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DESCRIPTION:Discover Nikkei will present a special activity as part of the 
 Imagined Futures Conference presented by the Aratani Endowed Chair\, UCLA\
 , and the Japanese American National Museum.\n\n<strong>Discover Nikkei Co
 mmunity Collage</strong>\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2009 \n1 - 5 pm \n\n<strong>F
 REE WITH PRE-REGISTRATION!</strong>\n\nImagined Futures is a one day confe
 rence for up and coming Asian Pacific American artists featuring keynote a
 ddresses by Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and actor George Takei\, followed
  by 2-hour workshops where participants will learn from established artist
 s. The workshops will be followed by closing remarks and a light reception
 .\n\nThis event is FREE\, but you must pre-register at: <a href="https://s
 preadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pzur_NdcxS82vTfdRgY06UQ&amp\;hl=en&amp
 \;pli=1">https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pzur_NdcxS82vTfdRgY0
 6UQ&amp\;hl=en&amp\;pli=1</a>\n\nJapanese American National Museum \n369 E
 ast First St \nLos Angeles\, CA 90012\n\n\n<strong>DISCOVER NIKKEI COMMUNI
 TY COLLAGE</strong>\n\nShare a picture\, story\, or item and find your own
  connection within our community.\n\nParticipants will create a community 
 collage by posting their drawings\, text\, or items (plastic bags will be 
 available to place items into) around themes of "Community" and "Culture".
 \n\nParticipants will create a community collage by posting their drawings
 \, text\, or items (plastic bags will be available to place items into) ar
 ound themes of "Community" and "Identity".\n\nThis collage will be created
  and only exist between 4-5pm. The project will be documented and used to 
 create a Nikkei Album collection. Afterwards\, it will be dismantled. Post
 ed items will not be returned.\n\nCheck out photos from our first Communit
 y Collage in the Nikkei Album: <a href="/nikkeialbum/en/node/12538">Discov
 er Nikkei Community Collage - March 2009</a>\n<strong>CONFERENCE PROGRAM</
 strong>\n\n1-2pm Welcome\nSpecial Opening Performance by UCLA's NSU Modern
 \nOpening Remarks by Prof. Lane Hirabayashi\, Koji Sakai\, and Emily Moris
 hima\n\nKeynote Speakers: \n\nEric Nakamura of Giant Robot\nGeorge Takei\,
  Actor \n\n2-4pm Workshops: \n• Filmmaking with director/writer/producer
  Quentin Lee\n• Anime/Comics with Jeff Yang and Parry Shen\, Editors of 
 Secret Identities:the Asian American Superhero Anthology\n• Blogs/New Me
 dia with Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man\n• Spoken Word/Hip Hop with LA hip-h
 op sensation Shin-B\n• Fiction with award winning writer\, Naomi Hirahar
 a\n• The Art and Business of Clothes with Ryan Suda of Blacklava\n\n4-5p
 m Closing Light Reception\n\nFor details on the workshops\, go here:\n<a h
 ref="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44840209217">http://www.faceboo
 k.com/group.php?gid=44840209217</a>\n\nSpace is limited and the workshops 
 are filling fast\, so sign up now!\n
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SUMMARY:Discover Nikkei's Community Collage @ the Imagined Futures Conferen
 ce on Sat\, May 2\, 2009
URL:/en/events/2009/05/02/discover-nikkeis-community-collage--the-imagined-
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