Sado: Tea Ceremony,
The Art of Japanese Gift Presentation, and
Nengajō: New Year’s Cards at
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
October workshops, classes, and demonstrations:
Fridays, December 1, 8, 15
Sumi-e Ink Painting (Class)
Floral – 10:30am – 12:30pm
Landscape – 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Cost: $52.50 (Morikami Members $48.75). Advance Registration Required
Sumi-e is a form of Japanese ink painting brought from China in the 12th century. Primarily done in black ink, the name literally means “charcoal drawing” in Japanese. Students grind their own ink using an ink stick and a grinding stone and learn to hold and utilize brushes to create the primary sumi-e brush strokes. Floral and landscape classes will start with a review of the basic techniques before moving on to the main subject
Saturday, Dec 2
The Art of Kokedama (Workshop)
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm or 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Cost: $60. Advance Registration Required
Kokedama is the Japanese art of growing plants in a moss-covered ball of soil. It is wrapped with string and contains an ornamental plant growing inside. These beautiful and decorative plants, bring an organic and natural touch to planting orchids, succulents, and other ornamental plants. Learn the mechanics of how to make kokedama, creating two regular sizes and one small one to decorate your home or to give away to a special person.
Saturdays, Dec 9 & 16
Japanese Traditional Music: Koto (Class)
Time: Beginners – 10:30am – 12:30pm
Intermediate – 1pm-3pm
Cost: $105 (Morikami Members $100). Advance Registration Required
The Koto is a traditional Japanese stringed instrument first introduced to Japan from China in the 7th-8th centuries. Learn about the history, culture and techniques in how to play this exquisite instrument in this 2 week course. Instruments will be provided for participants to use in the class.
Sundays, Dec 3, 17
Sado: Tea Ceremony (Class)
Time: Beginners – 10:15am -12:15am
Intermediate – 1pm-3pm
Cost: $60 (Morikami Members $55). Advance Registration Required
Expand upon your knowledge of Japanese tea ceremony in this hands-on class. Perform a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, with its ever-evolving seasonal subtleties, in the authentic Seishin-an Tea House under the guidance of instructor Yoshiko Hardick. The tea ceremony changes from month to month and from season to season. Intermediate course requires approval by the instructor before registering.
Tuesdays, Dec 5, 12, 29
Ikebana Flower Arrangement- Ikenobo School (Class)
Time: Beginners – 11am – 1pm
Intermediate – 1pm – 3pm
Cost: $67.50 (Morikami Members $60). Advance Registration Required
Flower arranging, ikebana, is a traditional Japanese art form spanning centuries. Ikebana has various different schools of study, each with unique philosophies and aesthetics. Dating back to the 15th century, the Ikenobo School is the oldest and most traditional. Students in this course learn the basic principles and style of Ikenobo, creating fresh flower arrangements each week to take home and enjoy.
Wednesdays, Dec 6, 13, 20
Ikebana Flower Arrangement: Sogetsu School (Class)
Time: Beginners – 10:30am –12:30pm
Intermediate – 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Cost: $67.50 (Morikami Members $60) Advance Registration Required
Flower arranging, ikebana, is a traditional Japanese art form spanning centuries. Ikebana has various different schools of study, each with unique philosophies and aesthetics. The Sogetsu School is a contemporary school which focuses on the creativity and individuality of ikebana. The idea is that ikebana can be done by anyone, anywhere, with almost anything. Students will learn the basics of Sogetsu and create pieces each week to take home and enjoy.
Thursdays, Dec 7, 14, 21
Sumi-e Ink Painting (Floral Beginner) (Class)
Time: Floral – 10:30am – 12:30pm
Cost: $52.50 (Morikami Members $48.75) Advance Registration Required
Sumi-e is a form of Japanese ink painting brought from China in the 12th century. Primarily done in black ink, the name literally means “charcoal drawing” in Japanese. Students grind their own ink using an ink stick and a grinding stone and learn to hold and utilize brushes to create the primary sumi-e brush strokes. Floral and landscape classes will start with a review of the basic techniques before moving on to the main subject.
Thursdays, Dec 7, 21
Sado: Tea Ceremony (Class)
Time: Beginners – 10:15am -12:15am
Intermediate – 2pm-4pm
Cost: $60 (Morikami Members $55) Advance Registration Required
Expand upon your knowledge of Japanese tea ceremony in this hands-on class. Perform a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, with its ever-evolving seasonal subtleties, in the authentic Seishin-an Tea House under the guidance of instructor Yoshiko Hardick. The tea ceremony changes from month to month and from season to season. Intermediate course requires approval by the instructor before registering.
Saturday, Dec 9
Sado: The Way of Tea (Demonstration)
Time: 12pm, 1:30pm or 3pm
Cost: $5 with paid museum admission.
Observe Japanese sadō, an ever-changing demonstration rich in seasonal subtleties. Your involvement in the true spirit of sadō — harmony (wa), reverence (kei), purity (sei), tranquility (jaku) — along with a sip of matcha green tea and a sweet will help you bring a calm perspective into your busy life.
Saturday, Dec 9
The Art of Japanese Gift Presentation (Workshop)
Time: 10:30am – 12pm or 1:30pm – 3pm
Cost: $35 Advance Registration Required
Learn the customs and art of Japanese gift presentation in this hands-on workshop. Combining traditions with contemporary aesthetics, participants are introduced to the beauty of Japanese packaging and design, often times incorporating natural and unconventional materials. Learn to wrap with washi (Japanese traditional handmade paper), create uniquely designed boxes, and other techniques to give your gift an Asian-inspired elegance. Workshop tools and materials will be provided for the participants to use.
Sunday, Dec 10
Film Screening: Patema Inverted
Sponsored by The Rubens Family Foundation(98min., 2013, Rated PG, Animation)
Time: 11am (Dubbed in English) and 2pm (in Japanese, subtitled in English)
Cost: $5 with paid museum admission (FREE for members as part of Member Appreciation Weekend. Children ages 3 and under free, limited tickets available)
From visionary director Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Time of Eve) comes a perspective-twisting sci-fi adventure about two kids separated by opposite gravities. Patema lives in an underground world of tunnels, the long-abandoned ruins of a giant industrial complex. Though she is a princess, she is held back by the rules imposed by the elders of her clan. One day when she is exploring in a forbidden zone, she is startled by a strange bat-like creature and tumbles headlong into a void – and out into the wide open world above the surface, a place with reversed physics, where if she let go she would “fall up” into the sky and be lost forever.
Age is a student on this surface world, a totalitarian society whose compliant population has been brainwashed against the “sinners who fell into the sky.” When he spies Patema hanging upside-down from a tree, he pulls her down to safety, struggling with all his might to keep her earthbound as she grips on to him for dear life. Together their weights cancel each other out, and once they master the art of navigating competing gravitational forces, they set out to evade the leaders of Age’s world and discover the secret that keeps their worlds apart.
Thursday, Dec 14
Karensansui: Raking Demonstration (Demonstration)
Time: 10:30am
Cost: FREE with paid museum admission. No Reservation Required
Karesansui or dry landscape garden, is founded on Zen ideology using carefully composed rock arrangements and gravel or sand. A karesansui is carefully raked to represent characteristics of water such as currents and waves while boulder arrangements may be interpreted as islands. Learn about our Late Rock Garden and observe how the raking can be a practice in mindfulness and meditation.
Saturday, Dec. 16
Shibori Indigo – Napkin I (Workshop)
Time: 10am – 3pm
Cost: $70 Advance Registration Required
The use of indigo dye, or aizome, has a long and cherished history in Japan. The deep blue colors for which Japanese textiles are celebrated come from the leaves of the tade ai, a plant introduced to Japan from China in the sixth century. Shibori is a Japanese technique of manual resist dyeing used to make patterns on fabrics. Learn various shibori techniques and create a set of special dinner napkins for your home.
Saturday, Dec. 16
Family Fun: Shimekazari
Time: 12pm – 3pm
Cost: FREE (with paid museum admission). No Reservation Required
Come celebrate the end of the year by weaving your own shimekazari, a Japanese New Year’s wreath.
Saturday, Dec 16 – Friday, Dec 29
Family Fun: Nengajō: New Year’s Cards
Time: 10am- 5pm
Cost: FREE (with paid museum admission). No Reservation Required
Join us throughout the holiday season to create a nengajō, a Japanese New Year’s card, to share with friends and family.
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is located at 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. For more information, call (561) 495-0233 or visit morikami.org.
