II56 Calendar of Events

Splendors of Ikebana

8-9 March 2024

Ikebana International Chapter 56, Honolulu, held it's latest exhibit at the Japanese Culture Center of Hawaii. Participants ranging in age from 15 to 102 represented five different schools of ikebana. Arrangements featured small and miniature pieces that often reflected their school of origin as well as their creators' individuality. The exhibit was a great success with more than 600 people attending.

Welcome desk	Earl Shimabukuro, Sogetsu	Entrance	Jane Aquino, Ohara	Beryl Ono-Stapleton, Ikenobo miniature free style
Grace Sekimitsu, Ohara Hosun (small realistic landscape)	Carol Murakami, Sogetsu	detail	Gail Atwater, Ikenobo mini shoka	Yukari Sato, Sogetsu
detail	May Hiraoka-Tomita, small free style combination	Sue Shimabukuro, Sogetsu	Barbara Tinius, Ikenobo tatehana	Jennifer Shintani, Sogetsu
detail	detail	Gwen Nagata, Ohara free style	Sherrill Morishika-Balbirona	detail
Pat Kimoto, Ichiyo mini free style	Brennan Yamaguchi, Sogetsu	Irene Nakamoto, Ohara free style	Pat Kubo, Sogetsu	Ailyn Lum, Sogetsu
Claire Sakauye, Ikenobo small free style	Caroline Abe, Sogetsu	detail	Diana Salansky, Ikenobo small free style "shave ice"	Lucille Lew, Sogetsu
Bette Uyeda, Ohara free style	Shizuyo Kikuta, Sogetsu	Linda Tanaka, Ohara	Grace Kam, Sogetsu	Arlene Horiuchi, Ohara Mawaru arrangement
Joyce Kaneshiro, Sogetsu	Judy Hui, Sogetsu	Joyce Nakamura, Ohara nageire	detail	detail
Helene Furuya, Sogetsu	detail	Susan Hirate, Ohara upright style	Tim Donahue, Sogetsu	Ellen Kondo, Ikenobo miniature free style
David Laeha, Sogetsu	Marsha Curnyn, Sogetsu	Masami Lachmann, Ohara hana kanade (crossing)	Bernadette Cunningham, Sogetsu	Debra Lau-Shiroma, Sogetsu
Charmaine Yee-Hollison, Sogetsu	Karen Kirk, Sogetsu	Gale Kobayashi, Ikenobo small free style	Carol Chang, Sogetsu	detail
Jane Aquino, My Hana Frame, Ohara	Cora Buenconsejo, Sogetsu	Viva Inouye, Toin Misho combination of cascading and horizontal style	Audrey Tanaka, Ohara free style	Barbara Watanabe, Ohara free style
Soo Boo Tan, Sogetsu representation of the Hawaiian islands	Misako Steverson, Ikenobo small free style	Dawn Sur, Sogetsu	detail	clockwise from top left: Jeanne Houlton, Ichiyo; Iwalani Barbazon, Ichiyo; Renee Marks, Sogetsu, Amanda Cottis, Sogetsu

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