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ASOBI at JANM: Greeting Cards with Kristina Yu of Cheery Human Studios

2024年05月09日

Bring a friend or two to this greeting card workshop! Draw and color alongside Kristina Yu of Cheery Human Studios as she walks through her artistic process and teaches participants how to make a card to keep or gift to a friend. Participants will receive a greeting card coloring sheet and coloring materials. They are also welcome to bring their favorite art supplies (colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc) to this f...

Defining Courage at the Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco, CA)

2024年03月02日

ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! Saturday, March 2, 2024 • 4 p.m. Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CA 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 Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Considered the greatest fighting u...

JANM Hosts the Natsumatsuri Family Festival on August 12, 2023

2023年07月27日

LOS ANGELES, CA – Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 12, 2023, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Museum’s annual summer celebration features free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages. Admission to the Natsumatsuri Family Festival is free. All visitors are requested to register for their free tickets to ensure smo...

Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market Opening Celebration

2023年06月30日

FREE Join us for the opening of Aki’s Market, a new and uniquely personal project by acclaimed multimedia artist and filmmaker Glenn Akira Kaino. Visit this new exhibition for free, explore the museum, and dance to beats by DJ Melo-D of the Beat Junkies. Food and ice cream available for purchase from food trucks Savage Taco and Moom Maam. Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s sm...

2020 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance—Democracy in Crisis: 1942 and 2020

2020年02月15日

PAY WHAT YOU WISH Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. Executive Order 9066 authorized the military to remove and incarcerate persons of Japanese ancestry into American concentration camps. The theme for this year’s Day of Remembrance event is Democracy in Crisis: 1942 and 2020, exploring how democracy has been tested in b...

ANN BURROUGHS ELECTED CHAIR OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S GLOBAL COUNCIL

2018年08月15日

Los Angeles, CA—Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, has been named Chair of Amnesty International’s Global Council, the organization’s highest decision-making body that brings together human rights leaders from over 70 countries. “Ann has been a transformative leader of the Japanese American National Museum since joining us 2016. She has long been involved with Amnesty Intern...

NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING LIFE AND CAREER OF GEORGE TAKEI OPENING AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年02月27日

Los Angeles, CA A new exhibition exploring the life and career of pioneering actor, activist, and social media icon George Takei will open at the Japanese American National Museum on March 12. New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei creates a portrait of a unique individual while offering an innovative means of engaging with the social history of America. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen p...

Community Day of Remembrance

2014年02月15日

Pay-what-you-can! GENERATIONS SPEAK OUT: IMPACTS OF E.O. 9066 The annual Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which enabled the military to forcibly remove and incarcerate 120,000 Japanese American men, women and children. This devastating experience to the Issei and Nisei continues to impact our multigenerational community ...

KRISTINA MCMORRIS, AUTHOR OF 'BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES' TO SPEAK AT JANM ON JULY 14

2012年07月06日

Kristina McMorris, author of the novel Bridge of Scarlet Leaves, will read from her book and speak at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 14, beginning at 2 p.m. Bridge of Scarlet Leaves begins in 1941 when young Maddie Kern secretly elopes with her Japanese American boy friend, Lane Moritomo. Besides the turmoil created in both families over the inter-racial union (whi...

TWIN SISTERS' LONG STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME CYSTIC FIBROSIS SUBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY, 'THE POWER OF TWO'

2012年06月12日

Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and Anabel Stenzel, twin sisters whose mother is Japanese, will be on hand to answer questions after a screening of the documentary, "The Power of Two" (with Japanese subtitles), about their lives and how they struggled to overcome cystic fibrosis (CF) in a special Tateuchi Public Program at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on Saturday, June 30, beginning at 1 p.m. in the Tateuchi De...