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  • Two-Day Workshop: Shibori Mandalas

    Jan 18, 2020 - Jan 19, 2020

    Explore the endless possibilities of mandalas in this contemporary shibori workshop, in which you’ll use colorful dyes to create eye-catching patterns for pillows, quilts, and other projects. Bring scissors and a seam ripper. All fabrics, dyes, and other materials are supplied. Please wear workshop attire. $72 members, $90 non-members, plus $40 materials fee due to instructor at beginning of class (cash only). ...

  • Opening Day: “Transpacific Borderlands”

    Sep 17, 2017

    FREE ALL DAY Transpacific Borderlands examines the work and experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. Join us for our exciting opening d...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Instructions to All Persons"

    Jun 10, 2017

    Join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Operations/Art Director, for an in-depth gallery tour of Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066. Limited to 25 members. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Traditions and Craft in Japanese "Moku-hanga"

    May 31, 2014

    Master printer Paul Mullowney will lead a hands-on workshop on creating woodblock prints, including an introduction to the history of its connection to ukiyo-e prints, Japanese tattoo imagery, and the 20th century sosaku hanga (creative prints) of leading figures like Shikoh Munakata. In the spirit of the exhibition, Perseverance, the workshop will focus on the crossover shared between the traditions of tattooing ...

  • Fighting For Democracy at Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, MI)

    Feb 02, 2012 - Aug 12, 2012

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Arab American National Museum Dearborn, MI Extended to August 12! About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting...

  • BOOK PARTY FOR 'IWAO TAKAMOTO: MY LIFE WITH A THOUSAND CHARACTERS' NOV. 8

    Oct 28, 2009

    Co-authors Mike Mallory and Barbara Takamoto will discuss their work on the autobiography, Iwao Takamoto: My Life With A Thousand Characters, and their remembrances of the late pioneer animator Iwao Takamoto at a presentation set for Sunday, Nov. 8, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Takamoto, who began his career in animation at the Walt Disney Studios, had become famous as the designer...

  • 20 Years Ago Today

    Oct 04, 2008 - Jan 11, 2009

    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...

  • Film Screening: “Farewell to Manzanar”

    Feb 18, 2007

    To mark the 30th anniversary of the telecast of Farewell to Manzanar, the National Museum hosts a screening followed by a conversation with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and her husband James D. Houston. The film is a poignant portrayal not only of the Wakatsukis’ experience, but a celebration, as well, of the resilience of the human spirit. Panel also includes participants of the original film. This presentation is ma...

  • A Conversation with Jun Kaneko

    Aug 06, 2005

    The third of three conversations focusing on significant Japanese American artists who work with clay features Jun Kaneko. Jun Kaneko began his career as a painter, becoming a sculptor when he arrived in the US from Japan in the 1960's. He was educated at the Chouinard Art Institute and the California Institute of Art in Los Angeles, the University of California at Berkeley, and Claremont Graduate School. Kaneko has ...

  • The Kona Coffee Story

    Feb 09, 1997 - Jun 09, 1997

    The Kona Coffee Story tells the story of the coffee growing industry of Kona on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, from the arrival of the first coffee plants in 1828 to the poignant stories of the Japanese American coffee pioneers living today. A joint production of the Japanese American National Museum and the Kona Japanese Civic Association, this exhibition recently was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Amer...