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  • Film Screening, Q&A, and Reception—"Masters of Modern Design"

    2019年05月09日

    FREE From the hand-drawn typeface on the cover of The Godfather to Herman Miller’s biomorphic coffee table, the work of Japanese American designers including Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita, and Gyo Obata permeated postwar culture. While these second generation Japanese American artists have been celebrated, less-discussed is how their World War II incarceration—a period of intense hard...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour in Japanese

    2019年05月05日

    日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史を紹介する常設展「コモン・グラウンド」を日本語でご案内します。 ツアーは無料（入館料のみ）、予約不要です。

  • C3: Conference for Creative Content

    2019年05月04日

    The C3: Conference for Creative Content brings together the foremost media professionals in film, television, cable, digital, and transmedia to create a dialogue on the ever-changing media industry, share best practices, network, and to celebrate and build a collective vision. Presented by Visual Communications, the first non-profit organization in the country dedicated to portrayals of Asian Pacific American...

  • 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...

  • ZÓCALO—How Does Community Conflict Turn Into Genocide?

    2019年05月02日

    The Ninth Annual Zócalo Book Prize Lecture at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy History often blames genocide solely on murderous demagogues and military campaigns. But more often than not, the forces that unleash ethnic cleansing arise slowly and during peacetime, and stem from seemingly everyday interactions in places that are home to diverse peoples. What sorts of exchanges...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    2019年04月27日

    Learn about past and present-day Little Tokyo on a walking tour led by an in-the-know JANM docent. From murals to monuments, explore both the popular and lesser-known gems of this bustling neighborhood. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Contested Histories at Nihon Matsuri (Salt Lake City, UT)

    2019年04月27日

    TRAVELING DISPLAY Nihon Matsuri Salt Lake City, UT 10 a.m.–5 p.m Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any aspect of the li...

  • "Behind Barbed Wire" Book Signing and Reception with Paul Kitagaki Jr.

    2019年04月20日

    SOLD OUT To commemorate the upcoming release of his new book, Behind Barbed Wire, and in celebration of his highly regarded exhibition, Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, join photographer Paul Kitagaki Jr. for a special reception with several of the exhibition’s subjects. Kitagaki will also be signing copies of his forthcoming book, which has an official publication date of September 2019, but he will be off...

  • "Gambatte!" Exhibition Tour

    2019年04月20日

    SOLD OUT Join us for a gallery tour led by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Paul Kitagaki Jr. of his exhibition, Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, which closes on April 28. Limited to 30 participants. $12 general, free for JANM members. Museum admission included. Join us for a book signing and reception with Paul Kitagaki Jr at 3 p.m. Click here to RSVP.

  • Edible Adventures: Graze Little Tokyo

    2019年04月20日

    SOLD OUT On this culinary walking tour, explore the hidden corners of Little Tokyo and hear stories of the neighborhood’s past while sampling tasty snacks. Food stops will include renowned mochi makers Fugetsu-Do, mochi ice cream inventors Mikawaya, and popular imagawayaki (red bean cake) seller Mitsuru Café, while neighborhood stops will include Union Church of Los Angeles/East West Players, Koyasan Bei...