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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 12-15, 2011 The Park Record get the people to look at their world and find the beauty in it, instead of the disgusting smells of the horse stalls, then they would have a chance to be uplifted for a short time." Obata opened the art school shortly after arriving in Topaz. "He offered 95 classes that were full of students ages six to 70, and covered 23 subjects, including figure drawing, architectural drawing, anatomy and commercial art and other crafts," she said. Art was a way for the internees to look beyond the day-to-day workings of the camp, she said. "In addition to citizenship and English classes, there were jobs offered throughout the camp " Beckwith said. "If you were a ditch-digger, you made $12-$14 a month. A school teacher would make $16 and a doctor would make $19," Off-site companies could hire the internees as well. "My dad hired a man to work in his newspaper office." Beckwith remembered. "Since the man made more money than the people hired for jobs in the camp. Topaz charged him rent, even though he wasn't allowed to live off the campsite." Beckwith, a lifelong resident of Delta, said her interest in Topaz peaked while teaching a journalism class at the local high school. "No one was doing a lot of the preservation or the investigation of the history of Topaz," she said. "So I • Continued from C-1 Lecture on Topaz Spring is coming. Are you ready? SAME/ NEXT-DAY SERVICE! EDWIN CYCLES FREE PICKUPDELIVERY V" v -f • 435.655.1730 •dwincycl«.com' ; 6440 Business Park Loop Rd '$*$$ Park Qty (by Home Depot) ''Vfi^& people can bring Iheir families to learn about the camp and the people who lived here," she said. Beckwith will bring bits of Topaz fTistory to the Park City Museum on Tuesday, March 15, during a lecture that will highlight the current exhibit "'Our Lives, Our Stories: America's Greatest Generation," which will be on display until March 16. "They asked me to talk about the JapaneseAmerican lives in Topaz and how they were able to withstand the terror and humiliation." she said. "I am bringing some of the charcoal, watercolor, oils and the shell jewelry and other arts and crafts that were created in the camp after Chiura Obata opened art classes." Obata, Beckwith said, was a Japanese-American wood-cut artist who was an illustrator for various newspapers. He is also known for his sketches of Yosemite National Park, during which he produced more than 100 paintings. "Chi started art school in the Tanforan, an assembly center in San Bruno, Calif.," Beckwith said. "It was originally a horse racing track, and the relocated JapaneseAmerican detainees lived in the horse stalls before they were transferred to Topaz. "Chi believed in the healing power of beauty," she said. "He knew if he could "!*•' *"V'# asked my ciass to research the people in Delta who had some connection with the camp." The students began their inquiries in the early 1980s, so there were some people still living in the city who helped build the camp, Beckwith said. "From there, I met a lot of people who were from the Japanese-American community in Salt Lake," she said. "I was referred to people in San Francisco who were incarcerated in the camp." As news about Beckwith's research spread, people donated artifacts and artwork to the cause. "Many of them also told us their stories," she said. "They are all so fascinating. You can't help but get '.: * -v-W" MY' BISTRO LOCAL'S MONDAYtt SAMMY'S EVERY MONDAY - :-: COLLECTABLES ..,.•.-,^. www.fmarks.com PUNTS ®F WASATCH / S^UAWEMS BEEM. PHOTO COURTESY TOPAZ MUSEUM Shell art, shown above, was one of many crafts taught at the Topaz art classes during World War II. hooked on them." "Remembering Topaz," a lecture by Jane Beckwith of the Topaz Museum in Delta, will feature some of the art, artifacts and stories from the camp. The event, which will be held Tuesday. March 15, at 4 p.m., is free to Museum members. Admission is included in the cost of admission for non-members. Due to limited seating, an RSVP is required. For more information, call 649-7457 or email ebeeson@parkckyhistory.org. Topaz display at PTC Exhibit coincides with 'Anne Frank' SAVORY CHICKEN BOWL WITH MCE $5.00 PULLED PORK SANDWICHES $8.00 TEXAS BBQ SHRIMP OPEN Mon-Friday 11-4 or by appointment 801.232.0986 Located in the Silver Mountain Building Located in the Park City PJa/a P r. 1890 Bonanza Drive #100 Kimball Junction 1526 UteBlvd #111 £ ^ f e ? - - ' t f V ^ ' 435-214-7570 PARK CITY no coupon required, 11AM - 9PM MONDAYS 655.2820 • / •• ROYALSTREET CAFE • ••7 A DINING EXPERIENCE THAT WILL LURE YOU OFF THE SLOPES. ; Offering Deer Valley's award-winning cuisine in a contemporary lodge setting. 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The exhibit runs from March 18 - April 2, in conjunction with PTC's production of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank." • After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7; 1941, the U.S. government seized and relocated 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast of the United States and sent them to ten internment camps scattered throughout the country Two-thirds of the internees were American citizens. One of the ten camps was called Topaz, and was located near Delta, Utah from September 11, 1942 to October 31, 1945.; More than 600 of the 11,200 detainees imprisoned at Topaz enrolled in what was, at that time, Utah's largest art school. Some of the art produced during that time will be on display in Pioneer Theatre Company's Loge Gallery from March 18 through April 2. ; "Testament to Topaz" in collaboration with the Topaz Museum will be on display at the Loge Gallery, Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, mezzanine level, 300 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City. The exhibit will run from March 18-April 2. The gallery is open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. • noon, and 4:45 p.m. - 7 p.m * Admission is free. For more information, call (801) 5816961* |