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DESCRIPTION:<em>\nThe Art of Gaman</em>&nbsp\;showcases arts and crafts mad
 e by Japanese Americans in U.S. internment camps during World War II. Soon
  after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941\, all ethnic Japanese 
 on the West Coast&mdash\;more than two‐thirds of whom were American citi
 zens&mdash\;were ordered to leave their homes and move to ten inland inter
 nment camps for the duration of the war. While in these bleak camps\, the 
 internees used scraps and found materials to make furniture and other obje
 cts to beautify their surroundings. Arts and crafts became essential for s
 imple creature comforts and emotional survival.\n\nThese objects&mdash\;to
 ols\, teapots\, furniture\, toys and games\, musical instruments\, pendant
 s and pins\, purses and ornamental displays&mdash\;are physical manifestat
 ions of the art of gaman\, a Japanese word that means to bear the\nseeming
 ly unbearable with dignity and patience.\n\nThe exhibition features more t
 han 120 objects\, on loan from former internees or their families.\n\nThe 
 Art of Gaman is organized by curator Delphine Hirasuna\, with advisory sup
 port from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.\n\nPHOTO &gt\;\nPainted woo
 d carving\nArtist: Unknown\nCamp: Heart Mountain\, Wyoming\nArt of Gaman\,
  by Delphine Hirasuna\, copyright 2005\, Ten Speed. Terry Heffernan photo.
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SUMMARY:THE ART OF GAMAN: ARTS AND CRAFTS FROM THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERN
 MENT CAMPS\, 1942‐1946
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