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35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2019年05月03日 - 2019年05月05日

Friday, May 3 – Sunday, May 5 Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) to JANM for a series of screenings. LAAPFF is the largest film festival in Southern California dedicated to showcasing films by and about Asians and Pacific Islanders from around the world. Established in 1983 by Visual C...

Los Angeles Tea Festival by Chado

2011年08月13日 - 2011年08月14日

Tea lovers will experience a world of teas and tea cultures as they enjoy focused tastings of teas from many origins, meet new and established authors and tea company exhibitors inside the National Museum. Featured guest speaker will be James Norwood Pratt: Tea Author, Historian & Story Teller. The Tea Festival will be opened on August 13 & 14, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Admission to the tea festi...

1st Annual Asian American Jazz Festival

2009年11月01日

The 1st annual Asian American Jazz Festival is the world's premiere festival celebrating the creative and innovative artistic visions and achievements of Asian American and Asian jazz artists from around the world. Although all artists come from different experiences, their interconnected identities will unite them through a common musical medium to create a unique, expressive, and culturally relevant Asian American ...

Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- The Buffalo War

2008年05月15日

The Buffalo War Chronicling the struggle over America’s last wild buffalo, filmmaker Matthew Testa joins a 500-mile spiritual march led by Lakota Sioux elder Rosalie Little Thunder; who explains their culture's deep-seated connection to the bison. Scheduled discussion to follow screening with Dr. Troy R. Johnson, Program Director of American Indian Studies at Cal State Long Beach and co-author of American India...

Voices from Okinawa

2007年04月05日

A Staged Reading by East West Players' Writers Gallery Kama Hutchins, an American graduate student of one quarter Okinawan descent, teaches English in Okinawa and receives an unexpected education in Okinawan-American relations. From the author of Leilani's Hibiscus and Lucky Go Hawaii. Developing new work and introducing new talent is vital to the creative process at East West Players. Promising new scripts are p...

Target Free Family Saturdays: More Than Crayons

2006年09月09日

This summer the National Museum debuts four wonderful days created especially for families. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. More than Crayons Watercolor--Photography--Pencil--Sculpture--Collage--Paint, and more... Utilize all types of art mediums to create your own masterpiece and tell a story....

Learn How To Cook Or Create Cards On July 11 At The Japanese American National Museum

1998年07月07日

The Japanese American National Museum is offering a chance for you to create "nori-seared scallops and soba noodles," or origami (paper folding) summer flowers, both on July 11 from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Learn the art of Maui Beach Cafe Cuisine with Chef Mako, or make your own timeless greeting cards with summer flowers; it’s your choice! The Japanese American National Museum is located at 369 East First Street in the Litt...

Art FUNshop - Family Activity: Photo Collage

1997年10月05日

Make a collage of your family, friends, and even yourself out of photographs, copies, decorative paper, magazine cutouts, and stickers taught by artist Kay Reiko Torres. Fun for children and families. Free with Museum admission. Reservations required by October 1. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Japanese American Artist

1997年07月13日

Lecture Featuring: Tom Wolf, Ph.D. Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953) began life in America like many other Issei (first generation of immigrant Japanese Americans). Following his arrival in 1906, he took on odd jobs in a Spokane railroad yard, a Seattle office building, and as an Imperial Valley farm worker. By the 1930s, he was a well-known, well-respected New York artist. How did this Issei become one of the most ...

Benji Okubo Collection

(2003.159, 2005.3) The online collection of artist Benji Okubo (1904-1975) features sixteen paintings dating from Okubo’s prolific period of the late 1920s to the mid-1940s, including several works created in Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While Okubo’s pre-war pieces demonstrate a unique blend of color juxtaposition and surrealism, his works completed in camp are notable for their commentary on militari...