Our chapter started 2023 with an elegant tea and demonstration at Skokie Country Club. The guests arrived even though there was a winter storm. There was whiteout outside, but Ikebana passion overcame the bad weather. Ikebana artists made arrangements in Ichiyo, Ohara, Sogetsu and Ikenobo styles. A...
Our Annual Exhibition titled ‘Peace & Tranquility’ was organized in Hotel Westin, Gurugram on February 4th . Our chief guest was Councilor of Embassy of Japan. The attendees were there in almost full strength and guests kept pouring in. The exhibition was open up to 6 p.m....
The nights are cool and even cold in the hilly areas in Jamaica in March. We don’t have Cherry trees in Jamaica but this is the time for our Puoi trees to be in bloom. They come in pink, white and yellow but the yellow is the...
The event titled ‘BORO - Making Something Out of Nothing’ was held on February 13. June Colburn was our presenter. We learned about Indigo dyed cottons and their use in Japan and how, in places and times of extreme poverty, valuable Indigo fabrics, despite being worn and...
A representative member of each school demonstrated an arrangement and gave a workshop using dried materials they had scavenged during the fall. Then, the workshop attendees each did an arrangement of their own using a vast supply of diversified materials.
The demonstrations were given by Mrs. Kazuko Tanaka and by Ms. Josiane Girard of Koryu Shoutoukai School in our February Meeting. They showed a diversity of beautiful Ikebana arrangements. Mrs. Madeleine Murphy commented on the demonstrations explaining about general Ikebana history including Koryu Shoutoukai School and about...
On October 7th, 8th and 9th 2022, our chapter partnered with the Cranbrook House and Gardens in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan for a fundraising exhibition. There were more than 30 Ikebana arrangements displayed throughout the magnificent rooms of Cranbrook House and tours of the Japanese Gardens. The Chapter’s...
Our chapter celebrated its 50th anniversary on January 10th and 11th at Palmbrook Country Club in Sun City, Arizona. The morning of Tuesday, January 10, honored guest Master Teacher Misei Ishikawa from Tokyo Sogetsu School Headquarters led the workshop, Express Feelings for Celebration, using pine, curly willow,...
