Yoko Ono Exhibit at Portland Japanese Garden, June 7-10

Led by Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden, public gardens around the world will present the collaborative installation, “Spread Peace: Wish Tree by Yoko Ono,” June 7-10 in the Cultural Village at Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave., Portland. The Wish Tree will show simultaneously from June 7-10 at the U.S., Keihanna Commemorative Garden in Japan, Kokoro no Niwa in Chile, and Johannesburg Botanical Gardens in South Africa. This collaboration expands on the Yoko Ono: Peace Is Power exhibition showing at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. Garden hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $21.95 for adults, $19.95 for seniors age 65 and older, $17.95 for students with ID, $15.95 for children ages 6-17 and free for children five and under. Learn more at japanesegarden.org.

Ono’s interactive artwork invites guests to reflect and write their wishes for peace, which are tied to the tree’s branches. Over time, the Wish Trees become adorned with these hopeful missives, evolving into a visual representation of the community’s collective aspirations for peace in our time. This interactive art, created by Ono in 1996, has collected more than two million wishes from visitors worldwide. After the installations conclude, the wishes will be returned to Ono and continue in connection with the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavík, Iceland.