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The Winter 2019 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter highlights Portland Japanese Garden’s many efforts to honor the sister city relationship between Portland and Sapporo in 2019, from the commissioning of Power Boards now displayed at the Oregon Convention Center, to the gift of a new Peace Lantern to Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto.
The Summer 2019 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter highlights the work achieved by CEO Stephen Bloom during his international residency in Japan and elsewhere abroad, celebrates the dawn of a new era in Japan, and welcomes Laura J. Mueller, PhD, as the new Curator of Art.
The Spring 2019 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter highlights the Art in the Garden exhibitions that make up our Year of Hokkaido, the honors received by our Garden Curator in Japan, a profile of our new Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Art, Culture, and Education, and more.
The Winter 2018 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter highlights the Garden hosting the 2018 International Japanese Garden Conference with the event’s organizer, The North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA); the arrival of The Year of Hokkaido; and more.
The Summer 2018 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter highlights the Garden hosting its first international symposium, “From Kyoto to the World – Inheriting Japanese Garden Culture,” featuring world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma, President of Fukui Prefectural University Isoya Shinji, and Portland Japanese Garden Curator Sadafumi Uchiyama; celebrating 10 years of the Art in the Garden series; …
The Spring 2018 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter celebrates the one year anniversary of our Kengo Kuma designed Cultural Crossing expansion, an overview of the events included in the Garden’s Year of Kyoto, and a look into the November 2017 Patron Tour to Japan.
The Winter 2017 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter features a story about a delegation from the City of Hachinohe visiting the Garden to express gratitude for the return of the lost torii gate pieces; the powerful history of the peace lantern located in the Strolling Pond Garden; and more.
The Summer 2017 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter features an inside look into the Garden’s completion of the Kengo Kuma designed Cultural Crossing expansion. This edition features letters from CEO, Steve Bloom, Garden Curator, Sadafumi Uchiyama, and Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Diane Durston.
The Spring 2017 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter includes an overview of the 2017 Art in the Garden exhibitions, a preview of the exciting unveiling of the Cultural Crossing expansion, and features the January 2017 International Advisory Board meeting that took place at the Nezu Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan.