IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL
ASHEVILLE CHAPTER b#74
IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL
ASHEVILLE CHAPTER b#74
Our Members
Our Board Members
Jane Irwin - President
Nancy Gettys - 1st Vice President
Candy Gallaher - 2nd Vice President
Sue Grier - Co-3rd Vice President
Jane Yokoyama - Co-3rd Vice President
Elizabeth Clark - Tresurer
Sonya Cole - Recording Secretary
Peggy Snow - Corresponding Secretary
Michelle Soule' - Historian
Susan Cano - Board Advisor
NCAR Advocate
Laura Felt - Board Advisor
Patti Quinn Hill - Board Advisor
Lynn Forbes - Board Advisor
Karen LaFleur-Stewart - Board Advisor
Installation of Officers 2022-2023
Meet Our Members
Committee Chairs
Ann English Walker
Sogetsu
Barbara Dexter-Smith
Ikenobo
Bernice Levy
Ichiyo
Beverly Barbour
Ikenobo
Candy Gallaher
Ikenobo
Membership
Carlisle Willard
Carol Krauser
Ikenobo
Carol Oakley
Sogetsu
Carol Stangler
Ichiyo
Library
Claire Fradin
Ichiyo
Clara DaSilva
Ikenobo
Clark Ward
Ichiyo
Deborah Hughes
Dede Walton
Ikenobo
Diane Harker
Ohara
Donna Scott
Ichiyo
Elizabeth Clark
Ohara
Tresurer
Elizabeth Devereaux
Ichiyo
Emiko Suzuki
Ikenobo
Frieda Probst
Ichiyo
Greet Costant
Sogetsu
Jane Irwin
Sogetsu
President
Jane Yokoyama
Ichiyo
Exhibition
Janet Jaffe
Ichiyo
Jennie Sterling
Sogetsu
Judi Efland
Ichiyo
Julie Jensen
Sogetsu
Julie Snyder
Ichiyo
June Bergeron
Ikenobo
Karen LaFleur-Stewart
Ohara
Kasia Petchel
Sogetsu
Kathy Hershberger
Ichiyo
Kay Storck
Sogetsu
Public Relations
Kendall Jones
Ikenobo
Laura Felt
Ikenobo
Board Advisor
Libby Campbell
Ichiyo
Linda Borders
Sogetsu
Linda Poss
Ichiyo
Louise Glickman
Ichiyo
Lynn Forbes
Ichiyo
Board Advisor
Maggie Storey
Ichiyo
Manabu Suzuki
Ikenobo
Martha Dykman
Sogetsu
Michelle Soule'
Ichiyo
Historian
Nancy Gettys
Ichiyo
Vice President
Nancy Senneff
Ikenobo
Norma Bradley
Ichiyo
Sunshine
Patsy Beyer
Sogetsu
Patti Quinn Hill
Ichiyo
Webmaster/Photographer
Advisor
Peggy Snow
Ikenobo
Corresponding Secretary
Resa Walch
Ichiyo
Roberta Smith
Ichiyo
Sally Robinson
Sogetsu
Sara Bowers
Sogetsu
Sibbie Wilson
Ohara
Stephanie English
Ikenobo
NCAR Communications
Sue Grier
Ichiyo
Exhibition
Susan Cano
Sogetsu
Advisor, NCAR Liaison
Susan Ward
Sogetsu
Suzanne Dillingham
Ichiyo
Suzanne Mahler
Suzuyo Fox
Teddy Bean
Ikenobo
Terri Todd
Ichiyo
History of Ikebana
Ikebana, one of the traditional arts of Japan has been practiced for more than 600 years. It developed from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead. By the mid-fifteenth century, with the emergence of the first classical styles, ikebana achieved the status of an art form, independent of its religious origins, although it continued to retain strong symbolic and philosophical overtones. The first teachers and students were priests and members of the nobility. However, as time passed, many different schools arose, styles changed and ikebana came to be practiced at all levels of Japanese society. The practice of ikebana is called "kado", or The Way of Flowers.
by Patti Quinn Hill
Read more about the history of ikebana
History of our Asheville Chapter
The founders of the Asheville Chapter of Ikebana International considered organizing in 1963 and hosted a visit by Mrs. Ellen Gordon Allen, the founder of I.I., to discuss this possibility. They met at the home of Mrs. E.S. Koon with 36 interested individuals who petitioned for the honor of joining. The charter was granted in 1965. Membership was $7 per year. They had four business meetings and nine program meetings a year. There were notes in the file that membership was to be limited to 20 by I.I. Headquarters.
Read more about Our History and Past Presidents
by Jane Yokohama
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