Cultural News seeks tributes to Bill Clark to print in the December issue of Cultural News. The deadline is Tuesday, Dec. 1 by 23:00PM. The text is 600 words maximum. Due to the limit of space, if we can not print your tribute in the December issue, your tribute to Bill Clark will be posted at Cultural News website.
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Late Bill Clark (Cultural News Photo 2009)
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According to the Fresno Bee newspaper, world-renown Japanese art collector Bill Clark at Hanford in Central California passed away on Nov. 22 at the age of 85.
Excerpt from The Fresno Bee, November 24, 2015:
Willard G. "Bill" Clark, the Hanford rancher-turned-export-businessman whose love of Japanese art and canny eye for purchasing priceless objects turned him into a world-renowned collector, died Sunday, Nov. 22 on the Hanford ranch where he lived for all his 85 years.
A cause of death was not released by his family.
Mr. Clark founded the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford in 1995 with his wife, Elizabeth "Libby" Clark. The small but prestigious institution, which attracted followers of Japanese art from all over the world, was an unlikely sight on Avenue 10 south of Hanford, tucked into the middle of almond orchards just down the street from a dairy farm.
In 2009, the Japanese government awarded him a high honor in recognition for his "accomplishments in contributing to the introduction of Japanese art and toward the promotion of cultural and educational exchange" between Japan and the U.S.
A memorial service will be held in spring
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