Pressroom
2009
- Made in Japan: Hanford museum preserves Japanese treasures
The Fresno Bee, May 15, 2009 - A new view of bamboo
The Fresno Bee, February 20, 2009 - 'New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese masters' Clark Center's exhibit brings bamboo to life
The Hanford Sentinel, February 20, 2009 - New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Master's at Clark Center
Valley Voice, February 5, 2009 - Clark Center adds to growing list of paintings by Tokyo artist
The Hanford Sentinel, January 24, 2009 - No Plans to Move Clark Center
Valley Voice, January 22, 2009 - UC Berkeley could take over Hanford art museum
The Fresno Bee, January 16, 2009
2008
- 'Generosity in Clay': Modern Japanese ceramics displayed at Clark Center
The Hanford Sentinel, December 29, 2008 - Leisure: "Generosity in Clay" -- Modern Japanese ceramics on display at Clark Center
The Hanford Sentinel, December 26, 2008 - Preservation, tasting at Clark Center teaches of community
The Hanford Sentinel, November 24, 2008 - Clark Center mixes in some ceramics
The Fresno Bee, November 21, 2008 - Hanford center goes wild with Japanese art
The Fresno Bee, September 5, 2008 - Break hidden code of animals in Japanese culture
The Hanford Sentinel, September 5, 2008 - Spring exhibit features both Chinese and Japanese art
The Hanford Sentinel, April 25, 2008 - Experience the art of JAPAN: The humble Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture stands large in its mission
The Fresno Bee, April 20, 2008 - Clark Center brings Japanese food, art and culture to Hanford
The Hanford Sentinel, April 18, 2008 - Hanford hosts cultural event
The Fresno Bee, April 18, 2008 - Speaker will focus on Japanese art
The Fresno Bee, April 12, 2008 - Visiting princess to give lecture on art
The Hanford Sentinel, April 11, 2008 - New leadership at The Clark Center
The Hanford Sentinel, April 11, 2008 - A touch of China
The Fresno Bee, April 4, 2008 - The art of the bonsai
The Hanford Sentinel, January 27, 2008 - Hanford celebrates Year of the Rat
The Hanford Sentinel, January 20, 2008 - New year festival offers traditional Japanese games, food and other activities
The Hanford Sentinel, January 18, 2008 - Cultural Treasures
Visalia Times-Delta, January 12, 2008 - Japanese Art and Culture
The Hanford Sentinel, January 11, 2008
2007
- Japanese puppeteers make Hanford stop
The Hanford Sentinel, October 13, 2007 - Clark Center treasures meticulously stored
The Hanford Sentinel, August 15, 2007 - Exploration of the UNSEEN: Hanford Japanese art exhibit delves into the afterlife
The Fresno Bee, July 10, 2007 - 800 years of Japanese art
The Hanford Sentinel, June 19, 2007 - Clark Center gears up for Japanese festival
The Fresno Bee, April 20, 2007 - 'Tracing the Silk Road' exhibit continues until May 19
The Hanford Sentinel, April 13, 2007 - California museum hosts Hirayama art
The Japan Times, April 4, 2007 - Japanese artist traces road through history and culture
The Hanford Sentinel, March 26, 2007 - Tracing the Silk Road With Ikuo Hirayama: First U.S. exhibit of Japan's most celebrated living artist will be in Hanford
The Hanford Sentinel, March 23, 2007 - Clark Center opens door to collectors' visions
The Fresno Bee, January 26, 2007 - Japanese New Year comes to Hanford today
The Hanford Sentinel, January 20, 2007 - Hanford rings in Japanese New Year Annual festival will be at Clark Center on Saturday
The Fresno Bee, January 19, 2007
2006
- Japanese art center highlights collections: Benefactors' private works either promised or given to museum are on display
The Fresno Bee, December 29, 2006 - Japanese art on display
The Fresno Bee, December 3, 2006 - Art to live with: Asian art offers rich opportunities for creating a serious collection. Louise Nicholson talks to four distinguished American collectors, whose passions range from Indian painting and Japanese decorative arts to cutting-edge contemporary Chinese work
Apollo, November 1, 2006 - Weaving a legacy Bamboo baskets made by masters are on display
The Fresno Bee, October 13, 2006 - BEST BETS
The Fresno Bee, September 3, 2006 - An east-west migration: The new curator at the Japanese art institute came from afar
The Fresno Bee, July 21, 2006 - Celebration of spring Japanese art institute will host a festival celebrating culture
The Fresno Bee, April 14, 2006 - Design elements can be bold or subtle: Exhibit at a Hanford gallery celebrates Japanese paintings, ceramics and bamboo
The Fresno Bee, April 7, 2006 - Vibrant tranquility: Community gets a taste of Japanese New Year traditions at Lee Institute
The Hanford Sentinel, January 22, 2006 - New year in Japanese style Hanford art institute holds free New Year's Festival event
The Fresno Bee, January 20, 2006 - Lee Institute to host Japanese New Year
The Hanford Sentinel, January 13, 2006
2005
- Kind of like jeans: Kimono collection shows the influence of the West
The Fresno Bee, December 30, 2005 - Image of beauty: Ruth & Sherman Lee Institute exhibits the female figure in Japanese art
The Fresno Bee, October 30, 2005 - Lecture focuses on Kokeshi wooden dolls
The Fresno Bee, October 30, 2005 - Japanese women immortalized in art: Hanford exhibit reveals artists' and regions' ideals of feminine beauty across centuries
The Fresno Bee, September 30, 2005 - Woman as Art, Woman as Artist
The Hanford Sentinel, August 26, 2005 - Bonsai - California's newest collection on display at the Lee Institute
The Hanford Sentinel, June 24, 2005 - Small trees, big impact
The Fresno Bee, June 17, 2005 - The Lee Institute for Japanese Art Imaginative Storytelling
Visalia Lifestyle Magazine, May 2005 - Lee Institute brings living Wakasanojo XI to Hanford
The Hanford Sentinel, April 29, 2005 - Asian spring Gallery marks its 10th anniversary with a festival
The Fresno Bee, April 15, 2005 - 日本美術に魅せられたカウボーイ
Hokubei Mainichi North American Daily, April 9, 2005 - Tracing Japanese Art themes
The Hanford Sentinel, April 8, 2005 - Beyond the Ocean's Horizon: The Work of Fukami Sueharu, by Shinya Maezaki
Orientations, March 2005 - Japanese Treasures Off the Beaten Track
The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2005 - Sharing Japanese culture: Lee Institute introduces Japanese culture through New Year activities
The Hanford Sentinel, January 23, 2005 - Event crows in Year of the Rooster
The Fresno Bee, January 14, 2005 - Lee Institute in Hanford Featuring Landscape Paintings Through Feb. 19
Cultural News, January 2005
2004
- Welcome to the Year of the Rooster
The Hanford Sentinel, December 31, 2004 - A diamond in the rough — Japanese art is cultivated in a walnut grove
Asian Art Exhibitions, December 2004 - A classic visits big screen at Fox Theatre
The Hanford Sentinel, November 12, 2004 - 'Seven Samurai' descends on Hanford
The Fresno Bee, October 29, 2004 - TWO TASTES OF JAPAN: Expand the boundaries of your artistic comfort zone with these two exhibits
The Fresno Bee, October 24, 2004 - Where art falls: The Valley's art scene bustles with a mix of big-name shows and local talent
The Fresno Bee, September 12, 2004 - Latest display of Japanese art goes beyond paintings: Ceramics, baskets and a 200-year-old kimono will be featured in Hanford
The Fresno Bee, September 3, 2004 - Lee Institute to stage Nihon Buyo performance 'Wisteria Maiden' scheduled for 7 p.m. June 19
The Fresno Bee, June 11, 2004 - Japanese dance master to perform at Lee Institute
The Hanford Sentinel, May 7, 2004 - Japanese art show comes to Hanford: Next week's spring festival focuses on swords and flowers
The Fresno Bee, April 11, 2004 - Fleeting verses, Buddha and kids camp make the scene
The Fresno Bee, April 4, 2004 - New Clark Center exhibit featuring scrolls, screens
The Hanford Sentinel, April 2, 2004 - Woodblock show goes on Lee Institute prints exhibit takes a slightly different tack in a second rotation
The Fresno Bee, February 1, 2004 - The kindest cut
The Hanford Sentinel, January 30, 2004 - A time for peace, renewal: Japanese new year connects Cultures
Visalia Times-Delta, January 19, 2004 - Japanese new year comes to Kings
The Hanford Sentinel, January 18, 2004 - Japan and Beyond — The Yoshida Family Legacy of Woodblock Prints
Asian Art Exhibitions, January 16, 2004
2003
- "Now Playing On a Screen Near You" announcing the exhibition "Unfolding the Edo Spirit"
The Fresno Bee, November 11, 2003 - Lee Institute open for fall
The Hanford Sentinel, September 5, 2003 - Lee Institute remains open through July
The Hanford Sentinel, July 11, 2003 - Clark Center extends exhibition
The Hanford Sentinel, June 13, 2003 - EXQUISITE SIMPLICITY: A Kyoto sculptor's early work comes to Hanford
The Fresno Bee, April 3, 2003 - Japanese ceramics focus of exhibit: Renowned artist's work will be on display at Lee Institute in Hanford
The Fresno Bee, March 28, 2003 - Art is a treasure for the San Joaquin Valley
The Fresno Bee, March 14, 2003 - Top 100 Collectors
Art & Antiques, March 2003
2002
- Small museum is world famous: Lee Institute for Japanese Art earns respect of many
The Fresno Bee, December 13, 2002 - Lee gallery displays bamboo baskets
The Fresno Bee, October 9, 2002 - The Lee Institute for Japanese Art Reopens with Traveling Images of the Edo Period
Antiques and the Arts, September 3, 2002 - Jizo in Mediaeval Japan: Three Works from the Collection of the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, by Samuel C. Morse
Orientations, September 2002 - Art of All Kinds: Far Eastern pieces and the Rebozo Festival are highlights
The Fresno Bee, May 5, 2002 - U.S. collection takes a trip home
The Japan Times, April 24, 2002 - Lee Institute hosts new exhibition titled Dragons, Lotus and other Phenomena: The Paintings of Minol Araki
The Hanford Sentinel, March 15, 2002
2001
- Museum's reputation grows
The Fresno Bee, November 1, 2001 - Art/Architecture; An outpost of the East in the West
The New York Times, October 28, 2001 - Autumn Exhibition at Lee Institute
The Hanford Sentinel, August 31, 2001 - Animals are the stars in Japanese art collection: Lee Institute ends the season with this show
The Fresno Bee, May 27, 2001 - Animals in Japanese art displayed at Lee Institute
The Hanford Sentinel, May 18, 2001 - Festival for Mother's Day
The Fresno Bee, May 6, 2001 - Japanese art collection is real treasure
The Fresno Bee, March 12, 2001 - Lee Institute for Japanese Art Announces Spring Exhibition
The Valley Voice, February 7, 2001 - Japanese exhibit comes to Hanford
The Fresno Bee, February 4, 2001 - San Francisco museum official will speak Sunday on Asian art
The Fresno Bee, January 5, 2001
2000
- Potent bulls lead to a first-rate collection
The Art Newspaper, International Edition, November 2000 - Exhibit features rare artifacts: This collection includes Japanese pieces dating to the eighth century
The Fresno Bee, September 9, 2000 - EXHIBIT Zen monk paintings visit Hanford
The Fresno Bee, September 3, 2000 - art and soul
The Fresno Bee, September 7, 2000 - The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, by Rand Castile
Orientations, May 2000
1999
- アメリカン・コレウター, 日本美術に憑かれた人々
Asahi Graph, October 15, 1999
1998
- Interview with Willard G. Clark
Orientations, December 1998