The Garden Path

Photo: David M. Cobb THE GARDEN PATH

FEBRUARY 2016 • VOLUME 15 • NUMBER 2

ART IN THE GARDEN 2016 | TSUNAGU: CONNECTING TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF KENGO KUMA

A glass wall, angled to gently capture raindrops. A ceramic roof covered in tiny succulents that reach toward the sun. Cedar shingles that riffle when touched by a light breeze. These subtle elements have come to be a trademark for world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma, whose design was selected for the Portland Japanese Garden’s Cultural Crossing expansion project. Considered one of the “most Japanese” contemporary architects from Japan, Mr. Kuma is known for his sensitivity to the environment, modest designs, and awareness of Japanese tradition. In February, a month-long exhibition called Tsunagu: Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art & Education. The Tsunagu Connecting to the Architecture of Kengo Kuma explores the concepts of exhibition is designed to be enjoyed by people of all backgrounds. Mr. Mr. Kuma’s work, focusing specifically on his design for the Garden. Bognar says, “Kengo Kuma’s work is felt on a fundamental level, so we’re putting several ‘layers’ into the exhibition so the experience is immersive. TSUNAGU REFERS TO A CONNECTION (BETWEEN It will be rewarding for those just visiting, for those wanting to understand PEOPLE AND NATURE, AS WELL AS BETWEEN key concepts, and for those who really want to get into the details.” SPACES), TO CONTINUITY (WITH THE SITE), AND TO Kengo Kuma’s work, modest and understated, can be seen around the LOOKING FORWARD (A LINK TOWARD THE NEXT world—from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics main stadium, to the Victoria & GENERATION AND THE FUTURE)” Albert Museum in Scotland. Join us for this special exploration of Mr. Kuma’s concepts, inspiration, and design. —BALAZS BOGNAR, GUEST CURATOR This exhibition is made possible with the support of the following: Mr. Kuma was attracted to the Garden’s beauty from his first visit. His personal aesthetic—drawing on Japanese tradition—is perfectly aligned with the Garden’s guiding principles. “I saw the design for the Portland Japanese Garden’s Cultural Crossing as a metaphorical bridge. It is an architectural and cultural link that binds the U.S. and Japan. Tsunagu is the first exhibition in the United States to probe the philosophy of Mr. Kuma. It is guest curated by Balazs Bognar, Design Director at Kengo Kuma & Associates in collaboration with Diane Durston, the Stephen & Melissa Babson and the Autzen Foundation.

FEBRUARY 2016 | THE GARDEN PATH 1 FOUR SEASONS • FIVE SENSES • ONE EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE FROM THE CEO

Dear Garden Members, Part of our education included an immersive day with the owners of the Jugetsudo tea company in Tokyo. Jugetsudo’s owner, Keita In less than a month, the Garden Maruyama, walked Ashley and I through the steps of pairing world will reopen, and we are all eager to class Japanese tea with traditional gracious, attentive service, and return! I’ve heard from many people delicious edible delights. Done right, our own tea café will engage about how much they’ve missed all five senses while finding the spirit of Japanese culture. When I visiting the Garden. And I’ve heard think about the Garden offering this unique experience, it underlines more than once, “Will it be worth the meaning of Cultural Crossing; this will truly transport you to it?” The Cultural Crossing expansion another world. is no small undertaking and there is still much to do as construction continues through 2016 even after we reopen next month. But when we see the final results at the official Grand Opening in 2017, I assure you it will indeed be worth it.

Over these past five months, I’ve periodically stood in the middle of the construction site to assess our progress. Every time, I’ve been humbled and amazed by how this long languishing piece of land is being transformed. What was once a space defined by cracked cement will soon be a bustling cultural center where visitors can be transported to another world to sip, nibble, socialize, learn, discover, and shop. Kengo Kuma’s elegant architecture will be complemented by Sadafumi Uchiyama’s beautiful landscape design. When it’s finally completed next year, there will be something for everyone to look forward to.

Cheryl Ching, our Chief Operations Officer, and her team are particularly excited to move the Welcome Gate down the hill in 2017. An easy-to-find welcome center surrounded by bamboo and Artist rendering of the new Cultural Crossing tea café by Kengo Kuma cascading ponds will begin a complete serene visitor experience for both first time guests and familiar friends. At the heart of the expansion project is the Cultural Village, a place of learning and discovery, with year-round programming to continue Walking up the zig-zag path, the first building you’ll see is our new our mission of promoting Japanese garden arts and culture. When tea café, floating above the hillside. This past December, Garden construction is complete in 2017, the Cultural Village will give us Gift Store Manager Ashley McQuade and I spent some time in Japan much needed new classrooms and exhibition spaces, and operate in learning the intricacies of providing an authentic tea café experience. the same way that our Pavilion once did—as a home for exhibitions, Ashley will be overseeing our tea café operations and is sure to bring demonstrations, lectures and workshops. Diane Durston, the Arlene the same elegance to it that she’s brought to our gift store. Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art & Education is already hard at work planning these magnificent spaces with more robust programming for you in 2017!

All of this construction paves the way toward a haven of serenity. At the end of this road awaits the Garden itself, sitting in quiet beauty. With distractions removed, there you will be free to stroll without interruption, unplug, and recharge. The Garden will remain your special place to find peace, solace, and joy.

As I’ve said many times before, Cultural Crossing is a once-in-a- lifetime legacy we are giving to future generations. The countdown to 2017 has begun, but until then, we eagerly await your return in March!

Best,

As part of our immersion, we had tea at the Nezu Museum’s tea café, also designed by Kengo Kuma.

2 FEBRUARY 2016 | THE GARDEN PATH MEMBER NEWS

CALENDAR CONTEST: SHARE TSUNAGU: GATEWAY MEMBER YOUR LOVE OF THE GARDEN AND GOLDEN CRANE SOCIETY Submissions due February 22, 2016 Every year, our talented Photographer Members capture OPEN HOUSE breathtaking images of the Garden— from our famous Japanese February 2-3, 2016 maple, to our friendly, frisky koi. And every year we look forward 5:30-8pm to featuring a selection of these incredible images in the Garden’s Center for Architecture, 403 NW 11th Ave, Portland OR annual wall calendar. This bestselling item is a favorite of visitors Complimentary tickets available at and garden lovers around the world, and is a great opportunity for japanesegarden.com/events Space is limited, reservations required Photographer Members to see their work showcased in a gorgeous format. If one of your photographs is selected to represent a We are honored to invite our Gateway Members, Volunteers, month in the Garden you’ll receive ten complimentary copies of and Golden Crane Society to enjoy light refreshments while the 2017 calendar. If we choose to include your work as a smaller previewing Tsunagu: Connecting to the Architecture of Kengo inset photograph, you’ll receive two complimentary copies. Learn Kuma before it opens to the public. The month-long exhibition, more about the benefits of being a Photographer Member, and get held at the Center for Architecture in Portland, is the first major more details about the calendar contest, at japanesegarden.com/ opportunity to formally introduce Kengo Kuma’s ideas to the photographers. public by focusing on his design for the Japanese Garden’s Cultural Crossing expansion project. GATEWAY MEMBER NIGHT WITH PSU KABUKI (SOLD OUT) TSUNAGU: CONNECTING TO February 27, 2016 THE ARCHITECTURE OF 6:15-7:00pm—Reception and presentation with the KENGO KUMA production director Dr. Laurence Kominz, Professor of Japanese Language & Literature February 4-29, 2016 7:00-10:00pm—Performance Open Daily 10-5pm Portland State University—Lincoln Performance Hall Extended Hours on Fridays until 7pm Center for Architecture Gateway Members receive 20% discount on general 403 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR admission ticket prices: • Gateway Members $12.00 LECTURE: TSUNAGU, KENGO • Gateway Senior Members $9.00 Discount tickets available until 2/12/16 at KUMA’S ARCHITECTURE OF japanesegarden.com/events RELATIONSHIPS (SOLD OUT) The Portland State University School of Theater & Film is February 6, 2016 presenting The Revenge of the 47 Loyal Samurai as a Main Stage 2:00-4:00pm Production. This traditional Japanese play will be co-presented Portland Art Museum, in the Fields Ballroom, by the PSU Center for Japanese Studies with the support of the hosted by the PAM Asian Art Council US-Japan Foundation. 1219 SW Park Ave Performances of this seminal example of GOLDEN CRANE SOCIETY kabuki theater will take HOSTED VIEWING HOURS place from February 25th to March 5th. Join WITH KENGO KUMA us for a special Gateway February 6, 2016 Member Night with food, 5:00-7:30pm drink, and a special Center for Architecture presentation by director Invitation Only Dr. Laurence Kominz before the opening weekend performance on Saturday, February 27.

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GARDEN’S MARCH 1 REOPENING JUST ONE MONTH AWAY

Spring: a time of rebirth. The earth slowly turns her face to the Members eager to return are invited to join us for special Member- sun, the weather warms, and colorful blossoms peek out after a only events. On February 29, Gateway Members and their guests long winter’s nap. It’s an exhilarating time in any garden but this can explore the Garden one day before it opens to the public. will be an especially exciting spring for the Portland Japanese They’ll be treated to hot tea on the Veranda and an update about Garden as we welcome our Members back to the Garden after six the Cultural Crossing expansion. Then, on March 5 and 6, our long months. Gardener Justin Blackwell points out what members first weekend Member Hours will also include hot tea on the will experience upon their return: Veranda to warm up after reconnecting with the plants, trees, and koi—making this a very special weekend for our Members.

“Cherry trees heavy with blooms, an array of white, pink, and It’s not long now. We look forward to welcoming you back to red camellia and newly pruned pines giving a formal elegance wander the familiar paths and landscapes, and re-explore your to the Flat Garden. The sweet fragrance of Edgeworthia and favorite parts of this special place. Viburnum contrasting with the pungent Eurya japonica will delight the senses. And of course the koi are becoming active and lively and frisky; I think they missed the adoration from adults and children!” GATEWAY MEMBER-ONLY WELCOME BACK TO THE GARDEN We’ve all missed our visitors. But the absence of thousands of February 29, 2016 | 12-4pm feet has given the Garden a unique opportunity to restore itself. Portland Japanese Garden Strolling through, the pathways will feel lighter, as though they’ve No reservation required, Gateway and Golden Crane been “lifted.” The moss is springy and lush. Members will notice members only a new earthen bridge in the Natural Garden; the former bridge had been in use for 30 years and carried the weight of millions OPENING WEEKEND FOR of visitors. In reconstruction, the gardeners paid homage to its MEMBERS original rustic beauty while building it to last for another 30 years. March 5-6, 2016 | 8-10am Note the matching hornbeam branches—saved from the fall’s Portland Japanese Garden pruning—that are incorporated as low rails. No reservations required

4 FEBRUARY 2016 | THE GARDEN PATH STAYING CONNECTED WITH THE GARDEN AND CULTURE Even though the Garden has been closed for five months, our volunteers details about the Cultural have worked to stay sharp for the March 1 reopening. Thanks to our Crossing expansion. For friends and partners at the Portland Art Museum, Leach Botanical more information, or Garden, Nike, Jasmine Pearl Tea Company, and Jordan Schnitzer to book a speaker, visit Museum of Art, our volunteers have gained new insights into Japanese japanesegarden.com/ garden arts and culture through private tours and workshops. speakers-bureau.

NEW EXPERIENCES WITH JAPANESE ARTS Garden Guides also The Garden’s Department of Culture, Arts, and Education organized continued to engage with several Japanese art tours and workshops for volunteers. Participants local school children. took private tours of the Asian art collections at the Portland Art Volunteer guide Lynn Museum with Maribeth Graybill, the Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Geis gave a presentation Art and Culture and the Japanese printmaking collection at the about the Japanese tea Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art with Curator Anne Rose Kitgawa. ceremony to a group of The Garden’s own Exhibition Coordinator Mami Takahashi taught students at the Emerson school. Ms. Geis set up a model teahouse three Japanese art seminars, including hands-on workshops for using tatami mats and tokonoma (an alcove that traditionally holds a papermaking, maki-e gold-leaf decoration, and Japanese painting. flower arrangement and calligraphed scroll) and whisked up a batch Mami—a Japanese multidisciplinary artist herself—taught participants of matcha green tea for the students to experience a taste of this bitter traditional Japanese art techniques. drink. “I received some delightful thank-you notes, complete with illustrations,” she said. “That assured me that they had taken in a lot SHARING JAPANESE CULTURE of information. It was definitely a good experience.” With people unable to visit the Garden, our Garden Guides created a Speakers Bureau to bring the tranquility of the Garden to communities Naturally, all the volunteers are eager to get back to the Garden in the Portland Metro area. By the end of February, these volunteers themselves. “The first thing I’ll do when the Garden opens is walk the will have given 45 presentations to venues like Creekside Village entire garden,” said 5-year volunteer docent Kate Knox-Giavanti. “I Retirement, Kiwanis Club of Cedar Hills, and the Bonsai Society of am excited to see what benefits a nice six-month rest from visitors will Portland. The presentations replicate a typical guided tour of the have had. I’ve missed seeing the subtle changes from week to week Garden with information about our history, five landscape styles, and as the season change.”

DONOR PROFILE: CHEF NAOKO When Naoko Tamura arrived St., catering events, and providing meals for Delta One flights from in Portland in 2007 with a plan Portland to Japan, she has started her own nonprofit organization, to open a Japanese restaurant From Portland with Love, with a mission to promote cultural that served only fresh, natural exchange with a focus on what people and businesses in the Pacific food, she didn’t intend to begin Northwest can offer to Japan. From Portland with Love grew out of a relationship with the Portland a desire to help victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Japanese Garden. Fortunately Tsunami of 2011, and the organization continues to support Japanese for us, Garden Curator Sadafumi people in need by hosting fundraising concerts and events. Uchiyama took note of her arrival On February 11, From Portland with Love will hold its annual in the local Japanese community “Japan Night Concert” to benefit for residents of Minamisōma, newspaper Yuuyake Shimbun, sister city to Pendleton, OR. The event will feature several and an introduction was made. renowned Japanese performers, including violinist Junko Ohtsu, The day before Chef Naoko Bento pianist Tomoko Okada, and Yoshie Ichige, reading the work of Café officially opened its doors to the public in 2008, the Garden beloved children’s author Leo Lionni and acclaimed poet Shuntaro staff placed the restaurant’s first-ever take out order, and began a Tanikawa. Attendees of the benefit will also enjoy a special bento relationship rooted in the mutual desire to share Japanese cultural created by Chef Naoko. with members of the community. Naoko has been a proud visitor, friend, and supporter of the Garden ever since, contributing her Japan Night Concert, presented by From Portland With Love delicious and healthy food for Garden events as a Golden Crane Thursday, February 11 Corporate Sponsor. Reception 6:30pm, Concert 8:00pm Since her arrival in Portland, Naoko has been busy. In addition to World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Road running the successful Chef Naoko Bento Café on SW Jefferson Tickets: fromportlandwithlove.org

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THE GOLDEN CRANE SOCIETY Cumulative giving to the Annual Fund from November 1, 2014-December 28, 2015

GOLDEN CRANE SO CIETY Kathy Pike GARDENER’S CIRCLE Lee & Janelle Jimerson David Pollock in honor of Gwyneth $1,500-$2,499 Salena Johnson Gamble Booth Sheryl Acheson Mr. Bradford Johnston PosterGarden A-dec, Inc. Frederick D. and Gail Y. Jubitz Foundation Amy S. Katoh SILVER CIRCLE Wayne M. Quimby & Michael Roberts Susan & Dean N. Alterman Quimby Sally Ashley Sherman B. & Jayn Kellar $25,000-$49,999 Regional Arts & Culture Council and Robert Aughenbaugh Caroline Kerl & Bill Lunch The Collins Foundation Work for Art Bamboo Sushi John A Kodachi, PC William G. Gilmore Foundation Marge Riley Fund of The Oregon Alan & Julieann Barker Hoichi Kurisu BRONZE CIRCLE Community Foundation David E. and Mary C. Becker Fund of Yoshio & Nikki Kurosaki PMS 8660 PMS 548 Trudy & Pat Ritz, Ritz Family Foundation The Oregon Community Foundation Kurosaki Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish $10,000-$24,999 Arlene Schnitzer and Jordan Schnitzer of Anthony & Martha Belluschi Community Foundation Anonymous (3) the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Harvey & Nancy Black Tom & Pat Landye Arts Consulting Group Foundation Mary Lee Boklund Joyce & Stanley Loeb Stephen & Melissa Babson Hiroshige Brenda Smola-Foti & Frank Foti Bruce & Cindy Brenn James D. Lynch & Robby Cunningham Broughton and Mary Bishop Foundation abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Drs. Calvin & Mayho Tanabe Ibby Brooke Gregg Macy & Eric Steinhauser Gwyneth Gamble Booth ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Robert & Debb Zagunis Richard Louis Brown & Thomas Mark saRah Mahler 123456789Alan0 S. Davis James & Diane Burke Kathleen & Curtis Marble Dean & Kathi Dordevic Worth & Barbara Caldwell Masa & Associates, Inc. Mrs. Margueritte H. Drake PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Dr. & Mrs. John R. Campbell Laura S. Meier ESCO Foundation $2,500-$4,999 Kathryn Campbell Esther Jantzen Moore Yoko Fukuta Anonymous (2) Linda Campbell Verne & Aki Naito Hoffman Construction Trish & Joe Adams Capital Pacific Bank Helle V. Nathan Gail & Fred Jubitz Thomas P. Anderson & Jack B. Blumberg Ann C. Carter & Thomas P. Palmer Nathan Family Charitable Fund of Samuel T. & Mary K. Naito Foundation Jean & Ray Auel Candy Cassarno The Oregon Community Foundation Dorothy Piacentini Stephen Bloom & Michael Blankenship Chef Naoko Mrs. Hester H. Nau Travers & Vasek Polak Diane & Joel Brauer Citi Lites Builders Inc. Tom & Chris Neilsen Rod & Cheryl “Charlie” Rogers in memory John & Kathryn Cochran Truman Collins Neilsen Family Fund of The Oregon of Lorna Markwart William Cook & Gwil Evans Columbia Grain, Inc. Community Foundation Jim & Cathy Rudd Dede & Joe DeJager Constructive Form Architecture OMIC USA Arlene Schnitzer of the Harold and Dr. Mark Edge & Dr. Ken Mims and Design LLC Carol L. Otis MD & Roger Goldingay Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation Wayne R. & Sandra F. Ericksen Anne & James Crumpacker PacifiCorp Foundation Torii Mor Winery & Vineyard Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Peggy & Dick Danziger PAE Engineers John & Susan Turner Flowerree Foundation Devil’s Food Catering Piper Park, The Park Foundation Larry & Dorie Vollum Jeffrey & Sandra Grubb Mary Dickson Marilyn Ross Podemski The Jean Vollum Fund of the Vanguard Bruce Guenther & Eduardo A. Vides, M.D. Sarah Dougher & Nate Overmeyer in honor David & Shirley Pollock Charitable Endowment Hacker Architects of Dorie & Larry Vollum Portland Roasting Coffee Capt. David G. & Carolyn Berry Wilson Hakkodo Halton Foundation Drake’s 7 Dees Jean & Ralph Quinsey FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Andrew & Cynthia Haruyama Gail Durham & E Benno Philippson Dee Ross Sapporo Brewing USA $5,000-$9,999 Ron & Jenny Herman Diane Durston Susan Schnitzer & Greg Goodman Anonymous Michel & Vicki Hersen Michael & Janet Ellena Susan Dee Schnitzer Family Fund of The Autzen Foundation Mitchell Hobbs Exxon Mobil Foundation The Oregon Community Foundation Bank of America Hank & Judy Hummelt Mary E. Fellows & John W. Russell Paul Schommer Mora Chartrand & Linda Grant Tatsuo Ito Jim Fisher Volvo Henry F. Schwarz III Columbia Sportswear The Jackson Foundation Susan & Greg Fitz-Gerald Peter Shinbach Katherine & Mark Frandsen The Jasmine Pearl Tea Company FlowerBox, Inc. & Floral Design Institute Forrest & B.J. Simmons Geffen Mesher Kay Kitagawa & Andy Johnson-Laird Doyle Forister & Gary Sheldon Steven H. Smith & Dennis C. Johnson Jeanne Giordano & Bob Frasca Jerry Jones Fund of the So Hum Foundation Terry & Florence Gerlach Drake & Lynn Snodgrass Tom & Susan Hamman William David & Mary Jones Jerry & Barbara Giesy So Hum Foundation Walter Clay Hill and Family Foundation Joto Sake LLC Grain Importers Association The Standard Henry Lea Hillman, Jr. Foundation Peter J. Kendall Greenline Fine Woodworking Bonnie Pomeroy Stern Lynne M. Hoffman Dorothy Lemelson John Hall & Margaret Chula Andree Stevens W.A. Hughes Construction Inc. Doug & Theresa Lovett James P. Hansen Julie & Peter Stott Japan America Society of Oregon J. Douglas Macy Jennifer Hartnett & Liza Yore Alice Sumida The Japan Foundation Michael & Maryellen McCulloch Jay A. Henry Rena & Cheryl Tonkin The Samuel S. Johnson Foundation Thomas & Angela Mills Margaret & Roger Hinshaw TR Professional Elizabeth M. King NACCO Materials Handling Group Dalton L. Hobbs Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine Ross M. Lienhart, Edward Lienhart Family The Paramount Hotel Robert & Deborah Hogfoss Junki Yoshida Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles Putney Jerry & Ann Hudson Yume Confections Dinah & Robert McCall Catherine & Taisuke Sasanuma William A. Hughes & Nancy L. Richmond Marilyn McIver Mr. Ernie Stoddard Beth & Jerry Hulsman Kelly & Steve McLeod Storms Family Foundation Joshua & Kerstin Husbands Suzanne Storms Millis Treecology, Inc. Jane R. Kendall Family Fund of The Oregon Glenn & Widney Moore The Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust Community Foundation Omomuki Foundation Stuart Weitz & John Gustavsson John & Janet Jay Mr. & Mrs. James H. Winkler JEZ Foundation

TRIBUTE GIFTS & DONATIONS November 1, 2015 through December 28, 2015

MEMORIALS AND In Honor of Travers Polak In Memory of John Putney In Memory of Robert In Memory of Jack Rickli HONORARIA Janice E. Quivey Dickson Johnson Sybilla Cook Robert Cramer & Allen Simmons In Honor of Arlene Schnitzer Marleen Tulas Richard Hill & Raymond Annis In Honor of Ester Auerbach Steven Karker John & Emily Rake & Jordan Schnitzer In Memory of David Easly In Memory of Ronald “Rik” Richard Lukins Architecture Foundation of Oregon The Loeb Foundation Kalmbach Wayne M. Quimby & Michael In Honor of Doyle Forister Dorinne Pedersen & Kurt Kimsey Sara E. Perry In Honor of George Takei In Memory of Bill Findlay Roberts Quimby The Bomze/Bloom Family Thomas P. Anderson & In Memory of Steven H. Smith & In Honor of Linda Grant & Jack B. Blumberg Dennis C. Johnson In Honor of Dorie & Pauline Mesirow Mora Chartrand Mrs. Margueritte H. Drake Margaret Mesirow Mike Thompson & Bill Ohde Whitney Lane Larry Vollum Alan, Gwen, Avery & Marleen Tulas Sarah Dougher & Nate Overmeyer In Memory of Mae Ninomiya In Honor of Claude M. & Ashton Niemann In Memory of John Symons In Memory of Joanne Cody Michiko Kornhauser Keiko Hiramoto Hess In Memory of Fred Irinaga Elizabeth Wolf Alaska Library Association Marya Fitzgerald Al & Judy Kenning Todd M. Irinaga Juneau Chapter In Memory of Larry Novick In Memory of Emily Tom Cirillo In Honor of Mary & In Memory of Gene Jackson Allen Meyer Cummins Lawrence & Sarah Eppenbach Oscar Mayer Millie Williams David Isaak Oscar H. & Catherine Mayer Susan Cummins David Sammond

6 FEBRUARY 2016 | THE GARDEN PATH Cumulative giving to the Annual Fund from November 1, 2014-December 28, 2015

ANNUAL FUND DONATIONS GOLDEN CRANE LEGACY MEMBERS

ANNUAL FUND Dan & Debbie Lamberger Golden Crane Legacy Members have named the Garden as the ultimate beneficiary of a Anonymous (22) William and Emmy Lawrence planned gift. We are grateful to the following people for letting us know of their plans to Ajinomoto North America, Inc. Family Fund of The Oregon Hawkin & Dorothy Au Community Foundation support the Garden in this thoughtful way. Martha Bailey Michael Lester Alan Baucom Jon Lexau & Carla Barone Anonymous Elaine West Durst David L. Mitchell & Bechen Family Foundation Carole Lower Carole Beauclerk Bill Findlay Judith L. Bradley Leslie B. Beers Carol Ann Lutz Barbara Bell Yoko Fukuta Wayne M. Quimby & Barbara Bell Sarah D. MacDonald Diane Benjamin Ms. Susan Halton Michael Roberts Quimby John Benson Carol MacLeod Melanie Billings-Yun Ron & Jenny Herman W. Curtis Schade & John Blackwell Lisa Mamet Stephen Bloom & Michael Al Horn Jacquie Siewert-Schade Craig Boretz & Rachelle Jacover Nona K. Mann Blankenship Jerry & Ann Hudson Mr. Ernie Stoddard Lois Bosland Irene Mantel Carla Caesar & Nora King Mary Kay Johnson John & Ann Symons Paul & Nancy Bragdon WJ McCabe Mora Chartrand & Linda Grant Elizabeth M. King Ms. Carmen Wong Dr. Gerald J. Broock Judy McElhaney Mary Dickson Ron & Polly Wall Lauser Sandra Brown Karen L. McKay Margueritte Hirschlbuhl Drake John & Lisa Lehman Syd & Sher Brown Heidemarie McSwain Lauretta Burman Margaret Mesirow Carla Caesar & Nora King Mary Katherine Miller Cecile L. Carpenter Michael Miller We are grateful to the following individuals and families for their generous Stephen Chipps Mike & Jill Miller estate/bequest gifts previously received by the Garden: Tim & Lisa Christy Sean Morrison Tom Cirillo Dana Mounts Nancy B. Beamer James J. Kesler Toya Family Trust: George, Mr. & Mrs. Ron L. Clark Martha Murray Clarence Bobbe Duke Mankertz Sonoya, Georgene, Kristan & Scott Collins Network for Good Stanley W. Greenhalgh Ms. Beverly Merrill and Evelyn Truman Collins Anne Niemiec Ms. Anne Hinds Jeaneatta Sautter Caye Nollette Taylor Correll Noel Jordan Stanley L. Davis Trust Cynthia & Gary Crose Patricia Perkins Mary Felice Crowe Donald & Rosalyn Petersen Susan Cummins John Porter Andrew Dall Mildred Powers If you would like to include the Garden in your estate plans, or if you have already Bruce & April deBolt Mark A. & Lisa J. Prescott Barry DeGregorio Alice Price done so and would allow us to list you as a Legacy Member, please contact Chief Nathan C. Douthit Tyler Quinn Development Officer Tom Cirillo at (503) 595-5225 or [email protected] Mr. & Mrs. David Dowell Janice E. Quivey Emma Eaton Leslie C. & Wallace L. Rainey Vida Lee Edera John & Emily Rake Francois Elmaleh Robb Rathe & Erin Moeschler Marilyn & Edward Epstein Katherine M. Ray Rich Farrington P. Redman GLOBAL AMBASSADORS James & Diana Faville Alisa Richards Bob & Debbie Fellman Dean Runyan & Liz Evans Joseph Ferguson Marjorie Russell Including Global Ambassador Members and Sponsors of our 2014 New York Launch Event Diane Field & Richard Williams Patricia E. Sacks M.D. Rebecca Fleischman Carlos Sanchez Anonymous Yoshiaki Mizumoto Konky & Bob Forster W. Curtis Schade & Jacquie Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Janet & Tom Montag Linnea O. Foss Siewert-Schade Ajinomoto North America, Inc. Kathy Pike & Louis Forster Liz Frautschi Laura Schlafly Peter Freedman Gerald & Shirley Schoepflin Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc. David & Jane Pollock Les & Karen Fullerton Christine Schulbach Peggy & Dick Danziger PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Michael & Barbara Gaines Marion Shimoda Jeanne Giordano & Bob Frasca David & Abigail Snoddy Robert Gamblin & Catherine Thomas J. Spence Kumlin Molly & George Spencer Geoffrey Hoefer Erik & Cornelia Thomsen Terry & Florence Gerlach John Sprietsma & Dana Plautz Joto Sake LLC Torii Mor Winery & Vineyard Laurie Gille Naemura Sara H. Stamey & Winston A. Richard Milgrim Uniqlo Google AdWords Saunders Lee Haga John & Debi Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Frank Halvorsen Melinda Stephens-Bukey Adam Hart Richard C. Stetson, Jr. CORPORATE SPONSORS Lynne & Gary Hartshorn Susan Stone Katherine A. Hawkins Pat Struckman Platinum Gold Janet Heineck Ellen Summerfield Linda Hering Ann Symons Carol F. Herman Natsuko Takahashi Helen Herman Hitomi Tamura & James Peters CHADO Kenton Hill Robert & Carolyn Tecklenburg Kathy & Frank Hillman Joyce Tolley Shinji & Yuki Hioki Naomi Tsurumi Philip Hoefer Robert Tufts Yohey Horishita Keisaku Uchimura Angela Horniman Sadafumi & Dawn Uchiyama Harold M. Hurwitz Ans van Gent Lois B. 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THE CAMPAIGN FOR A CULTURAL CROSSING Contributions received through December 28, 2015 The Portland Japanese Garden’s Campaign for a Cultural Crossing is supported by individuals, businesses, and foundations here in Oregon, across the country, and from Japan. You might be surprised to learn that individuals’ gifts, from $10 to seven-figure donations, carry the day in every fundraising effort—in fact, foundations and corporations usually only make up 15% of any fundraising campaign. We are well on the way to reaching and exceeding that 15% goal and are especially pleased to announce that The Collins Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to support the Cultural Crossing project. We have now raised over $23,000,000 towards our $33,500,000 goal. We hope you will join us. Every gift makes a difference!

$5,000,000 and above $75,000 to $99,999 $5,000 to $9,999 David Pollock in honor of Martha Arlene Schnitzer in honor of Jordan D. Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Anonymous and Anthony Belluschi Schnitzer’s 20-year service to the Mildred and Morris Schnitzer Charitable Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Robert Ridgley Portland Japanese Garden Fund of The Oregon Community Ajinomoto North America, Inc. Luwayne Sammons Foundation Anderson Krygier, Inc. Randy Zmrhal $2,000,000 to $4,999,999 Storms Family Foundation The Bookin Group, LLC Anonymous Bruce and Cindy Brenn UNDER $1,000 $50,000 to $74,999 Dr. John R. and Susan Campbell Carole Alexander $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 Gwyneth Gamble Booth Ann C. Carter and Thomas P. Palmer Charles C. Anderson Anonymous (2) City of Portland, Portland Parks & Recreation Columbia Bank and West Coast Trust David Austin State of Oregon Lottery Bonds Alan S. Davis Alexander de Weese Barbara Bloomfield The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Marilyn Easly in memory of David Easly Douglas H. de Weese Patricia Buckley Foundation William G. Gilmore Foundation Michael and Janet Ellena Evelyn Carter Drs. Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Jerry and Ann Hudson Yoko Fukuta George Caspar and Mary Hanigan Hoichi Kurisu Geotechnical Resources, Inc. Laura Davidson $750,000 to $999,999 Ritz Family Foundation Jeanne Giordano and Bob Frasca Kristen A. Dozono The Collins Foundation Kelly Saito Green Building Services Bart Eberwein Ross M. Lienhart, Edward Lienhart Catherine and Taisuke Sasanuma Greenline Fine Woodworking Patricia A. Engelbretson Family Foundation in memory of Bruce Guenther & Eduardo A. Vides, M.D. James and Diana Faville Sheila Edwards Lienhart $20,000 to $49,999 Dr. Tsutomu Hattori Sandra L. Helton Dean and Susan Alterrman Margaret and Roger Hinshaw Isaac Jones $500,000 to $749,999 Thomas P. Anderson and Jack B. Blumberg Ronna and Eric Hoffman Fund of The Kathleen Kahle Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin City of Portland, Office of Oregon Community Foundation Leatrice Kaplan Tateuchi Foundation International Affairs Joshua and Kerstin Husbands Allan Karsk Robert W. Franz Dede and Joe DeJager Listen Accoustics, Inc. Marilyn Kingery Dorothy Lemelson de Weese Family Fund at The Oregon Verne and Aki Naito Betty Lou Koffel and Philip Moyer National Endowment for the Humanities Community Fund Foundation Carol L. Otis MD and Roger Goldingay Michiko Kornhauser Cathy and Jim Rudd Mary and Blaine Dickson Bonnie Pomeroy Stern David and Nicholaus Krichevsky Dorie and Larry Vollum Margueritte H. Drake Rena and Cheryl Tonkin Joann D. Le Drake’s 7 Dees Landscaping Torii Mor Winery & Vineyard Anne and Charles Macquarie $250,000 to $499,999 Katherine and Mark Frandsen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ward Patricia de Magalhaes Frederick D. and Gail Y. Jubitz Foundation Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd. Suwako Watanabe Stephen McConnel Dorothy Piacentini J. Douglas Macy Jill McLean Carolyn A. Berry Wilson Dori Schnitzer in memory of Mildred $2,500 to $4,999 Phyllis L. Morical and Morris Schnitzer Andrew and Cynthia Haruyama Members of Niwa-No-Bikai $200,000 to $249,999 Jeanne Schnitzer Marks in memory of Joto Sake Tetsuro Nomura Anne and James F. Crumpacker Family Mildred and Morris Schnitzer Joseph Krakora O’Hara School of Ikebana Hoffman Construction Co. Susan Dee Schnitzer in memory of Mildred Sandy and Greg Mico Mr. and Mrs. Allan Olson Kengo Kuma & Associates and Morris Schnitzer Miller Nash Carlton Olson Walker Macy Susan and Jim Winkler & Family John and Susan Turner Debby Potts Michael and Carol Riley $150,000 to $199,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $1,000 to $2,499 Amy and Katie Sakurai Ray and Jean Auel Mora Chartrand and Linda Grant Anonymous (3) Carol Schnitzer Lewis Marilyn McIver Worth & Barbara Caldwell Architecture Foundation of Oregon in honor Jacquie Siewert-Schade Delta Airlines of Arlene Schnitzer & Jordan Schnitzer J Andrew Snyder $100,000 to $149,999 The Dunagan Foundation, Inc. Anthony and Martha Belluschi Makoto Suzuki Melissa and Stephen Babson Bill Findlay Nell and Robert Bonaparte Takumi Company Wayne Drinkward Sean C. Gay Dr. and Mrs. Buell Tomodachi Committee JASO Hacker Architects Judy and Hank Hummelt Citi Lites Builders Inc. Taketoshi Uchiyama Prudence Miller in memory of KPFF Consulting Engineers Greg and Susan Fitz-Gerald Barbara G. Van Raalte Family Jane Stimson Miller Amy S. Katoh Dale and Iris Garell Fund of Fidelity Charitable Wayne M. Quimby and Michael Doug and Theresa Lovett William A. Hughes and Nancy L. Richmond Scott Winters Roberts Quimby Luma: Lighting Design John A Kodachi, PC Takeshi Yoro Frances and John von Schlegell Ed McVicker and Gertrude Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Joe Labadie PAE Engineers Judy and Mike McCuddy Don and Jan Stastny Acorn Fund of The Oregon Community Stoel Rives Foundation Carmen Wong

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THE CASTLE WALL STORY: BOLTS AND FEATHERS, BOULDERS AND BRAWN One of the standout structures visitors can see in progress will be the Castle Wall at the west end of what will be the Cultural Village. Twenty feet high and 140 feet long, the Castle Wall at the Portland Japanese Garden will be a monument to what many hands can accomplish, working together. As visitors approach the Garden, this wall will rise up to meet them, transporting their imaginations to another place and time. As a multi-part series, we are telling the stories of the people, traditions, and stones that make up this one-of-a-kind creation.

INVESTING IN QUALITY THAT LASTS Last September at Smith Rock, Inc. on Johnson Creek Boulevard in SE Portland, the sound of metal on rock—drill bits, mallets, and saws—filled the air, along with dust and flying rock chips. The sun was high, and the day was hot. Master stone mason Suminori Awata walked from stone to stone, carefully observing the workers’ progress. The goal was to cut over 800 tons of Baker Blue granite into long, large foundation pieces. The 55 cornerstones will support an authentic medieval Castle Wall, a key feature of the Cultural Crossing expansion.

In order to get such a huge quantity of raw stone, Awata and his team traveled to a privately owned quarry in Eastern Oregon to choose several hundred-ton boulders of fine-grained, azure-flecked granite. Then, Smith Rock used specialized heavy equipment to transport the boulders to the Smith Rock storage facility in Southeast Portland. There, workers got to work cutting the stones into smaller pieces that could be shaped and split by hand, using tools such as saws, hammers, and drills.

MOVING THE EARTH Baker Blue granite is hard enough to support hundreds of tons of rock without breaking or crumbling, and for the Cultural Crossing Castle Wall project, the best quality is essential. The Castle Wall is intended to stand for centuries, for generations of visitors to enjoy—a resplendent, strong example of the finest Japanese craftsmanship, made from Oregon materials.

Matt Driscoll, one of Mr. Awata’s two assistants said, “With such a beautiful, high-quality stone, we don’t need to do much to prepare the stone for construction. We might use a 1/8-inch grinder on the face, to accentuate the coloring of the granite. Really, the biggest challenge is getting such a huge piece of rock into place on site.”

CUTTING THE CORNERSTONES To split a boulder of this size cleanly, the mason drills a line of identical holes along the face of the rock. Metal bolts and “feathers,” or winged bolt-holders are inserted and hammered in with a metal mallet. In order to spread the stress evenly, each bolt gets a few taps at a time. The mason goes down to the end of the line, then doubles back. Very slowly, the boulder begins to split. Experienced masons may even walk away mid-way through this process to let the stone “rest,” knowing that gentle pressure is even more effective than heavy, intense mallet strikes.

Next, the cut stones will make their way to the Garden and the building process will begin. In our next installment, we’ll talk about how the Castle Wall’s cornerstones are placed for the first phase For more information, check out our blog at of its construction. culturalcrossing.com/stayupdated

FEBRUARY 2016 | THE GARDEN PATH 9 HAIKU BY PETER KENDALL From the moon bridge the four and a half mat tea house shrouded in fog

Photo: Cedric Wiens SENIOR STAFF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER...... Steve Bloom WORLD-RENOWNED ARCHITECT KENGO DEPUTY DIRECTOR. . . . . Cynthia Johnson Haruyama KUMA TO GIVE LECTURE ON CULTURAL CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER...... Cheryl Ching CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER...... Tom Cirillo CROSSING DESIGN (SOLD OUT) EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ...... Sarah MacDonald THE ARLENE SCHNITZER CURATOR On Saturday, February 6, the community can learn more about Mr. Kuma’s design for the OF CULTURE, ART, & EDUCATION. . . . . Diane Durston Portland Japanese Garden, as well as his ideas about Japanese aesthetics, the environment, and GARDEN CURATOR...... Sadafumi Uchiyama the future of architecture in a special lecture to be held in the Fields Ballroom at the Portland DIRECTOR OF FINANCE...... Diane Brauer Art Museum. Tsunagu: Kengo Kuma’s Architecture of Relationships will include talks by Mr. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ...... Lisa Christy Kuma and Professor Botond Bognar, followed by a Q & A.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Kengo Kuma, designer of the Portland Japanese Garden’s Cultural Crossing expansion is PRESIDENT ...... Cathy Rudd considered one of the “most Japanese” contemporary architects from Japan. He is known for PRESIDENT-ELECT ...... Dorie Vollum his sensitivity to the environment, modest designs, and awareness of Japanese tradition. His VICE PRESIDENTS ...... Ann Carter Michael Ellena design for Cultural Crossing includes three LEED-certified buildings made from local materials Jerry Hudson such as Port Orford cedar and Baker Blue granite. Carol L . Otis M .D . Professor Bognar (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), a leading scholar of Mr. Kuma’s TREASURER ...... Douglas Lovett SECRETARY ...... Dede DeJager work, will provide an overview by examining the way in which Kuma’s buildings acquire IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT. . . . . Gwyneth Gamble Booth authenticity by weaving intensive yet intimate relationships with both the environment and MEMBERS: humans—gaining identity by exposing its inner elements. Randy Gragg, the director of the Melissa Babson J . Douglas Macy Yeon Center and a noted Portland writer on architecture, will moderate the Q & A that follows Dr . John “Jack” Campbell Thomas Mills Dean M . Dordevic Suzanne Storms Millis these talks. Kristen Dozono Travers Hill Polak The Tsunagu lecture is part of the month-long exhibition of Mr. Kuma’s designs at the Center for Katherine Frandsen Paul Schommer Bruce Guenther Drake Snodgrass Architecture. Tsunagu: Connecting to the Art of Kengo Kuma, held at the Center for Architecture, is Gail Jubitz Frances von Schlegell the first in the United States to probe the philosophy and designs of Kengo Kuma. The exhibition John Kodachi Dr . Calvin “Cal” Tanabe focuses on Kuma’s design for the Portland Japanese Garden’s Cultural Crossing expansion, an Michiko Kornhauser Susan Winkler ambitious project that will add three LEED-certified buildings, a medieval Castle Wall, and FOUNDATION BOARD several new garden spaces to the hilltop outside the original 5.5-acre garden. BOARD PRESIDENT...... Joshua Husbands VICE PRESIDENT...... Greg Fitz-Gerald TREASURER...... Dee Ross SECRETARY...... Dede DeJager MEMBERS: Trish Adams James D . Lynch Jerry Hudson Carmen Wong Douglas Lovett

THE GARDEN PATH NEWSLETTER STAFF ...... Lisa Christy Claire Foster Tyler Quinn GRAPHIC DESIGN...... Amy Livingstone

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To help prepare you for February’s Art in the Garden Exhibition, Tsunagu: Connecting to the Architecture of Kengo Kuma, the Garden Gift store is selling a selection of books about the world-famous architect.

Beyond the Bubble: The New Japanese Architecture

This detailed look at the best of contemporary Japanese architecture includes an overview of contemporary Japanese architecture from the late 1980s to the present day, and includes several in-progress works. The exceptional artists featured in this book include Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Atelier Bow-Wow. Curated by leading Kengo Kuma expert Professor Botond Bognar, this thoughtful, thorough collection of essays, photographs, drawings, and renderings offers a wide-ranging survey of the most exciting architects working today.

Material Immaterial

Material Immaterial: The New Work of Kengo Kuma offers an intensive look at the architect’s work over the past 30 years. Written by leading Kengo Kuma expert Professor Botond Bognar (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Material Immaterial presents the world-renowned designer’s best-known works, including the Suntory Museum in Tokyo and the Lotus House in Zushi. Bognar explores Kuma’s statement that his ultimate aim was to “erase architecture” so that his buildings are indistinguishable from their environment. A must-read for any serious architecture or design aficionado.

Complete Works of Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma is considered a quintessential Japanese designer. Complete Works of Kengo Kuma fully documents his inventive, inspiring work of the last 25 years. Author Kenneth Frampton frames Kuma’s designs in the context of post-war Japan’s flourishing architecture scene and influential figures. Includes detailed drawings and Kuma’s personal descriptive texts, organized by the material themes that have come to define the architect’s work.

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