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  • Boyle Heights—Audio Diaries Project

    Through the Audio Diaries project, a teen examines the wartime removal of Japanese Americans from her Boyle Heights neighborhood. The following is an edited transcription of an audio program created by a high school senior in a school near East Los Angeles. A total of 25 students from Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School participated in the Japanese American National Museum’s Audio Diaries project, produced in co...

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—History

    Explore resources produced for the exhibition—a map of the neighborhood, timeline of significant dates, and demographic maps that show the changes to the community over decades. Map of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, California TIMELINE DEMOGRAPHICS

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Resources

    Explore resources from the exhibition: Bibliography—A list of references that have been helpful to the Boyle Heights team Partner Resources—Links to the Boyle Heights Project and community partners Teacher Guide—A guide for teachers (grades 4-12) interested in teaching local/community was developed as part of the Boyle Heights Project. Article—excerpt from a 2001 speech by Boyle Heights Project advisor Ge...

  • Boyle Heights—George Sanchez

    Excerpt from George Sanchez’s Presidential Address to the American Studies Association on November 9, 2001.

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Project

    The Boyle Heights Project was designed to serve as a model for the collaborative research and documentation of community histories and experiences. The project and its programs are instructive for museums that want to work in partnership with the communities they serve and with other organizations. Why did the Japanese American National Museum initiate this project? The Japanese American National Museum ha...

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Community

    The Boyle Heights Project represents an expansion of the Japanese American National Museum's partnership initiatives and manifests our commitment to exploring the multicultural experiences of the United States. This section highlights some of the strategies and methods used to engage in community-based documentation and interpretation.

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414.

  • Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market—Artist

    Glenn Kaino was born in 1972 in Los Angeles. His studio practice includes sculpture, painting, filmmaking, performance, installation, and large-scale public work. He also operates outside the traditional purview of contemporary art, instigating collaborations with other modes of culture—ranging from tech to music to political organizing. Major solo exhibitions of Kaino’s work have been presented at MASS MoCA, High ...

  • Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market—Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Image Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)

  • Sansei Rocker: Behind the Curtain

    All concert dates are now sold out. If you have questions about ticketing, please contact publicprograms@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Tickets from $25-75 ($20-60 for JANM members) Travel back in time to the Sansei Dance Party Era in Los Angeles during the ’60s and ’70s through live music and storytelling! Written and produced by Harry Manaka, author of Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, former owner of t...