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THEIR VISUAL WORKS AND WORDS <br />SAN LEANDRO HISTORY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY <br />320 W. Estndillo Aveinie San Leandro, California, 94,577 <br />February 18 - March 31, 2012 <br />Over 1oo,000 people of Japanese ancestry were held in ten remote camps beginning in 1942. <br />Two - thirds of those displaced were American citizens. Not charged or convicted of any crime, they <br />were incarcerated for up to three years in prison camps surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by <br />armed men. Topaz: Artists in Internment features artworks created during internment at Topaz. <br />The exhibit will be on display at the San Leandro History Museum & Art Gallery on Saturdays and <br />Sundays from 11:oo am to 3:00 pm, free of charge. <br />For more information visit www.sanleandrolibrary.org or call 5 <br />Topaz: Artists in Internment events <br />Opening Reception with readings by poet- musician Lawson Inada. <br />Saturday, February 25th, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm <br />Delphine Hirasuna (curator /author of The Art of Gaman), guest speaker and book signing <br />Sunday, March 4th, 2:00 pm <br />California of the Past: Stories of Japanese American Internment Series I, film showing <br />Sunday, March 11th, 1:00 to 2:30 pm <br />California of the Past: Stories of Japanese American Internment Series II, film showing <br />Sunday, March 18th, 1:00 to 2:30 pm <br />Legacy of the Nisei Veterans, film showing <br />Sunday, March 25th, 1:00 to 2:30 pm <br />Follow the traveling exhibition at topazexhibit.blogspot.com. <br />The traveling exhibit is made possible by funding from the Western States Arts Federation, Utah <br />Arts & Museums, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The artwork is owned by the Topaz <br />Museum, a non - profit organization that will soon construct a museum to preserve the history of <br />Topaz. <br />