![]() ![]() Her self-confidence grew as a teacher recognized her artistic talent and encouraged her love of reading. Wanting to prove she was a good American, she tried "twice as hard" to do her best. I began to grow up and became more resilient." ![]() Though I resisted, I eventually realized that they were right. "In the new harsh reality of the camp I felt virtually alone and could no longer enjoy the luxury of being the baby.My sisters and brothers would not indulge my self-pity and instead insisted that it was time for me to grow up. "My life changed drastically in camp," she wrote. The youngest of nine children, Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz was nine years old and motherless when her family was sent to Poston after Executive Order 9066 removed all Japanese Americans from the West Coast, imprisoning anyone with as little as 1/16th Japanese blood. A memoir of her days in the camp at Poston, Arizona, the paintings depict powerful memories etched in her mind since childhood.Ĭompleted about six years ago, the paintings were cathartic, she said, helping her to overcome her demons by reliving both painful and joyful camp happenings. In the Art Center's Beckstrand Gallery, Camp Days 1942-1945 is a series of watercolors by Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz. Also, artist Peggy Hasegawa will help visitors create origami cranes, a symbol of good luck. ![]() During the opening, the artists will be available to discuss their work. There also will be a free public reception honoring the artists from 5-8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays (except for Presidents' Day) and 1-4 p.m. The galleries will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. PALOS VERDES, CA.- Recollections of a childhood in a World War II Japanese American concentration camp, current visual impressions of the Manzanar camp site and documentation of the Japanese American experience on the Palos Verdes Peninsula during the first half of the 20th century are the themes of three exhibitions to run from January 30 - March 8, 2009, in the Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504. ![]()
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