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 51st year,
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!
June 2025 Members In-House Exhibition
June In-House Exhibition for Memebers:
Our first annual in-house exhibition, held June 19, was a great success! Thank you to all the members who contributed arrangements and to those who worked to make this event happen.
May 2025 Chapter Meeting
May Workshop: IKENOBO - JIYUKA (FREESTYLE)
Our May program was an interesting workshop taught by Ikenobo sensei Cheryl Linck. Ikenobo, the oldest Ikebana school, has expanded into modern forms. Cheryl guided us in creating one of these as a Jiyuka(freestyle) form .
This modern Ikenobo style is based on Shoka Shimputai principles (a form with two main branch elements representing Yin and Yang and a third helper).
Following the more relaxed Shoka Shimputai freestyle guidelines, beautiful Ikebana forms were created using three complementary materials - a star, co-star and supporting actor
April 2025 - Ikebana Kyoto World Conference
April - Ikebana International 2025 Kyoto World Conference
In late April, members of the Ann Arbor and Detroit Chapters attended the I.I. 13th World Convention in Kyoto, Japan. We saw seven live, spectacular demonstrations by the headmasters from the leading schools of ikebana. There were also over 300 exhibition arrangements done by headmasters and leading arrangers from around the world. At the business meetings, the three International Resolutions that were presented and approved regionally at the NCARC in Philadelphia were further approved unanimously at the 13th World Convention.