Furin Ceramic Bell Making Workshop at APANO with Midori Hirose, APANO Catalyst Artist

Friday, December 9th, 2022 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm (PT)
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About

Midori Hirose's bell-making workshop centers on the history of SE Portland's Japanese American farming community and its natural habitat. Japanese American farmers were once active in the early 1900s. During WWII, families were sent to internment camps, and many did not return. A few of the orchard trees that were planted are still fruiting to this day. 

The ceramic bell-making workshop invites the public to make their own interpretations of Furin, Japanese “wind bells,” with the goal of building community connections and engaging in discussions about the past, present, and future of the SE Portland area.

 

Where:
APANO at 8188 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97206

When:
2-5 pm
Friday, December 9, 2022 

 

Event Details:

While making your wind bell, please share your thoughts with your community table to discuss the past, present, and future of the SE Portland area.

 

Bring fun tools or objects if you are interested in adding ~ original patterns ~ to your clay bell. For example, leaves, stamps, food forks, lace, rope, etc., can make great impressions on clay. 

 

The workshop held at the PCC SE campus was the launch to this project. Workshops will continue to be held in various SE communities over the next few months. Bell assembly will take place in March 2023 and will be exhibited at the PCC Campus gallery and shared with the public in April-May 2023.

 

Continuing the interactive process of creative exchange, at the exhibition's closing, the bells will be distributed to workshop participants, with each participant receiving a fellow community member’s bell.


RSVP details:

Due to limited space at workshops, we will be prioritizing registrants who:

  • Identify as BIPOC and/or
  • Are a SE Portland community member with residency in one of the following Jade District zip codes 97215, 97216, 97206, or 97266.

 

Background:

Midori Hirose, APANO Artist Catalyst Public Art Project Announcment

www.midorihirose.info

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Opens Dec 3, 2022 1:50am
Age Limit
All Ages