IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL
ASHEVILLE CHAPTER b#74
IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL
ASHEVILLE CHAPTER b#74
Our Board Members
Nancy Gettys
Co-President
Candy Gallaher
Co-President
Lynn Bledsoe
Co-1st Vice President
Programs
Elizabeth Devereaux
Co-1st Vice President
Programs
Jane Yokoyama
2nd Vice President
Membership
Joyce Gayles
Treasurer
Sue Grier
Co-3rd Vice President
Exhibitions - Arboretum
Jessica AnYing Lee
Co-3rd Vice President
Exhibitions - Guild Fair
Barbara Dexter-Smith
Recording Secretary
Peggy Snow
Corresponding Secretary
Patti Quinn Hill
Historian
Webmaster & Photographer
Lynn Forbes
Board Advisor
Karen LaFleur-Stewart
Board Advisor
Patsy Beyer
Board Advisor
Chapter Board 2024-2025
Left to right: Patti Quinn Hill - Historian, Barbara Dexter-Smith - Recording Secretary, Joyce Gayles - Tresurer, Sue Grier - Co-3rd Vice President, Jessica AuYing Lee (not pictured), Jane Yokoyama - 2nd Vice President, Lynn Bledsoe - Co-1st-Vice President, Elizabeth Devereaux - Co-1st Vice President (not pictured), Candy Gallaher - Co-President, Nancy Gettys - Co-President
Meet Our Members
Ana Boza
Ann English Walker
Sogetsu
Annie Klessig
Barbara Dexter-Smith
Ikenobo
Recording Secretary
Betsy Ambler
Ichiyo
Betty Fox
Ichiyo
Betty Friedrichsen
Candy Gallaher
Ikenobo
Co-President
Carlisle Willard
Carol Oakley
Sogetsu
Carol Stangler
Ichiyo
Claire Fradin
Ichiyo
Clara DaSilva
Ikenobo
Deborah Hughes
Dede Walton
Ikenobo
Donna Scott
Ichiyo
Elizabeth Clark
Ohara
Elizabeth Devereaux
Ichiyo
Co-1st Vice President
Programs
Emiko Suzuki
Ikenobo
Emili Fonteneau
Ikenobo
Florence Munday
Frieda Probst
Ichiyo
Jamie Rischitelli
Ichiyo
Jane Costenbader
Ohara
Jane Irwin
Sogetsu
Jane Yokoyama
Ichiyo
2nd Vice President
Membership
Janet Jaffe
Ichiyo
Jessica AuYing Lee
3rd Vice President
Exhibitions-Guild Fair
Joyce Gayles
Ichiyo
Treasurer
Judi Efland
Ichiyo
Julie Jensen
Sogetsu
Julie Snyder
Ichiyo
June Bergeron
Ikenobo
Karen Alstadt
Ichiyo
Karen Fishman
Ichiyo
Karen LaFleur-Stewart
Ohara
Board Advisor
Kasia Petchel
Sogetsu
Katherine Limmiatis
Ikenobo
Kathy Hershberger
Ichiyo
Laura Carrick
Ikenobo
Laura Felt
Ikenobo
Laurie Garcia
Libby Campbell
Ichiyo
Linda Mallis
Ohara
Linda Poss
Ichiyo
Linda Urell
Ichiyo
Lisa Hart
Ikenobo
Librarian
Lori Emery
Lynn Bledsoe
Ichiyo
Co-1st Vice President
Programs
Lynn Forbes
Ichiyo
Board Advisor
Michelle Soule'
Ichiyo
Mollie Fenton
Ohara
Nan Jackson
Nancy Gettys
Ichiyo
Co-President
Nancy Righi
Ikenobo
Norma Bradley
Ichiyo
Pamela Dupuis
Pamela Winkler
Ichiyo
Patsy Beyer
Sogetsu
Board Advisor
Patti Haskell
Ikenobo
Patti Quinn Hill
Ichiyo
Historian
Webmaster
Photographer
Peggy Snow
Ikenobo
Corresponding Secretary
Regina Haire
Sogetsu
Sally Robinson
Sogetsu
Sara Bowers
Sogetsu
Sharon Nagayama
Sogetsu
Sibbie Wilson
Ohara
Sonya Cole
Sogetsu
Stephanie English
Ikenobo
NCAR Communications
Sue Casey
Sue Grier
Ichiyo
Co-3rd Vice President
Exhibitions-Arboretum
Sue Wislar
Ichiyo
Susan Cano
Sogetsu
Board Advisor
NCAR Liaison
Susan Farrar
Ichiyo
Suzanne Dillingham
Ichiyo
Suzuyo Fox
Public Relations
Teddy Bean
Ikenobo
Terri Todd
Ichiyo
Yoko Suzuki
Sogetsu
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.
Read more about the history of ikebana
Arrangement by Patti Quinn Hill
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
Arrangement by Jane Yokoyama
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