03 October 2020
30 August 2020
10 July 2020
Wa 2020 & Wa 2021
Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2021 will be held at Abbotsford Convent on 11 & 12 September 2021.
24 May 2020
Meet Our Exhibitors Online
Join Zoom Ikebana Dojo and learn Ikebana with us. Meet our exhibitors of Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival.
Zoom生花道場に参加して、和メルボルン生け花フェスティバル出展者と語り合おう！英語で生け花を学びたい方、教えたい方も歓迎します。日本人出展予定者への特典あり。
21 April 2020
Wa 2020 Update: 20 April 2020
Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival, 19 & 20 September 2020
Due to the current health concern, we may have to change some aspects of our event. However, in the meantime, we are preparing as much as we can.
Please join our exhibition! All ikebana schools welcome.
Wa, an international ikebana festival, will be bigger and better this year with more new exciting events.
Wa can promote ikebana most effectively and consequently it will provide our ikebana teachers with more professional opportunities. Wa also provides our teachers with opportunities to challenge and to develop as international ikebana artists.
Some of highlights this year are:
Ikebana Dinner Show, Renka with Mozart: Group Ikebana Performance with Orchestra 21, and Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky.
1. Please follow Wa & help promote Wa
Register your email to receive the latest news at https://waikebana.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wa.ikebana/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wa.ikebana/
2 Volunteers Wanted
We need many volunteers toward the Wa 2020. Please send an email to apply. wa.ikebana@gmail.com
3. Application Opened for Exhibitors
Application from interstate & international exhibitors has been suspended until further notice
Application from interstate & international exhibitors has been suspended until further notice
All ikebana teachers including local teachers - please apply through our online application now. We need your details soon. Local teachers can pay your fee later. Local students can apply through their teachers after June 2020.
4. Renka Performers Wanted
Would you like to perform at the Rena with Mozart? This is the first Renka with live orchestra in the Australian history of ikebana (arguably in the history of ikebana). Now only 1 position left.
Performers will be paid a small amount, if we sold more than 30 tickets, which is very likely! More importantly you will be a part of ikebana history in an international cultural festival.
Details will be announced in class. All selected applicants have to attend special trainings including full day workshops.https://waikebana.blogspot.com/2020/01/news-ikebana-orchestra.html
5. More New Additions
1. There will be dinner that all exhibitors can join on 19 September. 2. We will renew our logo.
3. Poster exhibition project: All ikebana schools represented in Wa will be introduced in beautiful posters.
11 April 2020
06 April 2020
Mission Statement - Revised
Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival
Vision
Harmony (wa) through flowers - for society and the environment.
People around the world experiencing, enjoying, understanding and appreciating ikebana individually and together.
Mission
To increase community understanding, enjoyment and participation in ikebana by promoting the benefits of ikebana as
- an ancient and highly-respected cultural activity originating in Japan
- a creative and enjoyable art form for anyone to practice or view
- a meditative and therapeutic activity
- a way to change attitudes - to live harmoniously with nature rather than regard it just as a resource
- a way to have a positive influence on others and on the earth.
Goals
- The number of people viewing, learning and practicing ikebana will increase
- Ikebana teachers and students (local, interstate and overseas) will have increased, affordable and easily accessed opportunities to exhibit, demonstrate, discuss and teach their art
- the wider community will have regular and increasing opportunities to engage with ikebana in a range of ways
Values and behaviours
Wa committee members, staff and volunteers are from a range of ikebana schools, experience and backgrounds. We value the following behaviours and strive to act in accordance with them.
- Kindness and consideration for each other, respecting our personal qualities, similarities and differences
- Respect for each other’s practice of ikebana, with due regard for each school of ikebana
- Communicate in an open, accurate and straightforward way using appropriate language
- Think innovatively about how to best use limited resources to come up with new ways to support Wa activities and genuinely consider all ideas presented
- Work creatively, managing large or small projects autonomously, taking responsibility for active and creative decision-making wherever appropriate.
- Support each other and our activities, providing mentorship and expertise in a creative, sensitive and helpful manner.
- Contribute to the achievement of Wa’s goals to the best of our ability, having respect and consideration for other people’s priorities
02 April 2020
01 April 2020
Stay Home
The Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival Committee sincerely hopes that you and your family are in good health and strong in spirit.
18 March 2020
New in 2020
Another new project in the Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2020.
Our poster project is to introduce all ikebana schools represented at our exhibition.
This will help our visitors understand ikebana better.
The posters with contact details of each school will help each school promote effectively.
12 March 2020
Projects by Shoan & Shoso
2. June 2020: Sculpture Commission
3. 12 September 2020: Ikebana Dinner Show, Quaff Restaurant, Toorak. https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/program.html
10 March 2020
Publication by Wa Exhibitors
Publication Opportunities
1. Following essays by Wa 2019 exhibitors were accepted for the International Journal of Ikebana Studies, Vol.6. Congratulations!
Teaching Ikebana in Australia
Christopher James
Ikebana Workshops for Kids: Findings on Conducting Ikebana Workshops for Young Children
Shoan Lo
Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival: Welcoming Exhibitors from All over the World
Shoto Duke, Shoan Lo and Sue Healey
The International Journal of Ikebana Studies (IJIS) is published by International Society of Ikebana Studies (ISIS), and will be available at Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2020.
2. IJIS is calling for ikebana essays and papers.
3. Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival will host a regular conference of ISIS on 19 September 2020. Wa is calling for papers.
