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The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Racist Remarks from the Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest

2022年12月22日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned by the offensive tropes designed to mock Asian languages that Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon uttered during a commencement ceremony on December 10, 2022. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee released a letter demanding Keon’s resignation and has yet to hear from him. “As the public face and leader of the unive...

Screening and Q&A —The Race Epidemic: Resurgence of the Yellow Peril

2021年10月14日

FREE ($20 Suggested Donation) This screening is currently SOLD OUT. If you would like to be added to a wait list to be alerted if tickets become available or are interested in seating in the overflow screening space, please email publicprograms@janm.org. Join Representative Mark Takano, CA State Treasurer John Chiang, and John Kobara (JANM Board of Governors) in a conversation emcee'd by Fox 11 An...

JANM’S HELLO KITTY PANEL DISCUSSIONS EXPLORE ICONIC CHARACTER’S CULTURAL ROLE AND INFLUENCE

2015年02月13日

Tickets are now available for several unique public programs at the Japanese American National Museum, all tied to the museum’s current hit exhibition Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty Critiqued On February 22, at 2 p.m., JANM will present a panel discussion that takes a critical look at Hello Kitty and examines her phenomenon from various perspectives. The panel will be moderat...

NEW JANM FILM SERIES KICKS OFF WITH "THE JOY LUCK CLUB"

2015年01月29日

The Joy Luck Club will kick-off Big Trouble in Little Tokyo, a new film screening series presented by the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in partnership with Angry Asian Man, First Pond Entertainment, and Visual Communications, on Wednesday, February 11, at 7 p.m. A light reception will precede the screening at 6 p.m. and the movie will be followed by a Q&A with director Wayne Wang and others affiliated wi...

JANM’S COMMUNITY MURAL PAINTING DAY RESCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH TARGET FREE FAMILY DAY

2014年11月04日

The community day of painting for the Japanese American National Museum’s recently commissioned mural, Moon Beholders, has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 8, 2014, to coincide with the museum’s next Target Free Family Saturday. The mural will be painted on the north wall of JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. Mural painting will take place 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Target Free Family Saturday ...

KOKORO CRAFT BOUTIQUE SET FOR OCTOBER 5 AT JANM

2014年09月24日

The sixth annual Kokoro Craft Boutique, organized by volunteers at the Japanese American National Museum, will take place Sunday, October 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In appreciation of the museum’s supporters and community friends, admission to JANM that day will be "pay what you wish." Yuujou Daiko, a taiko performance group based in South San Gabriel, will perform at 1 p.m. Kokoro Craft Boutique will feature m...

JANM’S SUMMER FAMILY FESTIVAL SET FOR AUGUST 9

2014年07月10日

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri ("Summer Festival"), on August 9, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the yearly celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free all day, and all current exhibitions will be available for viewing. Highlights of the day will include a performance by East LA Taiko, a karaoke contes...

JANM RECEIVES GRANT FROM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

2014年07月08日

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has been awarded more than $130,000 from the National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program for support of a two-year project, "A Collections-Based Guide for Digitally Exploring America’s Concentration Camps." The grant is one of just twenty-one awarded for 2014; the grant program is now in its sixth year. "This is a significant grant for t...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM PARTNERS WITH SANRIO TO CELEBRATE HELLO KITTY'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY

2014年06月03日

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present a first-of-its-kind exhibition in honor of the 40th anniversary of pop icon Hello Kitty, beginning October 11, 2014. Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty will combine a product-based historical and sociological examination of Hello Kitty, including rare and unique pieces from Sanrio’s archives, with an installation of mixed media works by arti...

'Nights Of Fire, Nights Of Rain' Reading

1998年03月25日

Poet Amy Uyematsu will read from her latest book of poems, Nights of Fire, Nights of Rain, on Saturday, April 25, 1998 from 2 p.m.–4 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum, located at 369 East First Street in the Little Tokyo Historic District of Los Angeles. Her new collection of poetry addresses living in Los Angeles during the mid-1990’s, from the riots and violence of the city, to fires and other natura...