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  • Visual Communications: Uprooted from the Scenes

    Jul 28, 2016

    In the Tateuchi Democracy Forum Join Visual Communications for the tenth edition of their popular summertime community extravaganza, organized and hosted by VC’s stable of summer interns. Screenings will include highlights from the 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, works from VC’s Armed with a Camera Fellowship and Digital Histories senior media workshop, and select premieres by local APIA filmmakers. ...

  • Asians on Film Festival

    Mar 10, 2016 - Mar 13, 2016

    Thursday, March 10–Sunday, March 13 The Asians on Film Festival grew out of the website asiansonfilm.com, now a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting under-recognized Asians and Asian Americans working in the film industry. The annual festival, hosted by JANM, showcases nearly 100 of the best short films submitted to the website over the past year. Visit asiansonfilm.com for more inform...

  • Asian American Music Festival's Movement 2: Generations

    Oct 16, 2010

    Asian American Music Festival's Movement 2 is a direct tribute to the Asian American jazz legacy and the API consciousness movement with performances by two generations of leading Asian American pianists, Gary Fukushima and Jon Jang. Movement 2 closes with the world premiere of "Concerto for Jazz Orchestra and Taiko" composed by Jon Jang, performed by The New Asian American Jazz Orchestra directed by Gary Fukushima. ...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- Black Indians: An American Story

    Jul 31, 2008

    Black Indians: An American Story Narrator James Earl Jones brings to focus a forgotten part of American history – the cultural and racial fusion of Native and African Americans. Black Indians: An American Story explores what brought the two groups together, what drove them apart and the challenges they face today. Scheduled discussion to follow screening with Valena Broussard Dismukes (Choctaw), author of The Red-Bl...

  • Barbara Kawakami on Issei Women and Textiles from the Plantation

    Mar 18, 2007

    Groundbreaking researcher, Barbara Kawakami, makes a rare visit to the National Museum for a conversation about the critical role Issei women played in shaping the socio-cultural life of pre-World War II Hawai`i. By "talking story" about women both remarkable and ordinary, Kawakami uses the treasure trove of textiles and oral histories found in her collection to shed light on the legacy of the Issei pioneers. Light r...

  • Art-Talk-Art "The Impossible Series"

    Apr 17, 2003

    The second in a series of six lectures and conversations featuring distinguished contemporary thinkers and artists. This program will focus on how our conceptions of the "possible," potential and pragmatic, shape our understanding and creative responses to "the impossible". For more information and for the schedule of lecturers, please visit www.farsited.org or call F.A.R. at 213.386.5572.

  • All-Camps Summit: Ensuring the Legacy

    Nov 15, 2002 - Nov 17, 2002

    The year 2002 marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. To commemorate this historic event and to ensure the legacy of the concentration camp experience is passed on to future generations, we invite you to join us at this special event. Workshops, dialogue sessions, presentations from national keynote speakers and an all-camps reunion reception, are just a few of the many activities offere...

  • ROBERT MURASE - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

    Oct 21, 1998

    Robert Murase designed the rock and water garden for the new Pavilion at the Japanese American National Museum. With more than 30 years experience as a landscape architect, Mr. Murase has designed courtyards and unique spaces for museums, libraries, hospitals, schools, and municipal buildings. He has also been responsible for the master planning and design for visitor and resort complexes, university campuses and p...

  • Memory Candles

    Feb 08, 1998

    Family Art Workshop Remembering and honoring your ancestors is an important part of building a strong personal and community life. Join artist Tony Osumi in creating and decorating your own eight-inch divinity candles with family photos and written memories of family members who have passed away. All are encouraged to bring family photos, letters and any written text that brings memories of a relative. Reservat...

  • Big Drum Articles—Kenny Endo

    Kenny Endo: Connecting to Heritage through Music Working with artists in various genres, he has paved new directions in using the traditional taiko, bringing a refreshing and creative approach to music through his background in western, ethnic, and traditional Japanese drumming. —from the Taiko Center of the Pacific website Taiko has played a significant role in Japan’s music history, appearing in ...