PAM Hosts Miller Family Free Day: Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art

Come celebrate a community free day as part of the Portland Art Museum's Japanese Poetry, Art, & Culture Weekend Series in conjunction with Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 17.

The day will feature a variety of calligraphy and ikebana demonstrations, music performances, poetry reading and writing opportunities, and art making. Partners, participants, and happenings include:

• Tea tasting with Jugetsudo (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
• Poetry writing with Write Around Portland
• Ikebana Portland Chapter 47 ( 11 a.m. – noon)
• Origami with Yuki Martin (noon – 3 p.m.)
• Renga poetry workshop with Gillian Parrish (noon – 1 p.m.)
• Calligraphy performance by Sora Shodo (1 p.m. – 2 p.m.)
• Takohachi Music performance—Shinobue flute and Shamisan with Yumi Torimaru (4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.)

Family programs are generously supported in part by Sharon L. Miller and Family, the Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation, the Lamb Baldwin Foundation, and the Joseph E. Weston Public.