{"id":41900,"date":"2025-03-24T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=41900"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:54:43","slug":"living-traditions-2025-creative-forum-pdx","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/events\/living-traditions-2025-creative-forum-pdx\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"eventModal\">\n<!-- The Modal -->\n<div id=\"newsModal\" class=\"modal\">\n\n  <!-- Modal content -->\n  <div class=\"modal-content entry-content\">\n    <span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n<h3>Registration Dates<\/h3>\n<p>Golden Crane: 12\/4\n<br>Members: 12\/7\n<br>Non-Members: 12\/18<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up for our newsletter to get notified when registration goes live!<\/strong><\/p>\n    <div class=\"_form_11\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.prospect2.com\/f\/embed.php?id=11\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- The Separate Modal -->\n<div id=\"separateModal\" class=\"modal\">\n  <!-- Modal content for the separate modal -->\n  <div class=\"modal-content entry-content\">\n    <span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n    <p><strong>Sign up for our newsletter to get notified when registration goes live!<\/strong><\/p>\n    <div class=\"_form_11\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.prospect2.com\/f\/embed.php?id=11\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-opt-id=357208063  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1426\" height=\"1141\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:5b366cb134e503537c492cd48f88ad0f\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/Updated-11.8-Living-Traditions-2025-5-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42047\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Info<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Saturday, January 18, 2025<br><strong>Time:<\/strong> Door opens 3:00 pm, Program 3:30 \u2013 5:00 pm PST<br><strong>Venue:<\/strong> World Forestry Center, Cheatham Hall (4033 SW Canyon Rd. Portland, OR 97221)<br><strong>Capacity:<\/strong> 150 seats<br><br>Join <a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/\">Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden<\/a> at the World Forestry Center in our shared home of Washington Park for the second in-person installment of <em>Living Traditions<\/em>, a series of conversations and talks that explore some of the most iconic facets of Japanese culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment\u201d will explore new frontiers in the cultural fusion of American ingenuity, technology, and craftsmanship with Japanese aesthetics. Keynote speaker Hitoshi Abe is a leader in diverse architectural projects bridging Japan and the U.S. and will be among those who speak to how multi-culturalism can foster resiliency in the international community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining Abe in this forum will be a panel discussion featuring luminary speakers including Sadafumi Uchiyama, landscape architect and Curator Emeritus of Portland Japanese Garden. Frank Feltens (Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of Asian Art) will moderate this dialogue on how social infrastructure such as art, gardens, and other public spaces can create a safer environment and creative civic discourse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program (All times PST)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3:00 pm<\/strong>: Doors open<br><strong>3:30 pm<\/strong>: Program<br>&#8211; Opening remarks<br>&#8211; Keynote presentation by Hitoshi Abe<br>&#8211; Panel Discussion<br>\u30fbPresentation by Sadafumi Uchiyama<br>\u30fbPresentation by Frank Feltens<br>\u30fbCrosstalk<br>\u30fbQ&amp;A<br><strong>5:00 pm<\/strong>: End of the program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5:00 &#8211; 6:30pm:<\/strong> Reception<br><strong>A networking reception immediately follows the forum.<\/strong> <strong>All forum attendees are invited.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Living Traditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of today\u2019s most popular and newest trends are rooted in ancient Japanese traditions going back centuries, if not millennia. Since its inception in 2020, the Living Traditions series has been unraveling the historical journeys of some of the most iconic facets of Japanese culture through conversations between thought-provoking experts and cultural stewards. Previously only available virtually, Living Traditions held its first in-person gathering in 2024. This second in-person installment continues the endeavor\u2019s efforts to explore the ever-increasing significance of \u201cLiving in Harmony with Nature\u201d at the intersection of architecture, landscape architecture, and art.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Living Traditions<\/em> is presented by Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden in partnership with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/japansociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japan Society (NY)<\/a>. The series is supported by the Government of Japan.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This in-person program will be recorded for later sharing.<br><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/crtW4\">Previous online program recordings are available for viewing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"accordion-grid\">\n\n    \n      <div class=\"accordion-row\">\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-title\">\n\n          \n          \n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-open\">\n\n          <p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=async data-opt-id=456830855  fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-41978 alignleft\" src=https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:8750616ea1367275130d749f4b42a505\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/Hitoshi-Abe-1687.jpg&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Hitoshi Abe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a professor and former Chair in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA and the Director of the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-hidden\">\n\n          <p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since 1992, when Dr. Abe established Atelier Hitoshi Abe, he has maintained an active international design practice based in Sendai, Japan. As a successful designer and educator who continuously lectures and publishes throughout his career, Abe has earned a position among the leaders in the field of Architecture and urban design for his ability to initiate productive interdisciplinary collaborations and establish professional partnerships with various constituencies. With growing geography in its portfolio, Atelier Hitoshi Abe opened its second office in Los Angeles in 2008. In 2011, together with a group of Japanese Architects, Abe initiated the Arch-Aid network \u2013 a voluntary network of architects established to help reconstruct the damaged community by the 2011 East Japan Great Earthquake and Tsunami. In 2017, he opened the xLAB at UCLA, which serves as an international think tank that examines architecture&#8217;s elastic boundaries through interdisciplinary collaboration.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-toggle accordion-row-1\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"toggle\">\n\n            <span class=\"toggle-word\" data-hide=\"Hide\" data-view=\"View\">View<\/span>\n          <\/span>\n\n        <\/a>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    \n      <div class=\"accordion-row\">\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-title\">\n\n          \n          \n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-open\">\n\n          <p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"><img decoding=async data-opt-id=783898675  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:33cc94d2d06d7c31bad8cb067b406732\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/Sada-Uchiyama-365.jpg\"  class=\"wp-image-41980 alignleft\" src=data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"150\" \/> <strong>Sadafumi Uchiyama<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> oversaw the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">design of <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">Portland Japanese Garden<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">, while leading and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">facilitating<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> a shared vision for the future of the organization<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">Chief Curator and Director of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> Japanese Garden Training Center<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-hidden\">\n\n          <p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">As Director of the Training Center, Uchiyama oversaw the planning, establishment, and implementation of program plans and strategies for the Center.\u00a0After seventeen years of service <span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW21076110 BCX0\">with<\/span><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> the Garden<\/span>, which included 14 years as Garden <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW21076110 BCX0\">Curator<\/span> he retired in January 2024 and has since been <span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW21076110 BCX0\">engaged<\/span> as a full-time landscape architect <span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW21076110 BCX0\">through<\/span> his international design\/build practice. Uchiyama is a fourth-generation Japanese gardener from southern Japan, where his family has been involved in gardening for over a century. He is a registered landscape architect in Oregon with a BLA and MLA from the University of Illinois. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">A <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">recipient<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> of the Foreign Minister\u2019s Commendation from Foreign Ministry of Japan, Uchiyama<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> is devoted to fostering relations between Japanese gardens in Japan and those outside of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">Japan<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW21076110 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">He<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">is actively engaged in ongoing public education and discourse, regularly speaking at horticultural societies<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> garden clubs, while teaching and lecturing on landscape design and construction courses at various colleges and professional conferences across Japan as well the U<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">S<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">Canada<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">U<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21076110 BCX0\">K.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW21076110 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-toggle accordion-row-2\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"toggle\">\n\n            <span class=\"toggle-word\" data-hide=\"Hide\" data-view=\"View\">View<\/span>\n          <\/span>\n\n        <\/a>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    \n      <div class=\"accordion-row\">\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-title\">\n\n          \n          \n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-open\">\n\n          <p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=async data-opt-id=2057518485  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:ebcb9cae7dacee1bcdda0794eea24d6d\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/Frank-Feltens-1400.jpg\"  class=\"wp-image-41979 alignleft\" src=data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Frank Feltens <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">currently serves as the Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">C. He holds a PhD in the history of Japanese art from Columbia University.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-hidden\">\n\n          <p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Feltens has held positions at MoMA, the National Museum of Asian Art in Berlin, and Gakushuin University and the Nezu Museum, both in Tokyo. He has curated a number of exhibitions, including <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Japan Modern: Prints in the Age of Photography <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(2018), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hokusai: Mad About Painting <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(2019\/2020), and <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (with Yukio Lippit; 2022). His books include <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Photography of the Heisei Era <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(with Ayelet Zohar; 2019), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ogata K\u014drin: Art in Early Modern Japan<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (2021), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sesson Sh\u016bkei: A Zen Monk-Painter in Medieval Japan <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(with Yukio Lippit; 2021), and <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Japan in the Age of Modernization <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(2023). His most recent book, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Imagined Neighbors: Visions of China in Japanese Art, Circa 1680-1980<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, will be released in November 2024.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-toggle accordion-row-3\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"toggle\">\n\n            <span class=\"toggle-word\" data-hide=\"Hide\" data-view=\"View\">View<\/span>\n          <\/span>\n\n        <\/a>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-opt-id=431803992  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:76cd72a61c41150987bc420c3dfd9e6f\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/PJG-JIJSJG-Logo-Lockup-Nov-2024.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"185\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42006\" style=\"width:893px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00d7 Registration Dates Golden Crane: 12\/4 Members: 12\/7 Non-Members: 12\/18 Sign up for our newsletter to get notified when registration goes live! \u00d7 Sign up for our newsletter to get notified when registration goes live! 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