Oregon ArtsWatch, an independent Oregon-focused website featuring arts journalism and criticism recently wrote about Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru, an exhibition now on show through January 27, 2025. Writer and art historian Laurel Reed Pavic notes, “…The contradictions mirror the truth at the heart of kintsugi: something has to be broken in order to be repaired. These contradictions also parallel what makes the Portland Japanese Garden a perfect venue for Fukumaru’s work. It was founded after World War II – after the United States had put citizens of Japanese-origin U.S. citizens in camps and ultimately dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – with the express aim of community healing. It’s a beautiful place; the catalyst for its creation was anything but. Fukumaru references the ‘authenticity and magic’ of the place as well as the realization that ‘care and love are the main ingredients.'” To read the full article, click the link below.