2017 / JANM: Free admission Sept. 17 / Transpacific Borderlands exhibition opening day
Japanese American National Museum
Tanspacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora
September 17, 2017 – February 25, 2018
http://www.janm.org/exhibits/transpacific-borderlands/
September 17, Opening Day: Transpacific Borderlands
Free All Day
Transpacific Borderlands examines the work and experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California.
The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.
11:10 a.m.–1:05 p.m.: Curator-Led Gallery Tours (limit 25 participants each; first come, first served.
11:10 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Miho Hagino (Mexico)
11:50 a.m.–12:25 p.m.: Michiko Okano (Brazil)
12:30 p.m.–1:05 p.m.: Kris Kuramitsu (Los Angeles); Clement Hanami and Claudia Sobral (Peru)
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Performance
Multidisciplinary artist collective Ghost Magnet Roach Motel, whose members include exhibiting artist Shinpei Takeda, will present a “punkformance.”
3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Conversation with the Artists
Featuring Madalena Hashimoto (Brazil), Ichiro Irie (Los Angeles), Erica Kaminishi (Brazil), Yuriko Rojas Moriyama (Mexico), Kiyoto Ota (Mexico), Shizu Saldamando (Los Angeles), Kenzi Shiokava (Los Angeles), Shinpei Takeda (Mexico), and Taro Zorrilla (Mexico).
Moderated by exhibition curator Clement Hanami and project manager Claudia Sobral. Translations will be available in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese.
4:30 p.m.–5 p.m.: Catalog Signing
Mariscos Jalisco food truck will be on the JANM plaza at lunchtime.
Free admission thanks to Bank of America.
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