Sharing Culture | Creating Community
October 15, 2016–January 29, 2017
From its inception more than 50 years ago, the Japanese Garden has brought together people from different backgrounds and cultures and offered them a new, intimate, and soul-nourishing experience with nature, as uniquely interpreted through the garden language of Japan. This exhibition explores how a garden happens, how it functions as a work of living art, how it transmits cultural ideas, and how it can act as a catalyst for building community.
Sharing Culture | Creating Community was funded in part by Heather and Paul Haaga and the Pasadena Art Alliance. Additional support for Sturt Haaga Gallery exhibitions was provided by Wells Fargo, and Richard Carlson and Erin Maclean Culley.
Featured artists
Andre Woodward, Ryan Taber, Mineko Grimmer, Hiroki Morinoue, Arthur Okamura, Kiyoshi Saito, Okiie Hashimoto, David Cobb, Kiyoshi Saito, Hide Kawanishi, Rikio Takahashi.
All photos © Robert Wedemeyer
Woven
May 17–August 28, 2016
Cloth, baskets, containers, nets, fences, dwellings, even paper — all originated from fiber and plants. Human ingenuity has made the manipulation of plant materials even more beautiful. Weaving has been used for thousands of years for both practical and decorative purposes. Woven presented artwork that illustrated, represented, and celebrated the diverse vision that weaving inspires.
Featured artists and curator
Marsia Alexander-Clarke, Melanie Ciccone, Eberly Clifford, Susan Feldman, Agustin G Garza, Jenny Hart, Nicholette Kominos, Dinh Q. Le, Kristin Leachman, Jairlyn Mason, Thinh Nguyen, Echiko Ohira, James Richards, Meriel Stern, Andrew K. Thompson, Joan Weinzettle, Pontus Willfors.
Curated by John David O’Brien.
All photos © Robert Wedemeyer