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Curator Shares Insights to 'Living Flowers'
Flower Blog, August 13, 2008 - When I found out that LA's Japanese American National Museum was hosting a major exhibition that pairs ikebana (flower arranging) with cutting-edge art, I thought it would be a good chance to learn more about this fascinating Japanese tradition.
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Arranged Marriage: Mixing It Up With Flowers and Art
L.A. Weekly, July 23, 2008 - What exactly does that series have to do with ikebana? (That is, the 600-year-old Japanese tradition of arranging flowers, guided by a principle of uniting humanity and nature, a pursuit of beauty via combinations of color, shape and line — from which the revelation of meaning is arrived at only with the arrangement’s completion.) The short answer is that both have flowers, but surely curator Karin Higa had something more in mind when pulling together an eclectic mix of international art by 20 venerable and up-and-coming artists (from modernist master Isamu Noguchi to art star Laura Owens), presented alongside floral displays created by local chapter members of three key schools of ikebana.
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Wanna Bet? George Takei Wins Big for Museum
Live from L.A., July 22, 2008 - Actor George Takei, Chairman Emeritus of the Japanese American National Museum, participated in the ABC show, "Wanna Bet?", and wound up winning more than $100,000 for his favorite institution. According to writer Dave Campbell, the moral is, "Always bet on Sulu."
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Return to Amache
Rafu Shimpo, July 12, 2008 - Former internees revisit Amache as part of JANM’s national conference held last week in Denver.
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How Their Roots Intertwine
Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2008 - A Little Tokyo museum pairs the Japanese flower-arranging art of ikebana with contemporary works.
