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  • 'LANDSCAPING AMERICA: BEYOND THE JAPANESE GARDEN' EXTENDS RUN UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2008

    Oct 17, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that it has extended the exhibition run for Landscaping American: Beyond the Japanese Garden through January 6, 2008. The exhibition, which opened June 17, was originally set to close on October 21, 2007. Landscaping America explores the history and influence of Japanese-style gardens and Japanese American gardeners on the American landscape. It also describes how Ja...

  • Screening: Cats of Mirikitani

    Oct 13, 2007

    "Make art not war" is Jimmy Mirikitani's motto. This 85-year-old Japanese American artist was born in Sacramento and raised in Hiroshima, but by 2001 he is living on the streets of New York with the twin towers of the World Trade Center still ominously anchoring the horizon behind him. What begins as a simple verite portrait of one homeless man becomes a rare documentary of daily life in New York in the months leadin...

  • GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE ART EXHIBITION KICKS OFF NEW JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SERIES NOV. 3

    Oct 12, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum will begin a new series of collaborative exhibitions entitled Salon Pop by presenting Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues, developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and running from November 3, 2007 through January 13, 2008. The exhibition is being sponsored by the Imprint Culture Labtm, with additional support by the James Irvine Foundation and Scion. An opening r...

  • Living Arts Expo

    Oct 07, 2007

    FREE Join horticultural experts as they sell their wares and share their expertise during a gardening extravaganza involving bonsai (trees in containers), aiseki (viewing stones), bamboo, and more! Participants include Aiseki Kai, Fuji Bonsai Nursery, San Gabriel Nursery, Kushi's Tree Design, Torrance Cymbidium Society, NK Tree Nursery, Descanso Bonsai Society, and Ralph Evans Botanical Partners. Made possible,...

  • Awaken the Senses/Awaken the Writer

    Oct 06, 2007

    A Two-part Writing Workshop with Paula Panich What happens when you allow your senses to guide you? Let Paula Panich, journalist and author of Cultivating Words: The Guide to Writing about the Plants and Gardens You Love, awaken your inner writer by helping you find new ways of expressing what/how you see, smell, and touch. Writings focus on the seiryu-en or the Garden of the Clear Stream (the James Irvine Garden). ...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Sep 29, 2007

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents on this historic walking tour. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes Museum admission. Reservations along with comfortable walking shoes and clothes are recommended. Weather permitting.

  • The 2007 Annual Conference of the California Garden and Landscape History Society

    Sep 28, 2007

    California Japanese-style Gardens: Tradition and Practice September 28-30 Organized by the Garden Conservancy and the Los Angeles Conservancy, this three-day conference features lectures covering a range of topics about landscaping and gardening, plus tours of Southern California gardens. For more information or to register visit www.cglhs.org, e-mail conference@cglhs.org or call 323.462.2443.

  • Tropicalismo Re/Imagined

    Sep 27, 2007

    Curated by radio host and music producer, Sergio Mielniczenko, this concert celebrates the spirit of tropicalismo, the socially conscious, sonically powerful art movement that arose in Brazil during the 1960s. The evening features stirring beat grooves, beautiful visual projections, and a stellar line up that includes renowned percussionist, Airto Moreira, singer Carla Hassett, and pianist Bill Brendle. Special guest...

  • From Barbed Wire to Barbed Hooks: Work in Progress

    Sep 23, 2007

    Cory Shiozaki explores the history of Manzanar inmates who turned to trout fishing to escape the hardships of incarceration. The filmmaker suggests that through fishing inmates found a much sought-after feeling of freedom, however brief, as they matched wits with the wily trout of the famed Eastern Sierra fishing grounds. Shiozaki will share stories of "escaping" at night from camp, highlight Manzanar's well-known fi...

  • Sumi-e and Origami Cards Ryosen Shibata CANCELED

    Sep 22, 2007

    Create beautiful cards for those special people in your life that can be shared on birthdays, holidays, or just because. $8 for National Museum members, $13 for non-members. Includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended. Made possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.