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The Garden Path A Time for Peace November/December 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE HAIKU 3 From the CEO Steve Bloom In the pine’s depths a chickadee hesitates The snow continues 4 Events Calendar November – December –Peter Kendall 5 Member News 6 Feature Year of Peace SENIOR STAFF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Steve Bloom DEPUTY DIRECTOR Cynthia Johnson Haruyama 8 Garden News Subtle but Significant: THE ARLENE SCHNITZER CURATOR 2019 Garden Improvements OF CULTURE, ART, AND EDUCATION Aki Nakanishi GARDEN CURATOR Sadafumi Uchiyama 10 Culture & Education CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER Lisa Christy Preview 2020: International Japanese Garden Training Center CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Diane Freeman CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER Cheryl Ching 12 Art Exhibitions DIRECTOR OF RETAIL Ashley McQuade 2020 Art Exhibitions DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES Mike Rego CURATOR EMERITA Diane Durston 14 2019 Garden by the Numbers BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT Robert Zagunis PRESIDENT ELECT Drake Snodgrass 16 Golden Crane Society IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Dorie Vollum VICE PRESIDENTS Dr. Calvin Tanabe, Paul Schommer TREASURER Doug de Weese 17 Global Ambassadors & Tribute Gifts SECRETARY Janelle Jimerson MEMBERS Trish Adams, Gwyneth Gamble Booth, Ann Carter, Jimmy Crumpacker, Dean M. Dordevic, Katherine Frandsen, Jon Greeney, Bruce Guenther, Bill Hughes, 18 Golden Crane Legacy Society Martin Lotti, Paul Loving, Lindley Morton, & Annual Fund Donations Darren Nakata, Carol L. Otis M.D., Travers Hill Polak, Cathy Rudd, Jeff Wolfstone 20 Photo Gallery FOUNDATION BOARD Year in Review CHAIR Carmen Wong PRESIDENT Steve Bloom SECRETARY/TREASURER Diane Freeman 24 Did You Know? MEMBERS Trish Adams, Jimmy Crumpacker, Dede DeJager, Greg Fitz-Gerald, Joshua Husbands, James D. Lynch, Allen Mercer, Dee Ross, Cecilia Tanaka THE GARDEN PATH FRONT COVER Jim Reitz FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BACK COVER Chris Ruggles Email [email protected] 2 THE GARDEN PATH FROM THE CEO THE FROM Dear Members, As many of you know, I recently spent several months working for the Gar- den while in residency in Japan. During that time, I was able to visit and make connections with leaders of public gardens from around the world and I came to realize one thing that all our gardens do, something that has taken on new importance in our tumultuous world. Gardens create a space for peace. Our heart rate slows when we en- ter, we let our guards down, and we become more receptive to the world around us. We are able to truly listen. Perhaps you’ll agree with me that 1 a big cause of the problems in the world today is that we are not able to listen to one another. Portland Japanese Garden was created by a group of citizens and city lead- ers to heal the wounds left by World War II. Some were against this. But time has proven that our Garden has led to greater understanding of Japan and the Japanese people and played a role in fostering a lasting peace between our nations. Isn’t it also possible that public gardens, in particu- lar culturally specific ones, could help us achieve peace in the face of the many political and cultural challenges the world faces today? In 2020, the Year of Peace, we will convene groups to explore the ways public gardens can promote peace. Over the coming months, you will hear more about Portland Japanese Garden’s expanded international work to bring people together for dialogue and to pursue this goal. We will enrich our own community by making Portland a world center for creating peace through cultural understanding and the experience of nature. Above all, we will continue stewarding our world-class gardens and presenting vibrant cultural programming so that we, and those who visit us from around the world, can have a space to think about our shared humanity and common values, and to create a bit more peace in the world. As we ask you in the coming weeks to make a year-end contribution to Portland Japanese Garden, I hope you will be inspired to be a part of this important work. Sincerely, Steve Bloom Chief Executive Officer 1 Christina Sjogren NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019 3 EVENTS November December 10/5 - Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty 13 Natural Impressions: Botanical Prints 12/1 Workshop ($) 2 Shakuhachi Bamboo Flute, Alex Cooley 14 Garden Workshop: Kadomatsu ($) 11 Veterans Day: Garden Open 10am-4pm* 15 Koto Holiday Concert 14 Wine Tasting with Torii Mor ($) Sold out 25 Christmas Day: Garden Closed 17 The Way of Incense, Kihachiro Nishiura 31 Ikebana Flower Arrangement, Heida Bruce 20 Spirit of Japan: Shinto and Gagaku 24 Ikebana flower arrangement, Megan Rothstein 28 Thanksgiving Day: Garden Closed January 1 New Year’s Day: Member Hours 10am - 2pm 5 O-Shogatsu Celebration * No Member Hours on Mondays ($) = Tickets required All other events are free with admission RECURRING DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CATHY RUDD CULTURAL CORNER Sponsored by Dossier Hotel Tea Ceremony: November 3, 6, 10,16, 30; December 4, 7, 8, 18, 21, 29. Bonsai: November 11; December 1, 22. Koto: November 23, 29; December 14, 28. All events are subject to change based on the availability of our wonderful volunteers. Please check japanesegarden.org/events or call 503-542-0280 to confirm these events. 4 THE GARDEN PATH MEMBER NEWS MEMBER Kanko Renmei, Courtesy of Okayama-ken Members Mark Your Calendar: Member Tour: O-Shogatsu – New Year’s Day Japan – Land of Living Traditions January 1, 2020 May 8 - 17, 2020 10am - 2pm Hiroshima, Okayama, & Kyoto, Japan In appreciation for all our members, Portland Don’t miss your chance to join this tour of must-see sites Japanese Garden will be open to members and and unique experiences in Japan, specially curated by their guests only on January 1 from 10am to 2pm. Portland Japanese Garden. From visiting Korakuen Garden in Okayama, one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, to Bring family and friends for a contemplative stroll watching the Aoi Matsuri Festival, one of the three most at the Garden to start a new year in peace and famous festivals in Kyoto, this is a great opportunity to see tranquility. We will be serving complimentary tea beautiful gardens while also exploring Japan’s rich culture at the Umami Café and traditional Japanese New and history. Year’s decorations will be on display. For the first time, members will have an opportunity to visit Kukrashiki, one of Japan’s great old merchant towns situated along a scenic canal at the foot of Mt. Tsurugata. Please reserve your spot by November 30th. Find more details and registration instructions at membertourjapan.com NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019 5 FEATURE 1 "Seeing the world from another’s perspective is what Portland Japanese Garden was founded upon. It is what moves people to peace when they visit, and it’s the keystone in building a bridge to peace." —AKIHITO NAKANISHI, Portland Japanese Garden’s Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education 1 Chris Ruggles 6 THE GARDEN PATH In 2020, Portland Japanese Garden will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the deep friendship that has grown between Japan and the United States. At the same time, we acknowledge the atroc- ities of war. This year, Hiroshima and Nagasaki serve as symbols of the terrible costs of war, as well as of the hope for peace. “What happened 75 years ago in that devastating war In October, Portland Japanese Garden will was the most disastrous result of what happens when partner with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew we stop trying to understand one another” says Steve in London to present an International Sym- 1 Bloom, Portland Japanese Garden’s CEO. “Through posium of Peace through Gardens. The two our garden and our programs, we can reach a global organizations will jointly conduct a 3-day audience. We can’t solve people’s problems for them, forum for global discussion on peace and but we can help guide them to answers. It’s what our garden culture during Kew’s Japan Chry- organization was founded on in 1963, and it is what our santhemum Festival 2020, where an array of programs will do in this landmark year.” Japanese cultural and art forms in addition to performances will be showcased along with In 2020, Portland Japanese Garden will host a wide ar- interactive workshops and lectures. ray of cultural programs – both in Portland and around the world – to share some of the most significant Throughout the year, Portland Japanese lessons that the Garden has learned over its more than Garden’s on-site programming will showcase 50-year history. lecturers and artists dedicated to seeking peace and with ties to Hiroshima and There will be a presentation of peace lanterns to Hiro- Nagasaki. This includes bringing in Takahiro shima and Nagasaki from Portland Japanese Garden. Iwasaki (Constructed Worlds art exhibition The lanterns are exact replicas of a gift from Yokohama from 5/30 – 7/12), a Hiroshima-born artist to the city of Portland in 1954 on the first merchant ship who transforms everyday materials such as from Japan after World War II. The lantern bears the toothbrushes or towels into delicate land- inscription “Casting the Light of Everlasting Peace.” The pre- scapes, inviting viewers to look at things sentations will be coupled with a symposium in Nagasa- from various perspectives. ki convening global peace ambassadors to discuss how to approach peace in the modern age. “Like a garden, peace requires cultivation. We must actively make choices to help it flourish. In the summer, Portland Japanese Garden will host the Just like the Olympics, an incredible symbol first ever Collegiate Peace Gathering, inviting students of global peace, we want our thematic focus from Universities across the United States to discuss on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to stimulate how cultural diversity plays a role in the path to sus- ideas and conversations around this neces- tainability and peace.