JapanGSD at the Harvard Graduate School of Design invites you to a special lecture on the Portland Japanese Garden on Tuesday, September 16. This lecture will offer unique insights into nonprofit leadership and stewardship of cultural heritage in a globalized world.
Light refreshments will be provided, and the event will also be livestreamed on Zoom.
Portland Japanese Garden: Cultivating a Legacy of Peace at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 16, 18:30–20:00
Location: Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall (58 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138)
Hosted by: JapanGSD
Co-hosted and Sponsored by: Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Livestream:
https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94125841728?pwd=9pIBSZOD7kanrA8h8FIb2QR8juUmbo.1
About the Lecture:
Over the course of its more than 60 years, there are few figures who have made a greater and more lasting impact on Portland Japanese Garden than Steve Bloom. Over an extraordinary two decades as CEO, Bloom transformed a humble, local garden that hosted infrequent programming into an internationally renowned garden and preeminent cultural institution. Through his leadership, a global community witnessed how a garden can be fertile soil for the arts, education, dialogue, and peacemaking just as much as flora.
Portland Japanese Garden is a nonprofit founded in 1963 as a place for cross-cultural understanding following World War II. A beloved gem in Oregon, the Garden was founded on the ideals of peace and mutual understanding between peoples. Portland Japanese Garden is considered the most authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan and the foremost Japanese cultural organization in North America.
Speaker:
Steve Bloom has served in three chief executive roles over the past 30 years, most recently retiring as CEO of Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute after 20 years of transformational leadership. Bloom has recently been engaged by the Nobel Peace Center to help amplify its mission of fostering global conversations around peace, dialogue, and shared humanity internationally, and has also been appointed by the United States–Japan Foundation as its first ever Senior Fellow.
For any inquiries on the event, please email miukondo@gsd.harvard.edu or japangsd.lecture@gmail.com
