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Tanabata Kokeshi Workshop
Jun 29, 2019
SOLD OUT Tanabata commemorates the legend of star-crossed lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi, separated on opposite ends of the Milky Way. They were allowed to meet only once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month. Celebrate Tanabata this year by painting your own kokeshi doll versions of Orihime and Hikoboshi in a workshop led by renowned artist Mari Inukai. Limited to 15 participants or participant ...
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Contested Histories at 2019 Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage (Little Rock, AR)
Apr 12, 2019
TRAVELING DISPLAY2019 Jerome/Rohwer PilgrimageLittle Rock, AR9 a.m.–6 p.m.Workshop: 10–10:30 a.m.(Pilgrimage dates: April 11–13) 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 ...
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"Kaiju vs Heroes" Opening Day Panel and Signing
Sep 15, 2018
In conjunction with the opening of Kaiju vs. Heroes, toy designer and collector Mark Nagata and Marusan toy company President Eiji Kaminaga will participate in a discussion about kaiju toy history, the world of Japanese toy collecting, and their companies’ histories (Nagata is the founder of Max Toy Company). The Marusan toy company created some of the first vinyl kaiju and hero toys of the 1960s and these toys m...
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"Moving Day" program presented by GFBNEC
Jul 20, 2017
Each night through August 11, from sunset to midnight, Moving Day presents outdoor projections of Civilian Exclusion Order posters, which were issued during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal and incarceration. The date of each projection will coincide with the original issue date of the order being projected. Projections take place on the façade of the museum’s Hist...
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Member Exchange Weekend with the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, California
Jun 23, 2002
For Members Only! For more information call 213.830.5656
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Member Exchange Weekend with the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, California
Jun 22, 2002
For Members Only! For more information call 213.830.5656
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Member Exchange Weekend with the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California
May 19, 2002
For Members Only! For more information call 213.830.5656
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Member Exchange Weekend with the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California
May 18, 2002
For Members Only! For more information call 213.830.5656
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From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i - Press
For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414.
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Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles—Calendar of Events
Check out the programs being presented by the various partners from December 1–17, 2023.