On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Diane Durston of the Portland Japanese Garden about Hanakago, the art of bamboo and flowers.
Durston talks about the artistry that goes into the baskets, and about ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging and the buds that usually sit in these baskets in tea houses. She will also discuss the year ahead for the Japanese Garden’s exciting new education center, the Cultural Crossing.
Now through April 1, 2018.
PORTLAND JAPANESE GARDEN
611 SW Kingston Ave., Portland, Oregon 97205
(503) 223-1321
$14.95 (adults)
From the press release:
The first Art in the Garden exhibition of the year is called Hanakago: The Art of Bamboo and Flowers, featuring the fine Japanese bamboo basketry collection of Portland resident Peter Shinbach. Mr. Shinbach has more than 30 museum quality bamboo baskets and sculpture which will be exhibited in the Pavilion and Tanabe Galleries from February 3 – April 1, 2018. The collection includes work by Living National Treasure bamboo artists, with an emphasis on work by artists from the Kansai region, including some from Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara, with additional works available for purchase provided by TAI Modern Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the leading Japanese bamboo and contemporary art gallery in North America.
Hanakago: The Art of Bamboo and Flowers
From February 3-April 1, this exhibition will feature the fine Japanese bamboo basketry collection of Portland resident Peter Shinbach. It will be one of the first ever exhibitions to combine an exhibition of basketry with floral arrangements by top Kyoto ikebana masters of the Saga Goryu School of Ikebana from Daikakuji Temple.
Joseph Gallivan has been a reporter since 1990. He has covered music for the London Independent, Technology for the New York Post, and arts and culture for the Portland Tribune, where he is currently the Business Reporter. He is the author of two novels, "Oi, Ref!" and "England All Over" which are available on Amazon.com
This show was recorded at KBOO on Feb. 19, 2018 in Studio 2, and edited by KBOO's Sam Parrish.
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