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No-No Boys, Draft Resistors & the Legacy of the internment: David Mura's New Novel

2008年10月11日

David Mura, author of Turning Japanese, will read from and discuss his new novel Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire. The novel explores the fate of a Japanese American family whose father was a No-No Boy during World War II. The narrator, Ben Ohara, is a sansei who grows up knowing little of his father's past. Mura will talk about the continued relevance of the internment in the current debates on national sec...

Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Holiday Cards

2008年10月11日

Create fun Halloween and Thanksgiving cards for your friends and family. $8 for National Museum members; $13 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

The True Patriot

2008年10月09日

Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer authors of The True Patriot will lead a lively conversation on what constitutes “true” patriotism and how its pursuit can change politics in America. For more information about the book, visit www.truepat.org/

Museums Free-For-All

2008年10月05日

ADMISSION: Free In a joint effort to welcome diverse communities across Southern California, the Museum Marketing Roundtable announces the fourth annual "Museums Free-For-All" during the weekend of Saturday, October 4, and Sunday, October 5, 2008. The twenty-four institutions listed below—exploring art, cultural heritage, natural history and science—will offer free admission to all visitors on one or both dates....

20 Years Ago Today Exhibition Opening Celebration!

2008年10月04日

FREE to the public Enjoy a special exhibition opening of California Community Foundation Presents 20 Years Ago Today: Supporting Individual Artists in L.A. All are invited to view some of L.A.’s most exciting and innovative visual works of art from the past twenty years. No RSVPs required.

Exhibition Tour: Common Ground

2008年10月04日

Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with our experienced and knowledgeable docents.

Asian American Poetry & Writing Presents: Creative Writing Classes

2008年10月04日 - 2008年11月08日

This Fall 2008 Asian American Poetry and Writing (AAPW) and the Japanese American National Museum are proud and excited to offer community-based creative writing workshops for aspiring and emerging writers. Our goal is to create affordable and culturally sensitive classes that allows writers the space to explore craft and theme in their work. When: October 4, 2008 - November 8, 2008 (Saturday mornings and af...

20 Years Ago Today

2008年10月04日 - 2009年01月11日

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the California Community Foundation’s Fellowships for Visual Artists, this exhibition illustrates the cultural emergence of Los Angeles as seen through the development of visual artists. Since the fellowships were first awarded in 1988, L.A.’s arts landscape has changed considerably. Today, the milieu of the city’s art is receiving increased global recognition. This exhibition f...

New Exhibition: "A Process of Reflection: Paintings by Hisako Hibi" Opens July 27

1999年07月27日

A Process of Reflection: Paintings by Hisako Hibi, a new exhibition organized by the Japanese American National Museum devoted to the art and life of issei (first generation Japanese American) woman artist Hisako Hibi (1907–1991) opens Tuesday, July 27 in the Museum’s new Pavilion. This new exhibition features paintings never before exhibited in Los Angeles and includes many of Hibi’s oil-on-canvas paintings made w...

International Scholars discuss U.S. History: "Thrust into the Mainstream: American Assimilation Policies" at Japanese American National Museum July 24

1999年07月24日

The Japanese American National Museum will host an afternoon of engaging lectures comparing two strikingly similar instances of the United States government implementing racial policies: Japanese American "resettlement" after World War II and Native American "relocation" in the 1950s, on Saturday, July 24 at 1 p.m. The discussion will revolve around Dillon S. Myer, director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), an...