The Art of Gaman:
Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment
Camps, 1942-1946
Organized by curator Delphine Hirasuna, with
advisory support from the Smithsonian
American Art Museum»
Gallery of Conscience, West Bartlett gallery
July 8, 2012 through October 7, 2012.
The
Art of Gaman showcases arts made by Japanese Americans
in U.S. Internment camps during World War II. After the
bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, all ethnic Japanese
on the West Coast—more than two-thirds of whom were
American citizens by birth—were ordered to leave
their homes and move to internment camps for the duration
of the war; including a camp in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Art making became essential for simple creature comforts
and emotional survival. These objects—tools, teapots,
furniture, toys and games, musical instruments, pendants
and pins, purses and ornamental displays—are physical
manifestations of the art of gaman, a Japanese
word that means to bear the seemingly unbearable with
dignity and patience. The traveling exhibition is organized
by San Francisco-based author and guest curator Delphine
Hirasuna, and is based on her 2005 book The
Art of Gaman, published by Ten Speed Press. The exhibition
closes in Santa Fe October 7, 2012. (Photo: S.
Kawamoto, interned in Santa Fe, painting of the camp.
Natural wood slab, wedge of of fence post, paint. Collection
of Mary Tsuyuke Nakagawa. From The Art of Gaman by Delphine
Hirasuna, copyright 2005 Ten Speed. Terry Heffernan photo.)
PUBLIC PROGRAMS July-September 2012
Sunday July 8, 2012
International
Folk Arts Week» Begins
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse will help with parking
on Sunday!
Opening Events
1:00 p.m. Presentation by Delphine Hirasuna, Exhibition
Curator & Author
2 - 4 p.m. Reception hosted by the Women's Board
of the Museum of New Mexico.
Monday, July 9, 2012
PARKING LOTS ARE BEING TENTED. PLEASE park at the First
Baptist Church at Camino Lejo and Old Santa Fe Trail,
and take the FREE shuttle!
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market Artist Demonstrations:
Sumi
Takamoto», Japan, Uchiwa (Japanese fan)
Demonstration;
Hands-on Project for Ages 3 - 103: Making Peruvian
Retablos
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
PARKING LOTS ARE BEING TENTED. PLEASE park at the First
Baptist Church at Camino Lejo and Old Santa Fe Trail,
and take the FREE shuttle!
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market Artist Demonstrations:
Sumi
Takamoto», Japan, Uchiwa (Japanese fan)
Demonstration;
Hands-on Project for Ages 3 - 103: Making Uchiwa
(fans)
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
8:30 - 10 a.m. Breakfast with the Curator
Tour "The
Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese American
Internment Camps, 1942 - 1946»" with Curator
of Asian & Middle Eastern Collections, Felicia Katz-Harris
$20 for foundation members, $25 for nonmembers, nonrefundable.
Call 476-1224 for reservations.
Saturday July 14, 2012
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market»
Early Bird 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Tickets are $50.00 ($25. is tax deductible), and include
all day Saturday Market admission. Parking and Free Shuttles
on Market Weekend Ticket includes entrance to the Museum
of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture, and the the Wheelwright Museum of the American
Indian. Take the train! New
Mexico Rail Runner».
Regular Market 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ($15 in advance,
$20.00 at the gate)Ticket includes entrance to the Museum
of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture, and the the Wheelwright Museum of the American
Indian. Explore the market, international foods, entertainment.
1PM Gallery talk with Felicia Katz-Harris,
Coordinating Curator for The
Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from Japanese American
Internment Camps 1942-1946
Sunday
July 15, 2012
Santa Fe International
Folk Art Market Family Day
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Adult tickets are $10.00 at the gate, or $5.00 in advance
for adults, youth 16 and under are free! All tickets include
admission to the Museum of International Folk Art, The
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, and the Museum
of Indian Arts & Culture. (Photo, left: Vietnamese
Lion Dancers entertain the crowd at the 2008 Santa Fe
Intentional Folk Art Market, Photo © Bob Smith, a
Polished Eye) Visit folkartmarket.org»
for more information.
1PM Gallery talk with Felicia Katz-Harris,
Coordinating Curator for The
Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from Japanese American
Internment Camps 1942-1946
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
Free, drop-in workshops for ages 3 to 103
Tuesdays & Thursdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A
collaborative program with the Museum
of Spanish Colonial Arts» and the Museum
of Indian Arts & Culture» on Museum
Hill to offer free workshops with no advance registration
or participation fees! The workshops are outdoors (weather
permitting), and do not include Museum admission. Groups
of 6 or more, please call to reserve a place and guarantee
free Museum admission. To schedule groups please call
Patricia Sigala at 476-1212 or send e-mail to patricia.sigala@state.nm.us.
For more information on events on Museum Hill, please
visit http://www.museumhill.org
Tuesday, July 24 & Thursday, July 26:
10AM to 2PM
Arts Alive! Hands-on art making for ages 3 to 103,
make uchiwa- Japanese fans with Santa
Fe JIN»
Sunday August 19, 2012
2PM
Taiko Drumming with Koji
Nakamura. By Museum admission, New Mexico residents
FREE on Sundays! Museum of New Mexico Foundation members
and youth 16 and under always free!
Sunday
September 9, 2012
2pm
See the film From
A Silk Cocoon» in conjunction with the exhibition
The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese
American Internment Camps, 1942-1946. By Museum
admission, New Mexico residents free on Sundays.
Wednesday September 12, 2012
2pm
See the film From
A Silk Cocoon» in conjunction with the exhibition
The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese
American Internment Camps, 1942-1946. By Museum
admission, New Mexico resident seniors (60+) free on Wednesdays.
Wednesday, September 19, 201211:30am-1:30pm
Conversation Cafe about the Art of Gaman. Join us
for light refreshments and/or bring a lunch. The conversation
will start in the Gallery of Conscience with the exhibition
The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese-American
Internment Camps. 1942-1946.
RSVP appreciated, please call 505 476-1217, or send email
to Leslie.Fagre@state.nm.us. By Museum admission,
New Mexico resident seniors (age 60 and up) with I.D.
FREE on Wednesdays. Presented in conjunction with The
Art of Gaman exhibition and the
Welcoming America Project.
Sunday October 7, 2012
Final day to see The Art of Gaman in Santa Fe. Visit
the on-line version Smithsonian
American Art Museum»
Travel Schedule-Japan
• The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of
the Arts (Tokyo), Nov. 3 to Dec. 9, 2012
• Komu-komu (Fukushima), Feb. 9 – March 11,
2013
• Sendai Mediatheque (Sendai), May 5-18, 2013
• The Urasoe Art Museum (Okinawa), June 1-June 30,
2013
• Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum (Hiroshima),
July 20 – Sept. 1, 2013
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