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Continuing Explorations in Shibori Dyeing with Glennis Dolce

2013年04月06日

Whether you are new to shibori or continuing your practice, come join us as we continue to find various ways to create pattern and texture on cloth. We will stitch, fold, twist, wrap and roll...fabrics new and old. There will be lots of silks to explore- feel free to bring some of your own. Glennis will also bring her antique zakuri and give you a demonstration of how silk is reeled from a cocoons she has raised he...

TATEUCHI FOUNDATION NAMES DEMOCRACY FORUM

2009年12月11日

In ceremonies held in October, the Japanese American National Museum officially unveiled the new name for its Democracy Forum, part of its National Center for the Preservation of Democracy: the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. The Tateuchi Democracy Forum was officially opened in ceremonies held with the National Museum’s Board of Trustees and a representative of the Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation, located in...

Fighting For Democracy at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (Tuskegee, AL)

2009年07月25日 - 2010年01月10日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Tuskegee, Alabama About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democra...

Katia Moraes and Pure Samba

2005年06月23日

Celebrate the beginning of summer with a performance by one of the most versatile and successful Brazilian artists in Los Angeles. Singer-songwriter, Katia Moraes, and her latest project, Pure Samba, will fill the National Museum with the sound of sambas and marchinhas straight from the heart of Rio.

Members' Reception for the exhibition, "Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange"

2002年07月27日

Open to members at the Contributing Level ($125) and above. By invitation only. RSVP required. Please call Theresa Hashimoto at 213.830.5655 for more information.

Sponsors' Reception for the exhibition, "Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange"

2002年07月26日

Attendance at this private event is by invitation only.

"Born Free and Equal"

2002年05月19日

Born Free and Equal, a collection of photographs taken by renowned photographer Ansel Adams at the Manzanar concentration camp, was recently re-released in a new and complete edition in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. Join us as Archie Miyatake, son of renowned photographer Toyo Miyatake, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, board member of the National Japanese American Historical Soci...

Living in Color

2001年10月27日 - 2002年04月07日

This exhibition of paintings is the first retrospective survey of the art of Issei painter Hideo Date (b. 1907). Trained in Tokyo and Los Angeles, Date was an influential member of avant-garde art circles in pre-World War II Los Angeles. He belonged to the Los Angeles Art Students League and founded the self-named “Los Angeles Oriental Artists Group.” The outbreak of war took Date from the dynamic and diverse Los ...

More Than a Game

2000年03月04日 - 2001年02月18日

More Than a Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community tells the story of one immigrant group through the universally popular topic of sport. From initial immigration in the late 1800s through incarceration during World War II and the triumph of the 1952 Olympics where four Japanese Americans won a total of seven medals, the exhibition reveals a unique and, often untold, perspective on how sport influenced and...

Dear Miss Breed

1997年01月14日 - 1997年04月13日

"Dear Miss Breed..." the letters begin. Over 250 of them in all, these faded and creased remnants of history tell the story of young Japanese Americans incarcerated in America's World War II concentration camps and illustrate how the commitment of a single person can profoundly touch the lives of so many people. A selection of these letters to Miss Breed are featured in this virtual exhibition. In order to fully util...