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KGW-TV, Portland’s NBC affiliate, came to the Garden to cover the installation of work by Jun Kaneko for Portland Japanese Garden’s final art exhibition of 2022, Garden of Resonance: The Art of Jun Kaneko.
In September, the Oregon Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced that Portland Japanese Garden Chief Curator and International Japanese Garden Training Center Director Sadafumi (Sada) Uchiyama will be among those honored in their ASLA Oregon Recognition Awards program. This program “celebrates the spirit of the landscape architecture profession in Oregon by recognizing people and organizations for their outstanding service to the profession, design excellence, community leadership, and careful stewardship.”
KOIN-TV, Portland’s CBS affiliate, covered Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden’s peace programming in Japan, which included dedication ceremonies of donated Peace Lanterns to the cities of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Tokyo, as well as a Peace Symposium on the United Nations International Day of Peace.
Steve Bloom, Chief Executive Officer of Portland Japanese Garden and the Japan Institute, has been awarded the Kaneko Kentaro Award. The honor, referred to as the Kaneko Award, was established by the America-Japan Society in 2017 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founding. This award has been bestowed upon Bloom in recognition of his longstanding contributions to grassroots exchanges between Japan and the United States.
Oregon Artswatch explores Portland Japanese Garden’s history and design and highlights the Japan Institute’s first Artist-in-Residence, Rui Sasaki.
Peak Northwest hosts Vickie Connor and Jamie Hale suggested Portland Japanese Garden as a place to visit this summer.
Art Focus, a weekly radio show on Portland FM station KBOO, recently visited Portland Japanese Garden to see our latest exhibition, Gifts from Japan: A Horticultural Tale Told Through Botanical Art.
The Portland Tribune covered Portland Japanese Garden’s new exhibition, Gifts From Japan: A Horticultural Tale Told Through Botanical Art.
In 2015, our Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art & Education Diane Durston (now Curator Emerita) wrote this lovely article about the ephemeral beauty of cherry blossoms for The Washington Post. As we approach spring and the return of our sakura, we thought it fitting to share this article once again.