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Thursday, 15 December 2022
Hanadayori - Ikebana by Request
Saturday, 3 December 2022
Ikebana Calendar - December 2022
27 November 2022: Shoso’s demonstration for Ikebana Panama / Ikebana International. Dr Osamu Inoue (President of International Society of Ikebana Research, Kyoto University of Art) and Yumiko Tsunakawa (Sogetsu, Canada) will also present demonstrations. Join this special online event with an audience of over 300 people from 40 countries. Contact ikebanapanama@gmail.com
10 December 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
31 December 2022: Deadline for Hanadayori Request
1 January 2023: One Thousand Ikebana Challenge starts - Online Ikebana Class
14 January 2023: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
14 January 2023: Zoom Ikebana Dojo Level 1 starts - Online Ikebana Class
28 January 2023: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
1 February 2023: New term starts for our Certificate Course
12 March 2023: Ikebana Workshop at Glen Eira City Gallery
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Ikebana for Corporate Events
Shoso created table arrangements and a medium ikebana display for a corporate event of a Japanese automobile company. Received great feedback.
"Thank you for the breathtaking florals at Attica today.
They are simply stunning.
I look forward to being able to work with you again sometime soon, as well as recommend you within my colleagues. "
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Ikebana for your shop / office?
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Would you like to have a fresh ikebana display at your shop or office? Shoso and his team will create beautiful floral arrangements for you. Weekly ikebana from $150 / $200 / $350.
Ikebana for your shop / office?
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Would you like to have a fresh ikebana display at your shop or office? Shoso and his team will create beautiful floral arrangements for you. Weekly ikebana from $150 / $200 / $350.
Contact: shososhimbo@gmail.com
Monday, 7 November 2022
Ikebana Calendar - November 2022
20 October 2022: Shoso’s talk on Ikebana and Japanese aesthetics at the Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture.
25 October 2022: Ikebana at Beleura. Shoso is going to run workshops at Beleura a few times in 2023. Join their mailing list from their website.
29 October 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
5 November 2022: Deadline for Ikebanakaido 2022. All of Shoso’s students and the exhibitors of Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2022 are invited to join this Kyoko based nation-wide flower project. #ikebanakaido
12 November 2022: Ikebana Dojo Level 3 starts
19 November 2022: Last class in 2022
26 November 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
27 November 2022: Shoso’s talk for Ikebana Panama / Ikebana International
10 December 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
31 December 2022: Deadline for Hanadayori Request
1 January 2023: One Thousand Ikebana Challenge starts
14 January 2023: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
28 January 2023: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
February 2023: New term stats for our Certificate Course
Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky - Review
10 September 2022
Melbourne Recital Centre
Review by Lili Tu
Mum spent 7 years to learn Ikebana from Dr Shoso Shimbo so I have seen many of his stunning arrangements. However, only last night I witnessed his true magic as he created a beautiful Ikebana arrangement to improvised music by pianist Paul Grabowsky.
It’s a breathtaking performance!
Shoso started the show by taking us up to the mountain in late winter when the snow began to melt using beautiful snowball viburnum, waxflowers, drift woods and pine branches. Then slowly he made the pink buds appear and blossom by blossom the spring began. Hundreds of cherry blossom branches were brought into Primrose Potter Salon to recreate the scene of the alpine in early spring. The flowers, music and light transported us to the outdoor with the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold - when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. We seriously got goosebumps watching the weather transform with Shoso’s arrangement.
Finally, the colours of spring came to the brightest with the pink oriental lilies in full bloom. We seemed to skip a breath or two when Paul Grabowsky played his final notes and the completed arrangement came to live. It’s an experience that you would never known if just seeing the final arrangement.
Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival is still on today at Abbotsford Convent, highly recommend to come by to enjoy a lovely Spring Sunday there!
Sunday, 14 August 2022
On Ikebana in The Age Newspaper
Friday, 5 August 2022
Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky - Book Now
Ikebana Performance: Book Now
Ikebana Dinner Show, Ikebana Conference, Ikebana Workshops, Ikebana Demonstration, and more: https://www.ikebanafestival.com/book-tickets
Enjoy free Ikebana Exhibition & Ikebana Container Award exhibition (Biennale) at Abbotsford Convent on 10 & 11 September. Melbourne Ikebana Festival
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Ikebana at Villa Alba 2022
To promote Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival Shoso Shimbo, Shoan Lo, Shoka Healey & Karen Thode participated in the Winter Flower at Villa Alba Museum on 18th and 19th June, 2022.
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Ikebana Calendar - August 2022
12 July 2022: Ikebana Workshop at Beleura House - Sold out in one day. https://www.shoso.com.au/2022/07/ikebana-workshop-at-beleura.html
30 July 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
13 August 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
27 August 2022:Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
1 September 2022: Ikebana Dinner Show.
10 September 2022: Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky.
https://bit.ly/IkebanaPerformance22
10 & 11 September 2022: Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival. https://www.ikebanafestival.com
24 September 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
29 October 2022: Ikebana Introduction Workshop ($60)
31 December 2022: Deadline for Hanadayori Request
Sunday, 24 July 2022
Ikebana Workshop at Beleura
“Throughout the afternoon’s Ikebana Floral Arrangement session I was totally focused on Dr Shoso’s introduction, information & guidance as we set out to create our own arrangement. A complete immersion into a new concept & challenge aroused energy, enthusiasm & much satisfaction as our arrangements took shape & were completed!”
“Wonderful venue, attentive transport service, outstanding presenter, delicious afternoon tea, warm and welcome atmosphere. An afternoon that was good for the soul in all kinds of ways.”
Sunday, 17 July 2022
Ikebana Container Award 2022
See the artworks by nation's top ceramic artists. https://www.ikebanafestival.com/container-award
Monday, 13 June 2022
Ikebana at Villa Alba
Shoso & His Students were invited for "Winter Flower Exhibition" at Villa Alba Museum.
When: 18th & 19th June, 11am - 4pm
Venue: Villa Alba, Walmer St, Kew
Booking: https://www.villaalbamuseum.org/events/
Our creative committee of Melbourne Ikebana Festival will create Ikebana displays to promote Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival.
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky
Tickets will be on sale from 3 June 2022. https://www.ikebanafestival.com
In the 16th century, a seminal ikebana artist Senno Ikenobo raised the idea that Ikebana should be created based on the essence of flowers rather than their image. The aim is to represent the essence of the universe, which Shoso calls Wa: Fluid Harmony in his performance. Ikebana in this sense is abstract assemblage rather than floral decoration.
Some contemporary artists used performance to show that the artist’s creative act is equally as important as the artwork itself. Ikebana performance similarly aims to shift attention from the artwork to the artist’s action. Art exists in real space and real time and Grabowsky’s music becomes part of the materials as Shoso brings the piece together. The emerging work is a dynamic matrix, an interplay of symmetries and asymmetries in harmony with the music.
This performance is presented by Melbourne Ikebana Festival.
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
What is Ikebana ? (1) - New Publication
2022, International Journal of Ikebana Studies, Vol.9, 76 - 78
Ikebana News
31 May 2022: Deadline - Hanadayori, Ikebana by Request
4 June 2022: Ikebana Introduction
10 June 2022: Ikebana Workshop at Richmond Library
18 June 2022: Ikebana Introduction
18 & 19 June 2022: Ikebana Display for Villa Alba Open Day
1 July 2022: 1000 Ikebana Challenge
31 August 2022: Ikebana Workshop at the Pub
10 September 2022: Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky
https://www.ikebanafestival.com
10 & 11 September 2022: Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival. https://www.ikebanafestival.com
Friday, 13 May 2022
Hanadayori - Send your Request
You can get to see a published photo of your very own personal arrangement from Ikebana artists in response to your request.
Monday, 9 May 2022
Ikebana Calendar - May 2022
14 May 2022: Ikebana Conference, Ikebana & Therapy by Eiko Hamasaki, ISIR
21 May 2022: Ikebana Introduction
31 May 2022: Deadline for making request - Hanadayori, Ikebana by Request
4 June 2022: Ikebana Introduction
10 June 2022: Ikebana Workshop at Richmond Library
18 June 2022: Ikebana Introduction
1 July 2022: 1000 Ikebana Challenge
31 August 2022: Ikebana Workshop at the Pub
10 September 2022: Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky
https://www.ikebanafestival.com
10 & 11 September 2022: Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival. https://www.ikebanafestival.com
Friday, 29 April 2022
New Publication: Research on Ikebana Dojo
Shoso's research paper on Zoom Ikebana Dojo was published. Free access now! Thank you our students for great help.
International Journal of Ikebana Studies
A Proposal for Online Ikebana Training
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ikebana/9/0/9_19/_article
A Proposal for Online Ikebana Training: Developing and Evaluating
a New Curriculum to Teach Ikebana as Meditation
Shoso Shimbo
Abstract
The first section of this study is a proposal for a new online ikebana curriculum. Since there is little educational research in ikebana, the proposal is largely a hypothesis based on the author’s experience. New attempts were made to develop a curriculum that values meditation rather than self-expression in the process of creating freestyle ikebana. The second section is a pilot study to evaluate the newly developed curriculum based on a short eight-item survey. Quantitative analysis shows that this curriculum helps advanced students (more than 6 years’ experience in ikebana) to improve their meditation, and qualitative data further confirms that their meditative experiences may not always be a positive experience for the individual, but it’s meaningful nevertheless. Results suggest that resources including video tutorials at the orientation stage contributed to encouraging the advanced level students in particular to meditate more effectively during the creative process of ikebana.
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Ikebana Calendar - April 2022
30 March - 3 April 2022: Melbourne Flower & Garden Show
1 April 2022: Ikebana for High School Students, Japanese Language Teachers Association of Victoria Annual Conference
9 April 2022: Ikebana Introduction
11 April 2022: Ikebana Workshop at Richmond Library
30 April 2022: Ikebana Introduction
4 May 2022: Ikebana Workshop at a Secondary School
7 May 2022: Zoom Ikebana Dojo - New Intake for Level 2
7 May 2022: Mother’s Day Ikebana Workshop
8 May 2022: Mother’s Day Ikebana Workshop at Metascent
14 May 2022: Ikebana Conference, "Ikebana Therapy" , ISIR
21 May 2022: Ikebana Introduction
4 June 2022: Ikebana Introduction
10 June 2022: Ikebana Workshop at Richmond Library
18 June 2022: Ikebana Introduction
21 June 2022: Ikebana Workshop at a Secondary School
1 July 2022: 1000 Ikebana Challenge - Make an ikebana a day for 3 years
31 August 2022: Ikebana Workshop at the Pub
10 September 2022: Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky
https://www.ikebanafestival.com
10 & 11 September 2022: Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival. https://www.ikebanafestival.com
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Ikebana Calendar - March 2022
5 March 2022: Zoom Ikebana Dojo (Level 1&3), New Intakes
5 March 2022: Ikebana Introduction
6 March 2022: Ikebana Workshop at Villa Alba
19 March 2022: Ikebana Introduction
30 March - 3 April 2022: Melbourne Flower & Garden Show. Looking for volunteer assistants from 27 to 29 March. If interested, send an email to shososhimbo@gmail.com
1 April 2022: Ikebana for High School Students, Japanese Language Teachers Association of Victoria Annual Conference
9 April 2022: Ikebana Introduction
11 April 2022: Ikebana Workshop for Richmond Library
30 April 2022: Ikebana Introduction
7 May 2022: Mother’s Day Ikebana Workshop
14 May 2022: Ikebana Conference, ISIR
10 June 2022: Ikebana Workshop for Richmond Library
31 August 2022: Ikebana Workshop at the Pub
10 & 11 September 2022: Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival. https://www.ikebanafestival.com
