ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2023

 

This year's Annual Exhibition was held at the National Trust's Victorian period mansion, Labassa, in North Caulfield. Melbourne Chapter members contributed over forty ikebana works from the six Ikebana schools represented in Victoria. 

Thursday 14th September was the bump-in day and the house was a hive of activity. On the following day the Exhibition was formally opened by Mr Shunsuke Saito, the Deputy Consul-General of Japan. Ms. Kate Drummond, the Operation Manager of National Trust expressed her pleasure at the beauty of the Ikebana which brought fresh flowers into the house. After the opening, volunteers from the National Trust offered morning tea to the exhibiting members of Ikebana International Melbourne Chapter and their guests.

The exhibition was open to the public on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th. Two sold-out, public demonstrations were given by Lucy Papas, from Sogetsu School, assisted by Emily Karanikolopoulos on the Sunday morning and afternoon.

Below are photos of ikebana in the Exhibition

Pascal Tremblay

Marjorie Campkin-Smith

Chiemi Daly

Josephine Tan

Naomi Cullen

Chieko Yazaki

Lucy Papas and Emily Karanikolopoulos

Thea Sartori

Nobuko Kobayashi

Katrina Cunningham

Kaye Wong and Kim Louey

Magdelana O'Kane

Midori Nakajima

Lara Telford

Aileen Duke

Christopher James

Joanne Huang

Tina Diep

Yukako Braun

Angie Chau

Yuko Asano

Emily Karanikolopoulos

Elizabeth Angell

Beverley Webster

Felicia Huang

Rachel Lok and Giselle Kett

Angeline Lo

Swann Lam

Jenny Loo

Lucy Papas

Julie Ireland

Giselle Kett

Yvonne Chu

Susan Healey

Rachel Lok

Angel Yuen, Lorraine Martin and Thao Tran

Trish Ward

Cymbie Reeves

Karen Thode

Vanessa Lau

In the pavillion beside the Croquet lawn was the only outside exhibit, a large collaborative installation.

Pascale Tremblay, Chiemi Daly and Magdelana Okane

Photographs: Christopher James and Lei Wang

2019 ANNUAL EXHIBITION

The 2019 annual exhibition of the Melbourne Chapter was held over four days, Thursday to Sunday, in a vacant retail space in District Docklands, on the west side of the Melbourne central business district. The space was very large being approximately 10 metres X 16 metres. Because of the size of the space it was possible for the thirty one participating members to exhibit at the same time.

On the setup day the space was a hive of activity

Members set individual and collaborative works. 

Unfortunately the configuration of the space and the use of our Shoji screens made a photograph of the whole exhibition in one view impossible.

An invitation only, formal opening of the exhibition was held on the first evening. The Chapter President Mrs Trish Ward welcomed Mr Shota TOHARA, the Vice Consul of Japan, who gave a short speech and formally opened the exhibition. 

Below are photographs of the works in the exhibition.

Akemi Suzuki, Sogetsu School.

Angela Chau, Ikenobo School.

Belinda Au, Ohara School.

Chieko Yazaki, Shogetsudo koryu School.

Chiemi Daly, Shogetsudo koryu School.

Christopher James, Sogetsu School.

Emily Karanikolopoulos, Sogetsu School.

Felicia Huang, Ohara School.

Helen Marriott, Shogetsudo koryu School.

Ivy Loo, Ohara School.

Jenny Loo, Sogetsu School.

Josephine Tan, Ohara School.

Julie Ireland, Sogetsu School.

Katrina Cunningham, Ichiyo School.

Kaye Wong, Ichiyo School.

Kim Louey, Ichiyo School.

Kim Ng, Ohara School.

Lucy Papas, Sogetsu School.

Lyn Wong, Ohara School.

Margaret Leung, Sogetsu School.

Margaret Wilson, Sogetsu School.

Marina Dunn, Shogetsudo koryu School.

Midori Nakajima, Sogetsu School.

Naomi Cullen, Ichiyo School.

Nobuko Kobayashi, Ichiyo School.

Ohara School group exhibit: Felicia Huang, Ivy Loo, Kim Ng, Josephine Tan.

Pearl Yau, Sogetsu School.

Qin Li, Ichiyo School.

Rachel Lok, Shogetsudo koryu School.

Shogetsudo koryu School group exhibit:
Chieko Yazaki, Rachel Lok, Chiemi Daly, Helen Marriott, Marina Dunn. 

Swann Lam, Sogetsu School.

Trish Ward, Sogetsu School.

Yukako Braun, Ikenobo School.