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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: #757575; -webkit-text-stroke: #757575} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none} 1 July 2019: Booking is open for Artists Talk and Ikebana Demonstration at Wa. https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/program.html p.p1...

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Wa Ikebana Festival Venue Abbotsford Convent Rosina Auditorium

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Melbourne Ikebana Festival Update

Ikebana Performance with the Grigoryan Brothers (Melbourne Recital Centre): Over 50% of tickets sold. http://bit.ly/IkebanaGrigoryan Ikebana Workshops (Adults & Kids class): Booking sites are ready! http://bit.ly/IkebanaConvent Kids Class http://bit.ly/IkebanaConventKids Ikebana...

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Please Don't Forget to Book

Booking is required for all the programs except exhibition. We accept booking for Artists talk & Ikebana Demonstration from 1 July 2019. Please go to program page: https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/program.htm...

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Our Exhibitor: Shoso Shimbo

Shoso Shimbo PhD is an artist with over 30 years experience in Ikebana. He was selected as one of “Australia’s top floral designers” (Belle) and has won multiple awards including the Gold Award at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show. He is the Arnold Bloch Leiber Prize winner...

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Our Curator: Rachel Iampolski

We are pleased to introduce our curator, Rachel Iampolski. Rachel Iampolski is a creative producer, arts administrator and urban researcher based in Melbourne. She has Masters of Arts and Cultural Management from University of Melbourne, and is current PhD candidate at the Centre for Urban...

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Our Exhibitor: Shoan Lo

Shoan is an ikebana artist and certified Sogetsu ikebana teacher who is currently working towards the Teacher's Diploma Second grade. She conducts regular workshops and weekly classes teaching Sogetsu Ikebana style. With a background in architecture, she has ikebana training under the guidance...

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Our Exhibitor: Shokai Ikebana

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Pulcheria (Shokai) started teaching as a sogetsu ikebana artist in 2019.  Her ‘Early Summer’ arrangement received a Gold Award from the Ikebana Gallery in 2018. ...

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Our Flyers Arrived

Dear All of Our Exhibitors It's a time to promote our Ikebana Festival in Melbourne. Please help disseminate our beautiful flyers! Thank y...

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Ikebana Performance at Wa

30% of tickets sold. Wa: Ikebana Performance with the Grigoryan Brothers, Melbourne Ikebana Festival 31 August 2019, Melbourne Recital Centre Booking: http://bit.ly/IkebanaGrigor...

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International Journal of Ikebana Studies

International Journal of Ikebana Studies (IJIS) will be available at Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival.  Save postage! International Society of Ikebana Studies is looking for ikebana essays for their next issue. Details: https://ikebanastudies.wordpress.com/    ...

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Book Ikebana Workshops

Our booking site is ready. Please book early. Our workshops were sold out several weeks prior to the event last year. Workshops will be conducted by Ichiyo School on 31 August & by Shoso Group on 1 September.  Shoso Group offers A: Moribana style and B: Nageire style ( a bit advanced...

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