Ikebana of Richmond

​The Taisaku Arrangement was exhibited in the lobby of Library of VA.  It was designed by Libby Haynes and arranged by Libby and Annette Ernst with the assistance of Judy Sheldon.  

​Chieko Mihori presented a lecture/demonstration entitled "Challenge Your Creativity". She is a Riji of Sogetsu School.  She studied with the founder of the Sogetsu School, Sofu Teshigahara, and has studied under all the subsequent headmasters, achieving the highest teaching rank, Riji.  She is the recipient of many Sogetsu Awards of Distinction and in 2013, the Emperor of Japan honored her for her extraordinary cultural contributions by bestowing on her the high honor of  the imperial medal, “The Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays”.  She conducted a workshop entiteled "Freestyle Arranging using Pandanus Grass" following the demonstration.

March 1, 2018
Jane Redmon presented a demonstration entitled "Using Unconventional Materials".　She began her study of Ikebana of the Sogetsu School in 1975.  She was certified as a teacher by the Sogetsu School in Tokyo, Japan, in 1978.  From 1977-2006, she studied with Mary Sugiyama, Executive Director of the Sogetsu School in the United States.  She was awarded the Riji Diploma, the highest degree for a teacher in 2001 and the Overseas Akane Teshigahara Award in 2017.

Libby Haynes, 2nd grade teacher of Sogetsu school conducted a workshop entitled “Creating with Unconventional Materials” following the demonstration.

Member Showcase

February 1, 2018
Ikebana of Richmond members, Annette Ernst (Ikenobo school), Judy Sheldon (Ohara school), Faye Wade (Sogetsu school) and Helen Bunch (Ichiyo school) presented a demonstration entitled "Exploring Four Schools".  

Octuber 12 & 13, 2017
Sozan Nakamura, a Rigi of Sogetsu School, a Master Instructor of the Sogetsu Headquarter and an Instructor of Iemoto class at the headquarters in Tokyo and Osaka presented an Ellen Gordon Allen Annual Lecture/Demonstration entitled "Watashi no Hana - You in Ikebana" .  He began to study Ikebana under the 2nd Iemoto, Kasumi Teshigahara in 1977 and joined Sogetsu Kobo (Studio) from 1982 till 1994.   He conducted a workshop entitled “Table arrangement” following the demonstration and 2 workshops entitled  “Focusing on fixing and conditioning, Nageire” and "Mizuhiki" on the following day.

September 8, 2016
Joyce Overholtzer presented a Lecture/Demonstration entitled “Summer Impressions”.  She is a Riji of Sogestu school of Ikebana.  She started studying Sogetsu School in 1977 in New York State, became a certified teacher and began teaching classes and exhibiting in shows.  She is a past president and an active member of the local chapter of Ikebana International and is also a member and past Director of The Metropolitan Washington DC Area Branch of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana.

Former Presidents (L: Emma Brown and R: Elsie Weimer)

November 4, 2015
Members of Ikebana of Richmond, Janice Whitehead (Ikenobo school), Linda Taylor (Ohara school), Paula Nachman (Sogetsu school) and Helen Bunch (Ichiyo school) presented a demonstration entitled "Hana Kago and Ikebana". 

September 3, 2015
Cecil Uyehara, a certified teacher in standard, semi-cursive scripts and Kamijo Shinzan style presented a demonstration of calligraphy, then read Haiku in Japanese.  Jane Redmon, Rigi, Sogetsu School of Ikebana read the translated Haiku in English and presented a demonstration of flower arranging following the Haiku contents.  They conducted a workshop entitled "Haiku and Ikeana"  following the demonstration.