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In 2006, the Gallery presents periodic educational events by local artisans in various artistic fields. Here is information about the first event in the series: April 25, 2006 The $25 workshop includes complimentary champagne and hands on activities. Ceramic containers will be available for purchase, or you can bring your own. Each participant will leave the workshop with an arrangement to take home along with knowledge of a basic Ikebana Style. The workshop will include a slide show, discussion of appropriate ceramics, demonstration, and hands-on activity. Call Doris at 360-387-8300. Instructor Mary Kay Branch lived in Japan for 30 years and studied Ikebana as a lifetime pursuit. Mary Kay Branch lived in Japan for 32 years and taught music, speech and drama at Department of Defense schools, most of that time on an Air Force base near Tokyo. While in Japan, she spent nearly 30 years studying Japanese tea ceremony and flower arrangement (ikebana). She has teacher's certificates in both fields and began teaching ikebana after she and her husband moved to Camano Island in 2001. The study of ikebana leads one to an appreciation of the intrinsic value of individual flowers and students learn that it's not necessary to have a huge bouquet in order to create a beautiful and artistic arrangement. By following a few simple rules, students learn to make elegant arrangements using just a few flowers and branches. Also, Mary Kay hopes to instill a new awareness of the abundance of wonderful plant material that surrounds us on Camano Island, whether it be in your own yard or growing wild along the roadside.
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