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  • Nima Voices: Episode 5—Jay Horinouchi

    Jul 06, 2021

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. Joi...

  • We Hereby Refuse with Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, and Ross Ishikawa

    Jun 26, 2021

    $10 general / FREE for members The new graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration, presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present. Through the distinct but interconnected stories of Jim Akutsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, and Mitsuye Endo, three Japanese Americans who resisted imprisonment in American concentration camps during WWI...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, and Ross Ishikawa

    Jun 26, 2021

    All members are invited to this exclusive conversation and Q&A with the creators behind We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration. Frank Abe wrote and directed the PBS film on the largest organized resistance to incarceration, Conscience and the Constitution. He won an American Book Award for JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy and is co-editing a new a...

  • Art Break: Drawing Life! with Rob Sato

    Jun 22, 2021

    Rob Sato is an artist, illustrator, and writer living and working in Los Angeles. Known for his watercolors and extensive drawing practice, he traverses a wide range of expression exploring the spaces between pictorial narrative and abstraction. Weaving autobiographical, historical, and fantastical imagery together, he mixes humor and beauty to create a wild, lush, and enigmatic dimension that overlays our own. He ha...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TO OPEN NEW EXHIBITION JULY 9 “A LIFE IN PIECES: THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF STANLEY HAYAMI” WITH 360-DEGREE VIDEO, ARTWORK, DIARY AND LETTERS

    Jun 17, 2021

    LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is opening a new exhibition on July 9 that brings to life the diary, artwork, and letters of a Japanese American teenager in the early 1940s whose family in Los Angeles was imprisoned by the U.S government during World War II. “A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami” highlights the young teen’s life at Heart Mountain concentration camp i...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT FROM PHILANTHROPIST MACKENZIE SCOTT

    Jun 15, 2021

    LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to announce that it received a transformative $10 million gift today from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It is the largest single gift in the Museum’s history. “After a year that profoundly challenged the Museum, the nation, and the Asian community, we are deeply grateful for this landmark gift and to Ms. Scott for her generosity and visionary...

  • The Unsung Great: Uncovering Nikkei Histories with Greg Robinson

    Jun 12, 2021

    $10 general / FREE for members In his newest book, The Unsung Great: Stories of Extraordinary Japanese Americans, scholar and journalist Greg Robinson reveals the diverse experiences of Japanese Americans and explores a wealth of themes, including mixed-race families, artistic pioneers, mass confinement, civil rights activism, and queer history. Robinson will speak more to his process uncovering these stories ...

  • Tea & Letter Writing: care for the kids

    Jun 09, 2021

    Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation! This month we will be exploring self and community love through creative prompts provided by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine maker and writer. We will also be taking time to write letters of support and affirmation to migrant children currently held in influx facilities in Pom...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (JANM) ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF “A LIFE IN PIECES: THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF STANLEY HAYAMI” AT TRIBECA FESTIVAL 2021

    Jun 10, 2021

    LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will debut a new immersive experience June 9 at the Tribeca Festival 2021 that brings to life the diary and letters of a Los Angeles teenager whose Japanese American family was imprisoned by the U.S government during World War II. “A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami” was created by Nonny de la Peña of Emblematic Group, a producer of ...

  • TOUR, SCREENING, AND ARTIST TALK MARK CLOSING OF JANM’S "TRANSPACIFIC BORDERLANDS"

    Jan 29, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer a trio of exhibition-related public programs for the closing weekend of Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, on February 24 and 25. They include a curator-led exhibition tour, a film screening and live musical performance, and an artist talk about cultural representation. On S...