Event Reviews

March 19, 2021 – Harmony 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…

The live program of this month will feature two Ikebana artists from two different schools : Louise Ow Ling (Ikenobo) and Ron Brown (Sogetsu). This program was presented live February 19, 2021 on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ikebanasf. It was recorded and can be viewed here:

Ikebana in the Virtual Age, Series 5: Welcoming the New Year with the Elegance of Ikenobo. 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…

Ikebana in the Virtual Age – Series 4: At Home for the Holidays December 11, 2020 Holliday Greetings to all as we have such an international group many of us celebrate holidays in and around December and New Year. So we want to include as many as possible in our December program announcement. We wish…

November 20, 2020 – Autumn Ayre We are delighted to invite you to the third in our series of virtual demonstrations with the arrangement exhibit. Mitsuko Maruyama from Ohara is the featured demonstrator along with members from various schools who are providing the arrangement exhibit. The event was held live on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ikebanasf. This…