Welcome to Ann Arbor Chapter 183
About Us and Upcoming Events
Ikebana International - Ann Arbor (Since 1974)
Ikebana (ē-kĕ-bah-nah)
- We teach Ikebana, the creative and meditative art of Japanese flower arranging, similar to painting, calligraphy and sculpture.
- Ikebana uses principles and creative theories to arrange “living flowers” or “making flowers come alive”. Ikebana evokes the whole of nature itself, and people’s relationship with nature.
The Ikebana International Ann Arbor Chapter #183 , in our 50th year.
We meet the third Thursday of each month September - May at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1500 Scio Church Road, Ann Arbor, MI
- At each of our meetings, an instructor will demonstrate how to make an ikebana arrangement and then participants make their own arrangements to take home.
- Non-Ikebana International members are encouraged to attend our meetings to learn more about ikebana. Pre-registration is required and there is a $20.00 fee for flowers and instructor costs for each meeting. Members of Ikebana International pay a reduced fee of $15.00.
- If you would like to receive our newsletter or more information about our organization please contact us via the button below or send an email to a2ikebana@gmail.com. We look forward to welcoming you to our next meeting!
February 2025 Chapter Meeting
February Workshop:
IKENOBO FREE-STYLE (JIYUKA) WITH A SPRING FOCUS
Ikenobo is the earliest style of Ikebana and its first school. Pat Langs, our Ikenobo instructor from the Detroit Chapter, will lead us on creating a free-style arrangement with a Spring focus.
This Ikenobo free-style form incorporates line, surface, mass and dots to create an emotive character between the container and materials.
Negative space is always to be incorporated as is the use of odd numbers of materials.
Thursday, Februrary 20, 2025 1:00 PM Workshop
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December 2024 Chapter Meeting
December Workshop: ICHIYO: HOLIDAY CENTERPIECE
For our December meeting, we enjoyed a delicious potluck and enjoyed the time to get to know each other. This was followed by our December workshop.
Liz Larwa led us through steps to create of holiday season centerpieces.
These Ikebana forms are symmetrical or asymmetrical arrangements suitable for a dining table or a coffee table. The basis or our arrangements were one or two branches, greens, and various floral material.