BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:events.uid.2405@www.discovernikkei.org
DTSTART:20100415T000000Z
DTEND:20110130T000000Z
DESCRIPTION:<em>The Art of Gaman</em>&nbsp\;showcases arts and crafts made 
 by Japanese Americans in U.S. internment camps during World War II.\n\nThe
  exhibition features more than 120 objects\, most of which are on loan fro
 m former internees or their families. The display at the Renwick Gallery i
 ncludes several objects that have not been seen publicly\, including works
  by Ruth Asawa\, Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani\, Isamu Noguchi\, Henry Sugimoto
 \, and master woodworkers Gentaro and Shinzaburo Nishiura. It presents his
 torical context through archival photographs\, artifacts\, and documentary
  films. The exhibition is organized by San Francisco-based author and gues
 t curator Delphine Hirasuna\, and is based on her 2005 book&nbsp\;<em>The 
 Art of Gaman</em>\, published by Ten Speed Press.\n\nThe exhibition is pre
 sented under the honorary patronage of The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta. Mr.
  Mineta\, a former Congressman\, Secretary of Transportation\, and Regent 
 of the Smithsonian\, was interned as a child at Heart Mountain in Wyoming.
 \n\nSpecial exhibition galleries\, 1st floor\, Renwick Gallery\nMarch 5\, 
 2010 &ndash\; January 30\, 2011\n<strong>Credit</strong>\n<em>The Art of G
 aman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps\, 1942-1
 946</em>&nbsp\;is presented at the Renwick Gallery\, with the cooperation 
 of the Japanese American Citizens League\, San Francisco Chapter. The Jame
 s Renwick Alliance\, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership\, Nion
  McEvoy\, and Cary Frieze provided support for the exhibition.\n\nLocation
 \n1661 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. (at 17th Street)\nWashington\, D.C. 20006\
 nMuseum Information (recorded): (202) 633-7970\nSmithsonian Information: (
 202) 633-1000\nTTY: (202) 633-5285\nhttp://americanart.si.edu/visit/images
 /saam_map.pdf
DTSTAMP:20240420T011127Z
SUMMARY:The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Intern
 ment Camps\, 1942-1946
URL:/en/events/2010/04/15/the-art-of-gaman-arts-and-crafts-from-the-japanes
 /
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR