Loja on-line do Museu Nacional Nipo-Americano
A premiada Loja do Museu do Museu Nacional Nipo-Americano apresenta mercadorias asiáticas-americanas distintas para todas as ocasiões e gerações. Sua linha de produtos exclusiva representa a essência da experiência nipo-americana, ao mesmo tempo que promove a apreciação da diversidade étnica e cultural da América. Todas as receitas da Loja do Museu apoiam programas e exposições do Museu.
Os artigos desta série foram escritos originalmente para a loja online do Museu Nacional Nipo-Americano [janmstore.com] para fornecer uma compreensão mais profunda dos autores, artistas e tradições apresentados na loja.
Stories from this series
Joel Nakamura Mixes the Ancient and the Modern with Compassion... and Spam?
22 de Junho de 2010 • Mia Nakaji Monnier
A giant fly hovers, poised on translucent wings that appear too small to support his weight, his face a bright, whimsical Tiki mask in shades of blue, green, and yellow. Protruding from his body are three pairs of human-like legs in black and gray patterned tights. In the distance, his friends watch, their faces frozen in horror and amusement. The fly’s eyes burn with concentration as his tongue strains toward his prey: a winged, rectangular can of Spam. This is …
David Mura: Power, Passion & Poetry
1 de Junho de 2010 • Darryl Mori
David Mura’s sister once said to him, “You talk about things I would rather sweep under the rug.” In much of his work, award-winning poet, creative nonfiction writer, critic, playwright and performance artist Mura (Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei, Angels for the Burning) shares deeply personal experiences. Facing racism. Family conflicts. His self-image. Desire and relationships. Sexual awakening. But in publicly baring his soul, Mura also aims to reveal truths about Asian American men that too often remain hidden. “If …
June Kuramoto: Life and All That Jazz
11 de Maio de 2010 • Darryl Mori
“There are times I would doubt what I am doing, or if what I’m doing has any value,” June Kuramoto confides. “When I am recognized by the community, I feel so small compared to others who devote their lives to saving lives—firefighters, nurses, doctors, soldiers and those who commit to community services.”“Then we get fan mail telling us our music has helped them get through a tough period of their life and actually has saved some lives.” Throughout her remarkable …
Soulful Rock: The Music of Visiting Violette
8 de Março de 2010 • Darryl Mori
Soulful. That’s the main word that Glenn Suravech uses when asked to describe the evocative sound of his band’s lead singer.“You can take a lot for granted,” the guitarist-composer says. “But as we’re finishing our second album I’m reminded about how fortunate we are to have someone with such an incredible voice.”The band benefiting from that voice is Visiting Violette, which Suravech founded with fellow guitarist Shin Kawasaki and vocalist-songwriter Lee Takasugi. Takasugi’s textured vocals have inspired comparisons to such …
Conjuring Ghosts with Lois-Ann Yamanaka
22 de Fevereiro de 2010 • Darryl Mori
In 1913 Hawai‘i, three young sisters suffering from tuberculosis are sent to an orphanage. Only one survives—and she finds herself haunted by the ghosts of her siblings. In her novel Behold the Many, author Lois-Ann Yamanaka employs an evocative variety of character voices to convey a tale of remorse, abandonment, and family curses.“I don’t know if this is so much a ghost story as a story with ghosts in it,” Yamanaka says. “There are many other threads in the novel and …
Allen Say: Music for Alice
20 de Janeiro de 2010 • Darryl Mori
“I heard about Alice from a great shiatsu master, a strapping man in his early forties, while he worked on me,” Allen Say recalls. “I had been coaching the shy man in the art of asking women for dates; when he finally did get a date, the woman turned out to be an 87-year-old dancer. That got my immediate attention.” For award-winning author and artist Say, the conversation led to an introduction to Alice Sumida, the octogenarian dancer. And the …
