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  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF U.S. SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE

    Dec 21, 2012

    The Japanese American National Museum mourns the loss this week of an exceptional leader and friend, U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye. Distinguished World War II veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, and true public servant, Senator Inouye was a long standing champion for civil rights and social justice. He served as leader and advisor to many institutions across the country, including the Japanese American National Muse...

  • ORIGINAL OPERA PIECE, 'WHITE BIRD OF POSTON', TO BE PERFORMED MAY 15 AT MUSEUM

    May 07, 2011

    The Los Angeles Opera’s In School Opera program with Secondary Schools will present the original piece, "White Bird of Poston", on Sunday, May 15, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Composed by Eli Villanueva with librettist Leslie Stevens, the "White Bird of Poston" is a 47-minute opera featuring four professional principal singers, three professional musicians and original sets, costum...

  • Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe

    Nov 12, 2009

    Director, Harry Kim goes through eight haphazard years filled with mayhem to follow and deliver a portrait of David Choe, a young street artist that devises numerous schemes that afford him to hitchhike across the globe. A discussion will immediately follow this presentation providing an insider perspective on the life of artist David Choe.

  • Community Day of Remembrance - Claiming History: Justice Along Color Lines

    Feb 18, 2006

    FREE GENERAL ADMISSION Admission to the special exhibition, Isamu Noguchi - Sculptural Design - $4 The Day of Remembrance annually marks President Roosevelt's infamous signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Hawai`i during World War II. More than forty years later, the United States government ap...

  • "Circles of Grace": A Family Concert for Peace

    Jul 18, 2004

    Bring your family and friends to hear music of compassion and hope. This concert features the MASS ENSEMBLE creators of large-scale, architecturally-inspired stringed instruments such as the Peace and Wing Harps, the celebrated AGAPE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR, and acclaimed singer/songwriter, PERLA BATALLA. Hosted by YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS, Wednesday host of the Global Village on KPFK/90.7 FM. Co-produced by Community Arts Reso...

  • An Afternoon of Nagauta Shamisen Music

    Apr 27, 2002

    Featuring Lillian Nakano, Madame Kikusa Katada and Tom Kurai The National Museum presents the ninth in a series of shamisen performances by California Arts Council recipients and National Museum resident artist Lillian Nakano. Special guest artists will perform the traditional Kabuki Hayashi and traditional Japanese percussion music. The program is made possible through funding from the California Arts Council.

  • The Art of Injustice: Messages Behind the Images

    Jul 07, 2001

    Featuring: Kristine Kim, co-curator of the exhibition, Rick Moss, curator at the California African American Museum, Nelly Toll, contemporary artist and author of When Memory Speaks: The Holocaust in Art and moderated by Nancy Berman, Director Emeritus and curator at the Skirball Cultural Center.

  • "Tropic of Orange" by Karen Tei Yamashita

    Jan 11, 1998

    A bizarre set of circumstances are set in motion by an orange brought to Los Angeles from Mexico. Join us for an afternoon reading from Karen’s latest work. Her writing captures the essence of the incongruity of our modern lives and offers a tumultuous look at the diversity of American society. Free with Museum admission. Reservations suggested by January 7.

  • Kanemitsu Remembered part of "Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions"

    Dec 16, 1997

    Tuesday at Fisher At the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California University Park, Exposition Blvd. 213.740.4561 Join us for this program presented at the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, as we remember featured artist Matsumi Kanemitsu. Kanemitsu had a profound influence on many contemporary California artists. Nancy Uyemura, artist and friend of Kanemitsu, will lead fellow student...

  • Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami - Artists

    John Blackman (b.1955, American) John Blackman’s interest in origami originated as a child and has grown into a passion. His other pursuits are gardening, nature, and Ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arranging), all of which he merges with origami. Today Blackman mainly folds plant and flower forms, often turning them into Japanese-style arrangements. His works have been exhibited at several Origami USA nati...