October 27 - November 12, 2018
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October 4 & 5, 2018 Rumiko Manako presented a lecture/demonstration entitled “Dancing Flower”. She is a Professor of Ikenobo Tokyo Busoukai, President of Manako Flower Academy, President of Manako Jafas Paris, and Special Instructor of Society National Horticulture de France. She began study with Mrs. Yasuko Manako at Manako Flower Academy in 1989 and has been a leader, teacher, designer, and demonstrator in the art of flower arranging around the world for the last thirty years. She conducted a workshop entiteled "Shoka Shimputai" following the demonstration and 2 workshops entitled "Shoka Shofutai" and "Ecology" on the following day. Alice Lichfield presented a lecture/demonstration entitled "Back to Basics". She joined Ikebana of Richmond in 1995 and received her instructor certificate in 2010. Alice has been very active demonstrating at Virginia Museum of Arts, The Richmond Council Garden Clubs, judges the Piedmont District Garden Clubs and numerous gardens in Richmond and Tri Cities. She also exhibited at the Reston Regional Library and at the Ikebana of Richmond. 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. 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". 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. September 7, 2017 Mikaela Deighanl presented a lecture/demonstration entitled "a Japanese Tea Ceremony - Way of Tea". When she was visiting a ceramics showing at a local kiln, Buckcreek Pottery at the age of 13, they were serving tea in the back. Each movement was thoughtful, intentional, and graceful. She went to tea seminars in New York and San Francisco and studied at Urasenke Gakuen in Kyoto from 2015-2016. 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. |
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