Saturday, August 4, 2018

Reconciliation Park

We gathered this morning to sketch the Chinese Reconciliation Park.  Most everyone thought this was an excellent sketching spot.

 
Mark arrived early and chose a good viewpoint


 
The group in front of the Temple


"The Chinese garden motif allows the park to stand both as an acknowledgment of the forceful expulsion of the Chinese population of the City of Tacoma by municipal leaders and a large crowd on November 3, 1885, and as a celebration of the city’s multicultural past, present, and future."
This outlet described the purpose of the park as "is to acknowledge the 1885 expulsion of Tacoma’s Chinese citizens and to honor the commitment Tacoma has made since to end racism and hatred, and to promote a peaceful, multicultural community."

Thus my first sketch was of the standing stones and carved boulders. The figures carved on the boulders represent the expulsion.



Next I sketched the temple, "Fuzhou Ting" donated by the city of Fuzhou, China



More Photos here

-- by Kate Buike

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