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JACCC + Sow & Tailor Present: Doing Our Own Thing

May 7, 2022 12:00 pm - Jun 4, 2022 4:00 pm

Doing Our Own Thing features a group of artists who are all born and raised in Los Angeles. The artists are invited to retrace their...

Release: Heard in LA

May 28, 2022 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Release: Heard in LA is a continuum of previous online sound projects–– The Lament Project (2008), Dry Run (2012), Imagining Tellus 28- Hear...

Past Events

Common Ground Exhibition: A Collaboration with Adam Silverman & Sogetsu LA

Mar 20, 2022 12:00 pm - Apr 10, 2022 4:00 pm

This new exhibit is a collaboration between JACCC, the Los Angeles branch of the Sogetsu Ikebana School, and Adam Silverman’s Common Ground...

Ningyo: Art and Beauty of Japanese Dolls

Feb 3, 2022 12:00 pm - Mar 13, 2022 4:00 pm

The traveling exhibition “NINGYŌ: Art and Beauty of Japanese dolls” was prepared as a successor to our highly popular traveling exhibition...

Ikebana at Home: Ohara School

Nov 8, 2021 11:00 am - Jan 31, 2022 12:00 pm

Unshin Ohara (1861-1916), the founder of the Ohara School of Ikebana, was born in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. Ohara explored the fields...

Calligraphy at Home: Beikoku Shodo Kenkyukai

Mar 8, 2021 5:00 pm - Dec 25, 2021 7:00 pm

This exhibit showcases the work of the masters and up-and-coming artists from Beikoku Shodo Kenkyu Kai, founded by the late Reverend Kanshu...

Ikebana at Home: Featuring Kado Koyasan

Oct 8, 2021 10:00 am - Jan 16, 2022 11:59 pm

The founder of Shingon Buddhism, Kobo Daishi, Kukai (774-835) dedicated a ceremony called "Mando Mange E" in 832 A.D. at Mt. Koya, Wakayama...

Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Los Angeles Exhibition

Nov 20, 2021 10:00 am - Nov 21, 2021 5:00 pm

The Los Angeles Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana is one of the largest chapters outside of Japan with over 300 members. The purpose of the chapter...

Ikebana at Home: Featuring Sogetsu School

Jul 19, 2021 8:00 am - Oct 17, 2021 11:59 pm

Sogetsu Los Angeles presents our Summer 2021 Katen online in three groups marking the transformation of the season from June through...

THE KINTSUGI SPIRIT Virtual Exhibition

Oct 1, 2021 8:00 am - Oct 31, 2021 11:59 pm

JACCC commissioned five grant recipients to explore the concept of kintsugi - poetically translated as “golden repair” - through various art...

Heritage X Exhibit

Sep 12, 2021 12:00 pm - Oct 31, 2021 4:00 pm

An exhibition of four Japanese American artists—Nob Hadeishi, Mike Kanemitsu, Keisho Okayama, and Sawako Shintani—who influenced the LA...

Bamboo and Petals Ikebana Exhibition

Aug 14, 2021 7:30 am - Aug 22, 2021 6:00 pm

With worldwide COVID-19 deaths numbering over 4 million, greater than the population of the City of Los Angeles, JACCC offers a flower...

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

244 South San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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