09-06-24 Miniature workshop with Lauren Toth
Our instructor for our Friends and Flowers workshop was newly elected president Lauren Toth. In her lecture, Lauren noted the…
01-22-23 Jeanne Holy Workshop
On this day, the class was divided into beginners who had never done a rikka arrangement and experienced participants. Jeanne…
01-21-23 Jeanne Holy Workshops
On Saturday, January 21, we were privileged to have Sensei Jeanne Holy from the Illinois Prairie Chapter of Ikenobo join…
12-4-22 Shoka Zoom Workshop with Linnéa Storm
Linnea Storm Sensei led a small group of students in a Zoom workshop on Shoka Sanshuike. She suggested that each…
11-19-22 Nujuike Workshop with Wanda LaLoggia
Wanda LaLoggia Sensei did a great job explaining to the eleven participants the MANY variations possible when arranging niju-ike. For…
Sept 17, 2022 Kakehana Workshop with Linnéa Storm
Had you heard of Kakehana before? I had not. It is a free-style hanging arrangement. For this workshop, Linnéa Storm,…
Jan 8, 2022 Shoka Kabuwake with Jeanne Holy
Our sensei from the Illinois Prairie Chapter was the very experienced Jeanne Holy. She has studied several times in Japan…
April 18, 2021 Free Style with Jean-Marcel Duciaume
Our April workshop theme was "Creating a Gift Arrangement". Our Edmonton instructors, Jean-Marcel Duciaume and Brenda Jackson shared a video…
May 24, 2020 Live Stream Free Style
The link below is a live stream video from Ikenobo Headquarters. This Free Style lesson is interpreted in both English…
04-13-2020 Sanshuike Shoka Divided Lesson
Our April workshop is a more “modern” shoka, the three-material shoka called sanshuike. With only a few exceptions, traditionally shoka…
03-19-2020 Ikenobo Ikebana Tatehana Workshop Lesson
Tatehana means literally “standing flowers” and is the predecessor to rikka. The arrangement consists of just two parts: the main…