West Encounters East at Morikami Museum
Ambassador Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, Consul General of Brazil, Jade Matarazzo, Stella Holmes, Masahiro Ogino, Deputy Consul General of Japan in Miami
Susanna Brooks
Masahiro Ogino, Deputy Consul General of Japan in Miami, Chris Glatc
Bonnie White Lemay, Stella Holmes
Michael Herrero, Miwako Patton, Antonio Tozzi
Maria Teresa Matarazzo, Ambassador Ambassador Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, Consul General of Brazil, Milma Filho
Jorge Alfano, Stella Holmes, Akiko Iwata
Miwako Patton, Bonnie White Lemay, Chieko Mihory
Stella Holmes, Jade Matarazzo
Taiko Drumming Group
Susanna Brooks, Stella Holmes, Bonnie White Lemay
Stella M. Homes, executive producer of the PBS documentary film West Encounters East, presented a showing of the film’s trailer at a private reception attended by 200 guests at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach. Among dignitaries attending were Ambassador Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, consul general of Brazil and Mr. Masahiro Ogino, deputy consul of Japan in Miami. The event launched the opening of Morikami’s new exhibit, Tanabata: Japan’s Star Festival –Views of Tanabata in São Paulo, Brazil, featuring photography by Jade Matarazzo.