Beauty can be a guide in helping us put together a complex world and be a tool to help us make changes for the better. —James Hubbell
In 1994, the Pacific Rim Park (PRP) and Ilan-Lael Foundation (ILF), under the artistic direction of artist James Hubbell, launched a global conversation between San Diego and Pacific Rim nations around the transformative power of art and the artistic process. Hubbell’s unique expression of art diplomacy resulted in public art parks built by an international contingent of architecture students in Pacific Rim cities including; Vladivostok in 1994, San Diego in 1998, Yantai in 2001 and again in 2018, Tijuana in 2004, Puerto Princesa in 2009, Jeju in 2010, and Kaohsiung in 2013. Through these shared art-making experiences, the diverse people and nations of the Pacific transcended language barriers and cultural differences to explore and celebrate their common humanity.
