Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging

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Carol Brecker

 

Thursday
August 5, 2010

9AM - Noon

16300 Hwy 550
Ouray, CO
(Redstone Rd)

Beginning to Advanced

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About the Instructor:
Carol Brecker holds the third teaching diploma from the Sogetsu School of Ikebana. The Sogetso School is a modern approach to Ikebana that promotes flower arranging by anyone in any place using any materials.

Sensei Carol has studied Ikebana since 2000 and is a regular exhibitor at the Phoenix Art Museum Ikebana Exhibit and Arts and Flowers. Her teaching encourages free expression, joy, discovery, and union with nature.

She believes that ikebana is a healing art that can calm the soul, focus the mind, connect the spirit with nature, and create an avenue for personal expression. Her classes are taught free of charge and her students are encouraged to participate in programs that benefit the community.

Sensei Carol is a founder and officer of the Sonoran Desert Sogetsu Study Group and a long time member and officer of Ikebana of Arizona. She is a Master Gardener and takes her students into her extensive gardens to learn about growing, preserving, and arranging materials that can be cultivated in the desert climate.

Call WCA at (970) 318-0150 or Register
 
GO Date

GO DATE: August 2, 2010

The "go" date is the date at which WCA determines whether there are enough students or not to run the class.  If this is a class you are interested in, please be sure to enroll before the "Go" date (and encourage your friends to do so as well) so that we can be sure to run the class! We will notify you at the end of the business day on the "GO" date if the class is to be cancelled so that you can make other plans for that date, but ideally, we'll see you at the class!

 
Course Description

About Ikebana:
Ikebana, the art of Japanese Flower Arranging, is the creative display of natural materials with attention to the harmony of line, color, space and dimension. Ikebana, literally “living flowers,” is an ancient art. Said to have begun in China, flower arranging arrived in Japan with the introduction of Buddhism in the 6th century. Over centuries, the art form shed its religious mantle and came to be practiced by people from many levels of society. The strict rules and prescribed formal techniques that are a hallmark of most Japanese art forms serve as the foundation for the symbolic meanings inherent in ikebana, such as the unity of opposites and, ultimately, the harmonious balance between heaven, earth and humanity. Unlike western-style floral arrangements, characterized by volume, color and complexity, ikebana embraces the spare, poetic beauty of line.

 
   
Prices

COST:

FIRST TIME STUDENTS: *The Cost of this class includes a ceramic container/vase, the Kenzan and the fresh flowers that you will bring home with you after class!

Students Enrolling and paying by or before July 30th (discount deadline):
       WCA Member:  $36
       Non-WCA Member: $39 
Students Enrolling or paying after July 30th (discount deadline):
       WCA Member: $39
       Non-WCA Member:  $43

RETURNING STUDENTS:*The fee for returning students is based on students bringing their own vase/container (the Kenzan) each session after the first session

Students Enrolling and paying by or beforeJuly 30th(discount deadline):
       WCA Member:  $10
       Non-WCA Member: $12 
Students Enrolling or paying after July 30th (discount deadline):
       WCA Member: $12
       Non-WCA Member:  $14
   
Notes

Student Supply List:

Water, any snacks they wish to pack AND a sack lunch

Notetaking materials

Kitchen Scissors and/or Garden Shears 

 

For First-Time Students, Instructor will provide:

Fresh Flowers, a ceramic container/vase for each student and the Kenzan