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  • Giant Robot Workshop: Plant Buddies with Sean Chao

    Jun 15, 2024

    Join Giant Robot Biennale 5 exhibition artist, Sean Chao, as he guides you through making a small “plant buddy” out of clay, reflecting on his own miniature sculpture practice. Born in Taipei and based in Los Angeles, Chao is known for his detailed miniature sculptures of polymer clay, bass wood, balsa wood, paper, and wire. This workshop is sold out. Please click the link above to sign up for the waitlist a...

  • JANM Congratulates June Kuramoto, 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellow

    Mar 18, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) applauds June Kuramoto who is a recipient of the 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellow. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has presented this award—the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts—to recognize individuals whose dedication and artistry contribute to the growth and preservation of diverse cultural traditions in the...

  • LITTLE TOKYO-ALIGNED GROUPS UNITE IN OPPOSITION TO USE OF FORT SILL AS DETENTION CENTER

    Jun 21, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—Representatives of several community organizations located in or aligned with Little Tokyo will protest the White House’s plans to use Fort Sill in Oklahoma as a detention center for immigrant children and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention practices in general on June 27, 2019, at 7 p.m., on the plaza of the Japanese American National Museum. The groups are demanding an end to the inhuma...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project"

    Sep 08, 2018

    Join exhibition creator Kip Fulbeck for a gallery tour of hapa.me. Space is limited to 25 participants. RSVP by September 4 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • YASUO KUMODA, KNOWN AS 'MR. TOFU', TO DISCUSS CHALLENGE OF POPULARIZING TOFU IN U.S.

    Mar 10, 2012

    Yasuo Kumoda, whose autobiography is entitled They Call Me Mr. Tofu, will make a presentation on the challenges of convincing Americans on the health benefits of eating tofu at a free Tateuchi Public Programs set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, March 17, beginning at 1 p.m. Besides the presentation, there will be a product demonstration and free samples will be provided. Kumoda had started a...

  • Performance of Cold Tofu's The Armando Show!

    Oct 28, 2010

    The Armando Show is a long-form improv performance inspired by an audience suggestion. A special guest host (or “Armando”) interprets that suggestion through a personal and truthful improvised monologue. Inspired by that monologue, COLD TOFU performs scenes that, in turn, inspire a response from our Armando. This propels hilarious interchanges between the Armando’s monologues and the company’s scenes. "Pay-Wha...

  • " A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America " by Greg Robinson

    Oct 24, 2009

    The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a transnational perspective. Drawing on newly discovered material, Robinson pr...

  • Sights Unseen: The Photographic Constructions of Masumi Hayashi, May 31 - September 14, 2003

    May 31, 2003

    The Japanese American National Museum will present the first survey of the work by Japanese American photographer Masumi Hayashi in the exhibition Sights Unseen: The Photographic Constructions of Mayumi Hayashi, opening May 31, 2003. The exhibition includes 30 photographs that explore bucolic landscapes, and the unseen reality just below the surface. The photocollages come from five bodies of Hayashi’s work—abandon...

  • Exclusive Preview for all Current Members to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, "Boyle Heights: The Power of Place"

    Sep 07, 2002

    All current National Museum members are invited for an exclusive preview of Boyle Heights: The Power of Place. Guided tours will be available and light refreshments will be served. RSVP required. To RSVP for this event, please contact Mavi Llamas at 213.830.5686.

  • Cold Tofu Improv Performance—“The Joy of Springtime Soy”

    Apr 20, 2000

    Love is in the air. Join Cold Tofu for a sassy Spring session of improv.