Garden in the News

Architectural Digest Pro on Refashioning Beauty

Architectural Digest Pro features the current Art in the Garden exhibition, Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty. The exhibition opened on October 5 and is on display through December 1, 2019. Read the full article here: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-renowned-craftsman-behind-lady-gagas-famous-shoes-opens-a-garden-set-exhibition            

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Garden in the News

Alaska Beyond: A Pacificwide Friendship

Alaska Beyond highlights the Garden, the recent cultural expansion and the upcoming art exhibition, Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty. The exhibition will be open from October 5 – December 1, 2019. Find this Portland Japanese Garden spotlight on pages 128-129.

Art in the Garden

Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty

Portland Japanese Garden presents the art of Noritaka Tatehana in his first-ever North American solo exhibition. Installed in the Pavilion and Tanabe Galleries, Tatehana enchants through his use of traditional symbols of sophistication and beauty with the inclusion of new, never-before-seen works of art created especially for this exhibition. Co-curated by the Garden’s Curator of

The Garden Path

Niwashi and Shamisen-sosha: Preserving Multiple Artforms

You never know the path a simple introduction will lead to. The path to Portland for one Japanese gardener began more than ten years ago, while he was working toward a master’s degree in landscape architecture at Tokyo University of Agriculture. Tatsuya Hosono was interested in what one of the speakers visiting his university had

The Garden Path

The Garden Path Magazine – September/October 2019

Our September/October issue of The Garden Path brings us into the colorful season of fall, including the Moonviewing Festival and the the first hints of turning leaves.  In this edition, learn more about the upcoming exhibition Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty, our 2020 Member Tour to Japan, our fall Design Intensive (still accepting applications), and more.

Art in the Garden

Garden Art Installation on Permanent Display in Northeast Portland

On Aug. 17, two hand-carved wooden planks known as power boards were installed alongside the Sapporo Bell just outside the Oregon Convention Center. Ingrained with symbolism and dedicated to the spiritual and natural worlds, these thematically similar artworks were created by members of two far-flung cultures: the indigenous Ainu of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, and

The Garden Path

Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty

  From October 5 – December 1, Portland Japanese Garden presents the art of Noritaka Tatehana in his first-ever North American solo exhibition. Installed in the Pavilion and Tanabe Galleries, Tatehana enchants through his use of traditional symbols of sophistication and beauty with the inclusion of new, never-be- fore-seen works of art created especially for