, author, and activist, Helen Zia. A tireless advocate for the rights of Asian Americans, women, gays, and lesbians, Zia shares the lessons of her work and vision for the future. Named after Filipino American postal worker and hate crime victim, Josep...

  • Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics

    2004年02月07日 - 2004年05月30日

    Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics is the first major American exhibition of Noguchi’s postwar work in ceramics. The exhibition includes approximately 75 clay sculptures presented as a chronological account of Noguchi’s evolution as a sculptor along with the works of Japanese modern ceramicists. Noguchi’s explorations into a wide range of themes, from the abstract to the material, display his fearlessness ...

  • Behind the Camera: Meet Museum Filmmakers—Screening and Discussion

    2000年01月20日

    Featuring: Karen L. Ishizuka and Robert A. Nakamura The Museum kicks off the year 2000 with a new series on the third Thursday of each month. Join the award-winning filmmaking team of Karen L. Ishizuka and Robert A. Nakamura and view two of their films: Fools’ Dance is a dramatic comedy of life (and death) in a convalescent home which stars Mako and the late Esther Rolle, and Wataridori: Birds of Passage i...