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Welcome to the Sogetsu San Francisco Bay Area Branch.
Founded in 1973, the Branch has 50 years of presenting and sharing the contemporary floral art of
​Sogetsu Ikebana with the San Francisco Bay Area community. 


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Pia Horei Groth brought her love of color and her contemporary style to the stage of ArtScapes. Watch her Demonstration
https://youtu.be/DJxv_6PuC4U

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Creating large scale floor arrangements take a high level of skill. The artist considers, for example, placement and viewer perspective. An arrangements might be viewed only from the front or from all around.

Please enjoy this significant group of large scale "Floor" arrangements created by San Francisco Sogetsu artists.

https://youtu.be/WE5nDxOGCYA
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One Flower One Leaf is a core concept of Sogetsu Ikebana. According to Sofu Teshigahara, a single flower and a single leaf
have all the elements of nature

Please enjoy this YouTube Video of a selection of the arrangements
created to express the concept of One Flower One Leaf.

https://youtu.be/SosdC2VR2Do

Recent Events and Videos

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A "Taisaku" is a large scale, focal arrangement. It can be created
for an exhibition, event or installation in public or private spaces. Master Instructor Misei Ishikawa designed this stunning Bamboo Taisaku arrangement for our 50th Anniversary celebration.

This video
chronicles all the stages of our journey, beginning
with the selection and cutting of the bamboo, then the meticulous
planning  and sketching of the design by  Ishikawa Sensei,
leading up to the final assembly of our structure at the site
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     https://youtu.be/tZMpuLllkJY
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    Sahshah Kosen Middleton and Ron Kodo Brown led
     a fun and very creative workshop for our Members
     Creating Sogetsu Arrangements Using Pool Noodles
     which is a lesson from  Book 5

     The arrangements were dynamic and whimsical.

     Members definitely stretched their creative abilities!
 
  
Watch Video


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  • About
    • History
    • Join
    • Learn
  • Featured Artists
  • Event Gallery
    • Past Exhibitions
    • Past Workshops
    • Videos
  • 50th Anniversary Event
  • Artscapes 2023 Gallery
  • Past Exhibitions