February 2015 Ikebanadallas.org

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18th NARC ~2019 Dallas Chapter 13 Newsletter Dallas/Ft. Worth! From the President

February Plum Blossoms

It’s time for Spring Cleaning! Linda Nelson and the Ikebana Explorers toured the Samurai permanent President’s Message 1-2 Bring your Ikebana treasures to our exhibition and the Mary Baskett February Spring Cleaning Ginza. Bring February Program 3 Collection of Japanese Fashion at the extra or old containers to sell and find Trammel Crow Museum of Art. The tour This Month in Japan 3 new treasures to take home. Please was followed by a delicious lunch at the

bring each item marked with the price. Nasher museum restaurant. If you Upcoming Ikebana Events3 Doors open at 9 am. Come by 9:15 am missed the tour, the Japanese Fashion to set up your items. You are responsible exhibit is open until February 22, 2015. for selling your own items. We Ann Hambleton’s appreciate the 25% of your total sales Harriett

Hatsu-ike arrangement that you donate to Chapter 13! Gibbs Anthurium & Mochitsuki, the Japan-America Society blue mist of Dallas/Fort Worth’s New Year’s limonium Festival, gave Dallas Chapter 13 an woven on opportunity to create Hatsu-ike, our first metal fixture arrangements of the year, using pine, Harriet Gibbs incorporated unique bamboo and budding branches. structures into her beautifully constructed designs for our exciting th January 15 East meets West “Floral Design Crossover” program. Her exquisite arrangements were inspired by floral designers from the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Weaving, binding, wrapping, bending and leaf manipulation were some of

techniques she used. Look for more of Graceful flower her designs on or our inviting us to the Our thanks to Ann Hambleton, Masako website ikebanadallas.org. Nakahashi, Patricia O’Reilly, Mia beginning of spring. Shelton, Hannah Smilanski and Jen Bill Maina donated a beautiful book, Tseng for exhibiting their beautiful Hatsu- Suiseki, The Asian Art of Beautiful Unknown ike. Paula Brehm took pictures, Linda Stones, for our raffle, which Patricia Nelson volunteered and other members O’Reilly won. Ngoc Truong won the helped in other booths. Anna McFarland, unusual purple anthuriums, orchids and other plant material from Harriett’s floor Cori Hallock and other J-ASD/FW arrangement. Patricia won the red volunteers expressed their appreciation anthuriums. Two of our guests also for our participation and willingness to won items in our raffle. place some of the ikebana arrangements around the festival.

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Dallas Chapter 13 – From the President, cont’d February 19 2 Meeting Location: "Tetsunori Kawana in Dallas" will be

Center for presented by the Sogetsu Dallas The Nominating Committee, chaired by Community Branch on March 26 - 27, 2015. Kawana Cooperation Nancy Griggs, announced the slate of Sensei is a Master Sogetsu Teacher from 2900 Live Oak St. officers for 2015-2017 at our January Japan. Registration for his demonstration Dallas, TX 75204 15 meeting. Our thanks to Nancy and and workshops are available at a special her committee for an excellent slate. discount price before February 26. The 9:00 – 9:30 brochure/registration form is included as a Set up your Ginza President Ann Hambleton separate attachment with this Newsletter items 1st Vice-president Sally Shockey or by going to the Sogetsu website, 2nd Vice-president Amira Matsuda sogetsudallas.org. Registration is limited 9:30 – 10:00 3rd Vice-President Taeko Horowitz Ginza, Ikebana Market th to 80 participants and will close when full. 4 Vice-President Bobbie Lodge & Social Time If you want to attend, please register soon! 5th Vice-President Sue Smith

Corresponding Sec. Karen Murrell 10:00 – 10:45 The Ikebana Iwaya Fund (IF) has been Treasurer Patricia O’Reilly Business Meeting actively sponsoring ikebana activities Historian Paula Brehm throughout the U.S. in 2014. I. I. Dallas 10:45 – 11:00 Break We will vote on this slate at our Chapter 13 was one of seven chapters to February 19 meeting. receive grants last year. We actually 11:00 – 12:00 received two grants: one for Kiku Matsuri Demonstration Thursday, February 19 Meeting 2014 and one for NARC 2019. We appreciate the Ikebana Iwaya Fund’s 12:00 – 1:00 generous support of our Chapter. Mini-Workshop Donations to a Chapter or cause though

the Ikebana Iwaya Fund help build this endowment fund. Your donation to this If you can set up the IRC 501(c) (3) fund is tax-deductible to the hospitality table, bring a extent allowed by the IRS. The snack or a beverage, or designated Chapter or event (e.g. NARC stay a few minutes Ikebana inspires us to appreciate all art 2019) immediately receives your donation after the meeting for from IF, and the estate of Sumako cleanup, please call forms. Sumi-e paintings incorporate Pamela Carlson at the “Four Treasures”: brush, paper, Solenberger doubles the amount of the ink, and ink stone. Four basic brush donation and gives that amount to the IF 469-259-7115 strokes including the bamboo, the endowment fund. As the endowment fund orchid, the plum tree, and the grows more grants can be given for

chrysanthemum express simple beauty eligible ikebana projects. For more and elegance. These ink painting information visit www.ikebanaiwaya.org or strokes capture the essence or spirit of write [email protected]. the object or scene in the fewest possible strokes. Patience, self- Thanks to Helen Levinson, our January discipline and concentration are Hospitality Chairman, and our hostesses: required. Experience this ancient art Bobbie Lodge, Virginia Crabbe and form at our February 19 meeting, Kathleen Johnson. Helen, Bobbie and when members of TAO Arts will present others quickly cleaned up leaving Oak a program and workshop on this Corner spotless! Thank you. ancient art. We will each have an In Friendship through Flowers, opportunity to create a brush stroke masterpiece of our own to take home.

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In Japan: February – Plum Blossoms 3 Did you know that before the Nara period (10-794 AD), hanami (flower-viewing) referred to plum blossoms, not cherry blossoms! It’s true that cherry blossoms tend to overshadow Japan’s other stunning flowers, however, plum (ume)

blossoms — which bloom mid to late February to signal the start of spring — should not be overlooked. Plum blossoms’ reddish, pink, or white flowers bloom until early March, although there’s an occasional overlap between late-blooming plum blossoms and early-blooming cherry blossoms, which can lead to some confusion. When in doubt, just remember that cherry blossoms have split-ended petals, whereas plum blossoms don’t. Also, several cherry blossoms bloom from a single bud and are attached to the branch by a long stem, while there’s only one plum blossom per bud. (source: tokyocheapo.com) Upcoming Ikebana Events

Mitate – The Japanese concept of repurposing something considered useless ~ Patricia O’Reilly, Sogetsu 3rd Grade Teacher. Demonstration and workshop. For workshop participants should bring: 1. Something that you consider “useless” – for example, a broken container, some paper or other material that came as packing material in a package; a small Easter or other basket that is broken; some detritus from the street (hubcaps, tire tread, plastic tail light bulb cover, broken garden art, etc.) I could go on and on; think

out of the box. 2. A small beverage glass (or plastic) or a small clear

glass/plastic vase. (round or square.) 3. a kenzan that fits in the bottom of your glass/plastic container. 4. Flower and line material

(your choice.) 5. #20 wire; a stapler; clear tape. 6. Plastic or paper on which to work to keep your work surface clean. 7. Wire cutter.

8. Hasami 9. Cutting bowl 10. Paper bag for trash. 11 Your sense of humor.

We will have a “Spring Cleaning Ginza,” which is your opportunity to pack

up and bring all those ikebana-related items that you have been setting aside for this event! If you sell your item, the Chapter gets 25% of the proceeds. If you donate your item, the Chapter will sell it and gets 100% of the proceeds.

Our program this month features “The Basics of Brush Painting” with the TAO Arts group providing background, history and demonstrations. This will be followed by a workshop in which we will all get a chance to create a simple brush painting to take home and frame!!!

Our Ikebana Market table will be open, at which time you will be able to order special containers at very favorable pricing.

And, of course, there will be an arrangement raffle, including a container, as well as some additional special raffle items.

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Upcoming Ikebana Events (cont’d)

Mia Shelton, Sogetsu Jonin Sanyo ~ From Basic to Creative, Demonstration and Workshop. See Sogetsu Newsletter for additional information.

Other Upcoming Events

Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth~Japan Update Symposium - Going Global: A New Era in Japanese Business Strategy and Growth. Keynote Speaker Osanmu Nagata, President & CEO, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. http://jasdfw.org

Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery ~ at the Music Hall at Fair Park

District X Spring Convention at Lakewood CC; $35 lunch and Program: "Illumination - Imagination made Visible" by the "Mustachio Maestro" Jim Johnson, International Speaker, AM Professor Emeritus Registrar: Ginnie Salter: [email protected]

Sogetsu Dallas Branch ~ “Tetsunori Kawana in Dallas” – see information on Page 1. Information/Registration brochure at sogetsudallas.org

TGC Spring Convention at Tyler

I.I. Detroit Chapter 85 is celebrating their 50th anniversary May 8 & 9, Emiko Suzuki, Ikenobo Professor 1st Grade.

Other News and Changes

North American Regional – New website: ikebananar.org

I.I. Dallas Chapter 13 Yearbook corrections: page 4, Parliamentarian Sally Shockey's telephone number should be: 214-750-7236; page 5, Outdoor Exhibits Sally Shockey’s telephone number should be: 214-750-7236.