- Japanese American National Museum
- March 7, 2020
- 11:00am – 5:00pm
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Transcendients Community Celebration: Challenging Borders
Japanese American National Museum
11:00am – 5:00pm
March 7, 2020
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Transcendients Community Celebration: Challenging Borders
Japanese American National Museum
11:00am – 5:00pm
March 7, 2020
Presented by the Japanese American National Museum, this free, one-day celebration expands on the “transcendient” heroes featured in artist Taiji Terasaki’s exhibition, “Heroes at Borders.” In addition to performances by FandangObon, East L.A. Taiko and El Santo Golpe, the event features talks on food, arts activism and human rights in L.A.; as well as workshops on letter writing, paper crane folding, zine making, memory crafting, weaving; and a discussion and book-signing with “Almond” author Allen Say.
The museum will also offer free admission to the following exhibits: “Transcendients: Heroes at Borders,” “Under a Mushroom Cloud: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb” and “Common Ground: The Heart of Community.”