Nakashima Foundation for Peace

George Nakashima Award Medals

Lauren Griffin — Tue, 13 May 2025 15:56:53 +0000

Throughout his lifetime, George Nakashima received numerous accolades for his innovative architecture, furniture design, and contributions to the American craft movement. Our collection contains medals from the various honors, including the following: Awarded as a student at MIT Awarded when completing his graduate degree in Architecture Nakashima received this…

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Nakashima Family Christmas Cards

webmaster — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:44:46 +0000

Each year, the Nakashima family designed and made a handmade block print Christmas card to send out to their family and friends. Before Kevin was born in 1954, Mira made many of the linocut designs. When Kevin was old enough, he took over the project and released new artwork each year. Many of the designs feature scenes from around the Nakashima property in New Hope, George’s architectural work…

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tours

webmaster — Wed, 31 May 2023 17:26:48 +0000

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Kevin’s Rocking Horse, 1957

webmaster — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:48:09 +0000

Walnut, Dogwood, Locust, Leather, and Raffia When Kevin was around 3 years old, Dad decided to make Kevin a rocking horse. He put together some rough rockers and legs from the chair department and found a piece of wood that had a natural nose and mouth for a head. Dad asked me to help make the tail of raffia, ears and reins from some scraps of leather, and a saddle from some small pieces of felt…

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World Premier of “George Nakashima, Woodworker” documentary

webmaster — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:46:16 +0000

presents the global premiere of October 2, 2020 7pm EST REGISTER NOW Design Miami/ Friday Film series presents serious films for designer lovers. Available all weekend through the Design Miami/ Shop site, these films spotlight the creatives, connoisseurs, and conversations that drive the field of collectible design.

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Earth Day Peace Concert with Pam Ortiz

webmaster — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:24:57 +0000

Left: Cherry Blossoms and newly completed path to the Arts Building with Conoid Studio in background. Right: Mira Nakashima and Pamela Ortiz welcoming visitors.

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store thoughts

webmaster — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:58:51 +0000

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webmaster — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:27:14 +0000

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webmaster — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:17:03 +0000

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New York Peace Table

webmaster — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:13:40 +0000

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