In collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Committee on African Studies, RIJS hosted two exhibitions of oil paintings by internationally acclaimed artist Mizue Sawano. The fall exhibition was on display in the Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, while the spring exhibition was on display in the First Floor Gallery. After spending many years in New York City, where she took inspiration from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Sawano began painting flora and other natural themes, employing vibrant colors and soft nuances of light. Among the sixteen canvases on display were works from her extensive trips to North Africa and from her cherry orchard series, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Japan’s 1912 gift of cherry trees to Washington, D.C.
Curated by Melissa McCormick, with Stacie Matsumoto.
