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  • An Enduring Odyssey: Masayo Duus and Peter Duus Talk About the Life and Times of Isamu Noguchi

    Mar 18, 2006

    * * * RESCHEDULED! This program was originally scheduled for February 19, 2006, but was unfortunately postponed. Thankfully, we were able to reschedule with the authors. * * * In the book, The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders, Masayo Duus has written what many consider the definitive biography of the influential artist. For this event, she is joined by her husband--historian a...

  • Three-Part Taiko Workshop for Kids - Part 2

    Mar 18, 2006

    In this three-session workshop, children ages 6–12 learn the basics principles of taiko. No previous experience needed; however, space is limited and advance reservations are required. Class dates are March 11, March 18, and March 25. $40 for National Museum members and $55 for non-members.

  • Point of Departure: Yuriko in Conversation with Mindy Aloff and Bonnie Rychlak

    Mar 12, 2006

    Isamu Noguchi and Martha Graham shared a respect for aesthetic clarity--organic movements, direct gestures--and their partnership resulted in Noguchi designing twenty-one sets for Graham's company. As one of Graham's principal dancers for over two decades, Yuriko has a degree of knowledge about Noguchi and Graham's collaborative efforts possessed by few others. Writer, scholar, and educator, Mindy Aloff, and the ...

  • A Divided Community—A Staged Reading

    Mar 11, 2006

    Conceived by Frank Chin, this dramatic reading—based on Chin's book Born in the USA and by Greg Robinson's By Order of the President—focuses on the issues surrounding the U.S. government persecution of Japanese America based on challenges to civil liberties and the resistance to the draft by Americans behind barbed wire. Read by actual resisters, the presentation sheds light on gaps that have divided the Japanese ...

  • Three-Part Taiko Workshop for Kids - Part 1

    Mar 11, 2006

    In this three-session workshop, children ages 6–12 learn the basics principles of taiko. No previous experience needed; however, space is limited and advance reservations are required. Class dates are March 11, March 18, and March 25. $40 for National Museum members and $55 for non-members.

  • Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of The Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and A Librarian Who Made A Difference by Joanne Oppenheim

    Feb 26, 2006

    The debut of Joanne Oppenheim's new book, which incorporates images and letters from the National Museum collection, chronicles the story of humanitarian Clara Breed whose correspondence uplifted the spirits of San Diego children sent to America's concentration camps during World War II. Book signing to follow. To order a copy, visit the Museum Store Online or call the Museum Store toll free at 1.888.769.5559.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Hinamatsuri Origami Dolls - Part 2

    Feb 26, 2006

    See February 25 listing for class description and fees.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Hinamatsuri Origami Dolls - Part 1

    Feb 25, 2006

    Just in time for Girl's Day, this popular annual two-day class will teach participants how to make adorable dolls. $12 for National Museum members and $19 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission for both days.

  • Bird Pins: The Creative Legacy of Camp

    Feb 19, 2006

    Allowed to bring only what they could carry during World War II, Japanese American inmates looked for ways to occupy their time by creating items such as bird pins. Learn the fascinating story behind the pins and design your own out of various art materials. Afternoon storytelling will feature Marlene Shigekawa's Blue Jay in the Desert and Welcome Home Swallows.

  • Community Day of Remembrance - Claiming History: Justice Along Color Lines

    Feb 18, 2006

    FREE GENERAL ADMISSION Admission to the special exhibition, Isamu Noguchi - Sculptural Design - $4 The Day of Remembrance annually marks President Roosevelt's infamous signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Hawai`i during World War II. More than forty years later, the United States government ap...