Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition: Wabi-Sabi and Ikebana
2019/10/16
On October 5 - 6, at the Information and Culture Centre of the Embassy of Japan, the Sogetsu School of Ikebana Ottawa Branch held its annual exhibition. The theme of this year's exhibit was “Wabi-Sabi and Ikebana”.
At the opening ceremony, Ambassador Ishikane delivered remarks and noted that the Ikebana pieces on display here would eventually fade, as all flowers do in fall. However, this does not diminish their beauty. On the contrary, their ephemeral and changing nature is what makes each piece all the more beautiful and unique. Mrs. Clair McCaughey, Director of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana in Ottawa, and Mrs. Anne Breau, Exhibition Chair, also delivered opening remarks.
Over 400 visitors came to the exhibition over two days. Visitors not only experienced the depth of the art of ikebana through observing arrangements that expressed Wabi-Sabi but also felt early, quaint, Canadian fall.
At the opening ceremony, Ambassador Ishikane delivered remarks and noted that the Ikebana pieces on display here would eventually fade, as all flowers do in fall. However, this does not diminish their beauty. On the contrary, their ephemeral and changing nature is what makes each piece all the more beautiful and unique. Mrs. Clair McCaughey, Director of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana in Ottawa, and Mrs. Anne Breau, Exhibition Chair, also delivered opening remarks.
Over 400 visitors came to the exhibition over two days. Visitors not only experienced the depth of the art of ikebana through observing arrangements that expressed Wabi-Sabi but also felt early, quaint, Canadian fall.
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| Ambassador Ishikane delivering his opening remarks | Mrs. Clair McCaughey, Director of the Ottawa Branch of the Sogestu School of Ikebana, giving her remarks | Mrs. Anne Breau, Exhibition Chair, giving her remarks |
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| Mrs. Breau, Exhibition Chair giving explanations of ikebana arrangements to Ambassador and Mrs. Ishikane | Visitors admiring arrangements |
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| From left: Ambassador and Mrs. Ishikane, Mrs. McCaughey, Director of the Ottawa Branch of the Sogestu School of Ikebana, Mrs. Breau, Exhibition Chair |