Event Reviews

September 17, 2021 – A Celebration of Tradition, Series 1 Our zoom program will feature our teacher advisor for the Ohara School, Mrs. Kayoko Fujimoto. Kayoko Suiyo Fujimoto is a Grandmaster of the Ohara School. She has led a large and devoted group of Ohara teachers and students for six decades. Included in a long…

May 21, 2021 – May Flowers We welcome you to our demonstration and exhibition for this year’s final program. On May 21st, Sumi Metz, Aratame School, and Katsuko Thielke, Sogetsu School, will present a program entitled “May Flowers”. The exhibition arrangements were made by six ikebana artists from 5 ikebana schools. Robyn Torres – Sogetsu…

April 16, 2021 – Hope Blooms with Spring Flowers The program will showcase the different styles of each school. Setsuko Iwami, represents from Ohara School, and Sharon Krawetz, is from Wafu School, will demonstrate. Arrangement exhibits by our Ikebana International Artists Dianne Krueger – Enshu School, Rebecca Shaw – Ikenobo School, Yoko Tahara – Ohara…

The March 19th program features Kika Shibata, Riji of the Sogetsu School, in a program entitled “Harmony”. She started studies of Sogetsu Ikebana at an early age with her mother, Mrs. Shoka Narimatu. Awarded her teacher’s certificate in 1964, she earned the title of Riji in Mach of 1989. She is known for her creative…

The live program of this month will feature two Ikebana artists from two different schools : Louise Ow Ling (Ikenobo) and Ron Brown (Sogetsu). Please join us for the live event which is held this coming Friday, February 19, 2021, at 2-3pm Pacific Standard Time. Please just visit Facebook.com/ikebanasf.   You may watch our program…

We begin the New Year with Joseph Lam from the Ikenobo school in a program titled “Welcoming the New Year with the Elegance of Ikenobo”. Joseph is an award winning Ikenobo artist whose designs truly show the elegance of Ikenobo. The live program is held on Friday, January 15, 2021, from 2 – 3pm, Pacific…