Event Reviews
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31
Contemporary Traditional, Traditional Contemporary
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 Alka Bhargava (Ichiyo) is an interior designer by training and an innovative floral designer with decades of experience including over 16 years of experience in Ikebana and over 3 decades in event decor spanning both corporate and private formal events. Alka is a Master in the Ichiyo shool of…
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San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 Sumi Metz (Aratame) has studied and taught ikebana for more than 45 years. She has a deep understanding of ikebana traditions while exceeding those boundaries to interpret ikebana in purely contemporary works which reflect and complement modern life. Sumi’s ikebana has a joyful personality which always speaks to the…
Read More2024 Ikebana Flower Show
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 Ikebana Exhibition Date: March 16 – 17, 2024 Time: 10am – 4pm Place: Golden Gate Park ~ County Fair Building Address: 9th & Lincoln Ave, on MLK Blvd Sales of: Fresh Flower Arrangements, Ceramics, Ikebana Supplies and Silent Auction Demonstrations: Saturday, March 16, 12noon: Ohara: Mitsuko Maruyama…
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San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 Julie Nakatani was born in Tokyo, Japan. She came to the United States in late1950’s and grew up in San Francisco. She graduated from San Jose State University and currently resides in Cupertino.While still in grammar school, Julie began studying Ikenobo Ikebana, and continued to take lessons from…
Read MoreHoliday Bazaar 2023
Holiday Bazaar 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 Come one, come all to the 2023 HOLIDAY BAZAAR on Friday, December 8, 2023, at 11am. At noon, see a lovely demonstration performed by Ohara School’s Yasuko Naiki and Yoshiko Gilli: “Holiday Arrangements.” Yoshiko Gilli was born in Nagasaki, Japan and moved to California when she was 10 years old.…
Read MoreCancellation of November 17th Meeting
November program which was scheduled to be held on November 17 is cancelled Due to the possible impact from the Asian Pacific Economic Conference which will be held in San Francisco during the week of November 11 – 18, 2023, we need to cancel the November 17th I.I. program.
Read MoreThe Spirit of the Flower
The Spirit of the Flower San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 M.J. “Kitei” Kelly began her love for growing plants as a young child helping her father plant and care for the family’s big garden. Since then she has directed her passion into growing and arranging flowers. She started by studying Western Arranging under…
Read MoreHello Autumn
Hello Autumn San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 Fusako Seiga Hoyrup is the founder and President of the California Chapter of the Wafu School of Ikebana, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020. She began her study of ikebana over 60 years ago in Japan under the 2nd Headmaster. She holds the Shukan Degree,…
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Tropical Paradise San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31 Alka Bhargava (Ichiyo) is an interior designer by training and an innovative floral designer with decades of experience including over 16 years of experience in Ikebana and over 3 decades in event decor spanning both corporate and private formal events. Alka is a Master in the…
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