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  • Fueled by Fury with Joan Takayama-Ogawa & Renee Tajima-Peña

    Nov 17, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join ceramics artist Joan Takayama-Ogawa and award-winning filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña for a conversation about using their anger at injustice to create powerful art that inspires social change. This conversation is presented in conjunction with the new exhibition, Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Ceramic Beacon, at the Craft in America Center. Image courtesy of Joan Takayama-Og...

  • Film Screening and Discussion—"East Side Sushi"

    Jan 28, 2017

    East Side Sushi follows Juana, a single, working-class Latina mother, as she discovers a passion for making sushi. Years of working in the food industry have made Juana’s hands very fast; she can slice and dice anything with great speed and precision. Forced to give up her fruit-vending cart in order to find a more secure job, Juana becomes a kitchen assistant at a local Japanese restaurant and discovers a whole n...

  • Two-Day Craft Workshop—Indigo and Shibori in the 21st Century

    Nov 21, 2015 - Nov 22, 2015

    Saturday, November 21–Sunday, November 22 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Back by popular demand! Enjoy two days of indigo dyeing with a focus on learning how the dye takes to different textiles. Shibori techniques to be explored include arashi, itajime, and nui, as well as combined and invented techniques. Material kits will include handouts, threads, and many types of vintage kimono silks as well as some cottons, bambo...

  • Author Discussion—"The Inker’s Shadow" by Allen Say

    Oct 10, 2015

    FREE Allen Say is the award-winning author and illustrator of many acclaimed children’s books, including Drawing from Memory, an autobiographical volume that explored his love of comic books through a collection of his own photographs and drawings. Say now offers a companion to that book in The Inker’s Shadow, a graphic novel that tells the story of his own coming-of-age. As a teenager in Southern Califor...

  • Panel Discussion and Screening: "Lil Tokyo Reporter: Sei Fujii's Fight for Nikkei Rights"

    Aug 01, 2015

    Lil Tokyo Reporter is a short film inspired by the true story of Sei Fujii, a community leader who looked out for the interests of Japanese American people in Southern California during the first half of the 20th century. Fujii is best known for building the much-needed Japanese Hospital and for overturning the California Alien Land Law in 1952. Set during the Great Depression, the film shows Fujii using his r...

  • Marvels & Monsters

    Oct 12, 2013 - Feb 09, 2014

    Through a selection of images from comic books representing four turbulent decades, Marvels & Monsters illustrates how evolving racial and cultural archetypes defined America’s perceptions of Asians. This exhibition draws from noted science fiction author and cultural studies scholar William F. Wu’s comic book collection—the largest archive of comic books featuring Asians and Asian Americans—that was donated to the N...

  • "Pacific Citizens" by Greg Robinson

    Dec 01, 2012

    Pacific Citizens collects key writings of Larry S. Tajiri, a multitalented journalist, essayist, and popular culture maven. He and his wife, Guyo, became leading figures in Nisei political life as the central purveyors of news for and about Japanese Americans during World War II. The Tajiris also created the Pacific Citizen, a forum for liberal and progressive views on politics, civil rights, and democracy. Pa...

  • Origami Design Contest Information

    Aug 11, 2012

    DATE & TIME: August 11, 11AM-4PM LOCATION: Weingart Gallery Foyer AGE DIVISIONS: Child (under 13) and Adult (13+) This year’s Summer Festival will feature an Origami Design Contest for kids and adults! Contestants are welcome to use the origami paper provided by the National Museum to create their original origami designs. No materials other than what we provide can be used in the contest. HOW TO ENTER: Sign ...

  • Fighting For Democracy at National Constitution Center (Philadelphia, PA)

    Oct 14, 2011 - Jan 16, 2012

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION National Constitution Center Philadelphia, PA 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 For Democracy: Who is ...

  • America's Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience

    Mar 25, 1998

    PUBLIC PROGRAMS "COMING TO TERMS: The Impact of World War II on American Jews and Japanese Americans Today" Sunday, March 29, 1998 1 p.m.–5 pm New York University Law Library – Greenberg Lounge This public program brings the American Jewish and Japanese American communities together in an examination of the history of each group in relation to World War II. The audience will be engaged in a discus...