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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Dec 01, 2018

    Take a tour of JANM’s core exhibition with our knowledgeable docents. This is a great opportunity for first-time visitors, long-time museum members, and everyone in between. Included with museum admission.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Nov 04, 2017

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Indigo Dyed and "Boro" Stitched "Shibori" with Shibori Girl

    Feb 01, 2014 - Feb 02, 2014

    This two-day workshop explores recycling vintage Japanese boro (tattered) textiles through indigo ombre dying techniques to create new scarves. Feel free to bring your own natural and lightweight fabric bits to use and share. $70 members, $90 non-members, an additional $40 materials fee (cash only) required at the beginning of class. Bring a pair of rubber gloves, sewing pins, and scissors. RSVP early; 24 partici...

  • Beginners Wagashi Workshop

    Nov 19, 2011

    This is a hands-on wagashi making class. Chikara Mizukami will demonstrate two classics: Nerikiri and Kuzukiri. Nerikiri are hand molded bean cakes made with azuki bean paste and natural vegetable dyes for coloring. You will learn about the seasonal themes in Wagashi and the varieties of wagashi shapes - the abstract and impressionistic designs of Kyoto and the realistic designs of Edo (old Tokyo). We will also ma...

  • HEART MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: Removal, Resettlement, Redress, and Reflections: A Community Conference

    Sep 24, 2010 - Sep 25, 2010

    Friday, September 24, 5:30 PM - 8 PM Saturday, September 25, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM $20 general; $15 members, students and those who were in camp. A multi-generation, community-oriented gathering of those who were in and those who are interested in the WRA camp at Heart Mountain WY, and its short and long-term impact. Friday panels on Japanese American confinement, and terminology of the 1940s Japanese American ...

  • The First Battle: The Battle for Equality in War-Time Hawaii

    Nov 10, 2007

    by Tom Coffman With war fears rising, a Council for Inter-racial Unity was organized in Honolulu in 1939 in support of Hawai`i's large Japanese ancestry community. When 120,000 people were incarcerated, a behind-the-scenes battle for justice and equality--reaching as far as the White House--set Hawai`i on a different course. Conversation with filmmaker Tom Coffman and Dr. Richard Kosaki follows screening. Present...

  • The Sushi Economy by Sasha Issenberg

    Sep 15, 2007

    Over a generation, sushi in the United States has gone from the unknown to ubiquitous, but even aficionados will be surprised at the true history and complex economics behind their favorite food. The Sushi Economy jumps from Mediterranean docks to the multimillion-dollar tuna auctions of Japanese fish markets, and from the shopping streets of Shanghai to the cargo holds of intercontinental jumbo jets -- all while mak...

  • To Dwell in This Place: Faith, Justice, and Healing Post-September 11th

    Aug 12, 2004

    The exhibition's final public program looks at the faith community's continuous call for justice tempered by compassionate understanding. This ecumenical panel includes some of the region's foremost religious leaders, including RABBI ALLEN FREEHLING, executive director of LA City Human Relations Commission. JONATHAN KIRSCH, book columnist for the Los Angeles Times and best-selling author, will moderate the panel. Pre...

  • Henry Sugimoto Exhibition Art Talk

    Jul 14, 2001

    Ron Stroud, artist and the designer of the Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience exhibition, will discuss selected works of Henry Sugimoto.

  • Community Issues Series

    Oct 30, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum Performance & Video Screening Video and performance artist Kip Fulbeck explores the Hapa male experience through hilarious stories of dating, family, and pop culture. From Bruce Lee to David Carradine to Connie Chung, Fulbeck pokes fun at media stereotypes, interracial dating patterns, and icons of race and sex in Asian America. Currently an Associate Professor of Studio Art and As...