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  • Building the Asian American Movement: Then and Now

    Jul 12, 2019

    SOLD OUT FREE Take a cross-generational look at the challenges and opportunities Asian American communities face as they continue to grow and engage in political action. Hear from a panel of Asian American activists who span the 1970s to the present. Learn about what motivated them to become politically charged and find what out what they believe it means to be an activist in today’s world and what issues c...

  • 8+1: A Symposium Voices from The Asian American Literary Review

    May 07, 2011

    FREE! 8+1: A Symposium: Voices from The Asian American Literary Review is a day-long celebration of Asian American literature and Asian American writers. Featuring paired readings and Q&A sessions by established and emerging authors whose work has or will appear in the pages of the literary journal The Asian American Literary Review. Readers include Joy Kogawa, Kip Fulbeck, Rishi Reddi, R. Zamora Linmark, Reese...

  • 2010 Oshogatsu Family Festival

    Jan 03, 2010

    FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY! Celebrate the new year with fun arts ‘n crafts, exciting cultural performances, and learn more about traditional Japanese New Years. 11:00 – 5:00: Craft and other fun activities for the entire family: Japanese spinning tops called koma are a traditional Japanese toy. Put a fun spin on 2010 by making one of your own! Make a tiger to celebrate 2010: the year of the tiger! ...

  • " Be Water, My Friend " by Ken Mochizuki

    Oct 10, 2009

    FREE! Hear award winning author Ken Mochizuki read his new book, Be Water, My Friend, about Bruce Lee’s early childhood, and also Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, which tells the inspiring story of Chiune Sugihara. Be Water, My Friend will be available for purchase on the day of event. [Purchase a copy of Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story at the Museum Store Online]

  • RICHARD MURAKAMI PRESENTED MIKI TANIMURA OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD FOR 2008

    Aug 05, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum presented its Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2008 to Richard Murakami at its annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon in the Aratani Central Hall earlier this year. Murakami, who has been involved in several areas in support of the National Museum, including fundraising, photography and outreach, was presented the highest volunteer honor bestowed by the institution...

  • Comedy Zen

    Jan 29, 2009

    ComedyTheory is very pleased to be working with JANM on the return of Comedy Zen, a showcase of the finest and funniest Asian American comedians touring today. Comedy Zen is a national TV show on the Imaginasian Cable Network. True to form, Comedy Zen always books a non Asian comedian so we can get their point of view on Asian issues alongside their day to day observations. The Year of the Ox is said to be a ro...

  • Finding Family Stories (2003)

    Mar 14, 2003 - Jul 06, 2003

    In March 2003, the sixth year of finding family stories culminates with an exhibition at four partner institutions of the works of eight artists chosen by representatives from these institutions: the Japanese American National Museum (the organizing institution), the California African American Museum, the Chinese American Museum and Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. finding family stories brings together living arti...

  • Youth Culture in Boyle Heights: Past and Present

    Nov 18, 2001

    This program will explore past and present youth culture in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles' most dynamic and historic neighborhoods. This program is being held in conjunction with the Boyle Heights Project, a multiethnic and collaborative approach to documenting a Los Angeles neighborhood. The project is an initiative of the Japanese American National Museum, the International Institute of Los Angeles, the Jewish ...

  • Bruce and Norman Yonemoto

    Jan 23, 1999 - Jul 04, 1999

    This provocative exhibition surveys the film, video, and video installation art of Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, Los Angeles-based, Sansei (third generation Japanese American) brothers who have worked collaboratively since 1976. The first comprehensive exhibition of their career, it includes a newly commissioned piece, Silicon Valley, which combines dramatic projection of archival film footage of the atomic bomb blas...

  • Woodblock Printing Workshop: Part 1

    Feb 01, 1997

    Kona Coffee Story Exhibit Series Special Workshop Instructor: Hiroke Morinoue. The first of a two-day intensive workshop (February 1 and 2) on moku-hanga, the art of woodblock printing. Students will learn the technique of cutting, printing, and preparing the paper. Members $55, non-members $65 for both days. Fees include materials and use of tools. Limited to 15 adult students. Reservations required by Januar...