Picture Post: Got to finally see The World Forestry Center earlier this evening thanks to a lecture produced by the Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Society of New York. It was a very good program and especially relevant with the current devastating fires in LA.
Photo taken during “Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment” at the World Forestry Center as attendees settle in to their seats.Photo taken during “Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment” at the World Forestry Center as Lisa Christy, Executive Director of Portland Japanese Garden, delivers opening remarks.Photo taken during “Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment” at the World Forestry Center as Akihito Nakanishi, Director of Japan Institute & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, delivers opening remarks.Photo taken during “Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment” at the World Forestry Center as Hitoshi Abe, Chair, Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA and the Director of the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, delivers a presentation.Photo taken during “Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment” at the World Forestry Center as Frank Feltens, Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, delivers a presentation.Photo taken during “Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment” at the World Forestry Center during a panel discussion with, from left to right, Sadafumi Uchiyama, Hitoshi Abe, and Frank Feltens.