8th North American Sogetsu Seminar-Exhibition

The exhibition for the 8th North American Sogetsu Seminar was a great success. I've posted photos from the installation of the exhibit above. The last two photos are from my group, the Sogetsu Washington,DC Branch. There are more photos already posted on my Flickr site. Click any photo above to go there. I will be adding more photos to Flickr later once I have a chance.

8th North American Sogetsu Seminar

The 8th North American Sogetsu Seminar is now over and I have started posting my photos to my Flickr site. This beautiful large scale arrangment was done by Sogetsu School Iemoto Akane Teshigahara and her staff. I'm sure the hotel would love to have arrangements like this all the time! Whenever I see ikebana on this scale I am really inspired to do some on my own. So maybe this summer I can play with some materals and do at least one. I got a lot of ideas from the three different workshops that I attended. I met so many wonderful and talented people from all over North America and the rest of the world, and it was a great experience to see their ikebana.

8th North American Sogetsu Seminar

Yesterday I arrived in Palm Beach, Florida to attend the 8th North American Sogetsu Seminar. I attended the last one four years ago in Portland, Oregon and had a great time. My registration is done and I will be in 3 workshops during the next several days. This morning my branch from Washington, DC will be setting up our arrangement for the exhibition at the Delray Beach Marriott Hotel. I have my camera ready, and I'm hoping to get pictures posted and give some details about all of the events. Iemoto Akane Teshigahara of the Sogetsu School will present her demonstration on Saturday May 2, at the hotel at 2PM. I am sure it will be an exciting presentation!