Ikebana International New York Chapter proudly presented Professor Manabu Noda as the demonstrator of its 2023 Opening Program in collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden. For the last two years, we have had our opening programs at the New York Botanical Garden. Ikenobo Professor Manabu Noda,...
The final meeting of the Sapporo Chapter was held in December,2023. We had a special Hula dancer, Mayumi Tanaka as a guest. We discussed about the 60th anniversary and celebrated members whose birthday was December. Members also exhibited flowers at the site.
Workshop with Vines On 9th Octoberthe workshop was conducted by President Taruna Agarwal using fresh vines andfresh flowers at the Club in Mumbai. Thirty members participated in the workshop, includingtwo from the Japanese C onsulate, Mrs Sayuri Kaneko (Chief Consul’s wife) and a friend MrsChie Sutani. Fifteen...
64th Annual Exhibition Our chapter’s Annual Ikebana Exhibition for 2023 was presented as both virtual and in-person events. This year’s theme was “Welcome Spring.” The in-person exhibition was held during the Mother’s Day weekend (May 13th & 14th) at the Mercer Island United Methodist Church. The exhibition...
Fall Chrysanthemums Our Chapter opened its program yearon October 10 with a demonstration andworkshop by Senior Ikenobo Professor Nanako Tingleaf, who also is one of oursenior most members with 47 wonderful years with our Chapter. She showedpictures and talked about the November c elebration of f all...
Demonstration at Jochiji Temple At Jochiji Temple in Kita-Kamakura on a sunny autumn day, three members of our chapter, each from a different school, Kozan-ryu, Ikenobo, and Ohara School, gave a demonstration on the theme of putting autumn flowers in a basket. The main demonstration of a...
The 57th Chapter Ikebana Exhibition The 57th Chapter Ikebana Exhibition had a good balance of the venue with a bright atmosphere and the space composition of flower arrangement works on display, and the vivid atmosphere which made it hard to imagine the difficulty in finding fall flowers...
Here Comes the ‘SUN’, Arranging with Sunflowers – September Meeting Ikebana using Fresh and Unconventional Materials – October Meeting Demonstration by Wafu School of Ikebana, by Polly Curran When you think of sunflowers, you think of friends, smiling faces, and happiness. This was the case at our...
