The Japanese American National Museum is one of the nation’s premier culturally specific museums. Through the building of a comprehensive collection of material culture and development of multi-faceted exhibitions, educational activities, public programs and publications, the Museum preserves and shares for current and future generations the rich and diverse stories of Japanese Americans for national and international audiences alike.

This grant will provide support for the exhibition Giant Robot Biennale 4,  which will contain contemporary art plus objects that push the boundaries of art and product.  Giant Robot began in 1994 as an LA-based zine about Asian, Asian American and the new hybrid culture combining art gallery and retail spaces.  The show will include 12-15 contemporary artists who create distinctly illustration-based work that is part of a developing art scene and aesthetic based mainly in Southern California.  The exhibition will run October 2015 through January 2016.