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DESCRIPTION:<em><strong>The Art of Gaman</strong></em> by Delphine Hirasuna
 \nFriday\, October 19\, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.\nOregon Nikkei Legacy Center\n121
  NW 2nd Avenue\, Portland\, Oregon 97209\n\n[inline:art of gaman.jpg=gaman
 ] The Japanese word <em>gaman</em> means "enduring what seems unbearable w
 ith patience and dignity." In this spirit\, 120\,000 Japanese Americans—
 including men\, women\, children\, the elderly\, and the infirm—survived
  the internment camps of World War II. Despite these hardships\, they whit
 tled and carved\, painted and etched\, stitched and crocheted—fashioning
  furniture from scrap lumber\, carving teapots from slate\, and making pen
 dants from toothbrush handles—to add beauty to the bleak surroundings an
 d purpose to their daily life. What they created is a celebration of the n
 obility of the human spirit in adversity.\n\nDelphine Hirasuna\, a third-g
 eneration Japanese American whose family was interned at the Jerome and Ro
 hwer camps in Arkansas\, delivers a powerful tribute to this triumph of sp
 irit. Featuring more than 150 examples of art gathered from individuals an
 d museum holdings\, <em>The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanes
 e American Internment Camps 1942-1946</em> presents a moving and diverse a
 ssemblage of internment art never before shown in one collection.\n\nOrego
 n Nikkei Legacy Center will host Ms. Hirasuna on Friday\, October 19th fro
 m 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. as she presents a slide show and signs copies of her b
 ook.  Light refreshments will be served. Copies of The Art of Gaman are av
 ailable to purchase at ONLC or in our <a href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org
 /shop/product_info.php?cPath=1_24&amp\;products_id=74">online gift shop</a
 >. \n\nOregon Nikkei Legacy Center\n121 NW 2nd Avenue\nPortland\, OR  9720
 9\n503-224-1458\n<a href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org">www.oregonnikkei.or
 g</a>\n<a>onlc@oregonnikkei.org</a>
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SUMMARY:Book Signing and Presentation -- The Art of Gaman by Delphine Hiras
 una
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