Ikebana of Richmond

Terry Quinn presented a lecture/demonstration entitled "Spring in Bloom".  She is a Master of Sangetsu School.  She began her studies of Japanese flower arranging in the Sangetsu School in Tucson Arizona in 1999.  She became a certified instructor in 2001 and has completed the requirements for Master Instructor status from officials of the school in Atami, Japan.  She has been Director of Sangetsu North America since 2006, and now shares responsibilities for activities of the school with a committee of three other instructors. She continues teaching in Tucson.  She conducted a workshop entitled "Flowers that can heal" following the demonstration.

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​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.

​Linda Taylor, Ikebana of Richmond member presented a lecture/demonstration entitled “Fall at Last”.  She is a Master 4 in Ohara school. She received her certification from Kosui Fujikado, who was awarded Eighth order of Precious Treasure by the Emperor of Japan for promoting an exchange of cultures between Japan and the U.S.
She conducted a workshop entitled "narabu katachi- one row arrangement” following the demonstration.

​Duffy Boyd presented a lecture/demonstration entitled ”Contrast in Ikebana”.  She is a Junior Master in the Ichiyo School of Ikebana, and member of Ikebana International Chapter I, Washington, DC, she served as General Workshop Chair. She continues studying with the Executive Master of Ichiyo School, Valerie Eccleston. She conducted a workshop entitled “Contrast in Form” 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.

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November 9, 2017
Bruce Wilson presented a Lecture/Demonstration entitled “Enacting the Divine in Nature”. He is Seikyoju of Saga Goryu School. He spends a part of every year at Daikakuji Temple in Kyoto, where the headquarters of Saga Goryu Ikebana is located.  He is a Professor of Comparative Literature at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and a founder of the Asian Studies program at the college. He conducted a workshop entitled “The First of the Seven Scenic Arrangements in Saga Goryu - a Mountain View" following the demonstration.

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.

April 6, 2017
Kyoko Petersen presented a Lecture/Demonstration entitled “Beauties of Ikebana”.  She is a Senior Professor of Ikenobo School.  She completed her highest level study at the Central Institute of the Ikenobo School in Kyoto (the headquarters of Ikenobo). She is a certified Member of AIFD (American Institute of Floral Designers) and CFD (Certified Floral Designer) and is a proprietor of Hana Studio, a home-based ikebana and floral design school.  She conducted a workshop, Free Style following the demonstration.

March 2, 2017
Ikebana of Richmond member, Helena Arouca presented a lecture/demonstration entitled "Simplicity".  She is a professor of the Sangetsu School of Flower Arrangement.  She has been practicing and teaching since 1994 and has taught hundreds of classes in Washington D.C., San Diego, Los Angeles, and at a local community college in Charlottesville, VA.  She conducted a workshop entitled "A Taste of Ikebana Sangetsu" following the demonstration.

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November 10 & 11, 2016                                                     
Karen Napoli presented the Ellen Gordon Allen Annual Lecture/Demonstration entitled “A Walk in the Woods’ – “To Emphasize Ichiyo’s Love of Nature”.  She is a Master in the Ichiyo School of Ikebana.   She began her study of Ichiyo in 1993.  Upon moving back to Tokyo in 2000 she resumed lessons directly under Headmaster Kasuya for 6 years, which greatly influenced her interpretation and understanding of this art.  Upon moving back to the US, she continued lessons under Executive Master Shirley Winkler in Pennsylvania, traveling to Japan every 5 years to study under the Iemoto and earned her Executive Master Certificate in 2012. She conducted a workshop entitled "Using Baskets” following the demonstration and 2 workshops entitled "Contrast Form” and "Working with Color" on the following day.