Page 4 - Boca Exposure - September '23

Page 4, Boca Exposure
September Fun

At The Morikami Museum And Japanese Gardens

September Workshops,

Classes, And Demonstrations

The Art Of Kokedama (Workshops)
Saturday, Sept. 9
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 2 to 4:30 p.m.
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 Member Morning Walks
and decorative plants bring an organic and natural touch to Wednesday, Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27
planting orchids, succulents, and other ornamental plants. Time: 9 a.m. Tea Ceremony (Workshop)
Learn the mechanics of how to make kokedama, creating Cost: Free for members only Saturday, Sept. 16
two regular size and one small one to decorate your home Experience the gardens in the calm of morning before the Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
or to give away to a special person. hustle and bustle of the day begins. Escape into the serene Cost: $50. Advance registration required.
beauty of our lush gardens an hour before doors open to the The workshop teaches the basics of sadō –The Way
Medicare Sado: Tea Ceremony (Beginners) (Class) of Tea – necessary to understand the aesthetics of sadō
general public.
and to fully enjoy the tea ceremony itself. Participants
Sunday, Sept. 10, 24 Or Thursday Sept. 14, 28
become familiar with how to be a guest, how to make a
Time: 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
bowl of tea, and serve it.
open enrollMent Cost: $60 (Morikami members $55). Advance registration Sunset Stroll
required.
Thursday, Sept. 21
Expand upon your knowledge of Japanese tea ceremony

Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
in this hands-on class. Perform a traditional Japanese tea
ceremony, with its ever-evolving seasonal subtleties, in Cost: $5 for members, and $8 for the general public

Enjoy a sunset stroll through the Roji-en: Garden of
the authentic Seishin-an Tea House under the guidance of
the Drops of Dew, or visit the Yamato-kan, the Morikami’s
for 2024 instructor Yoshiko Hardick. The tea ceremony changes from original museum, during the museum’s private, after-hours
month to month and from season to season.
event. The Cornell Café will be serving sake and hors
Sado: Tea Ceremony (Intermediate) (Class)
Sunday, Sept. 10, 24 d’oeuvres for purchase, and the museum store will be
open to browse. There will also be live taiko drumming
cHecK For Time: 1 to 4 p.m. performances by Fushu Daiko at 5:45 and 7 p.m. on the
Cost: $60 (Morikami members $55). Advance registration
museum’s lakefront terrace. Tickets must be purchased
required.
eXcItInG in this hands-on class. Perform traditional Japanese tea online in advance and will not be available at the door.
Expand upon your knowledge of Japanese tea ceremony
Space is limited.
The Basics Of Indigo Katazome (Two-Day Workshop)
ceremony, with its ever-evolving seasonal subtleties, in Saturday Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24
the authentic Seishin-an Tea House under the guidance of Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
neW PLanS instructor Yoshiko Hardick. The tea ceremony changes from Location: Oki Education Center
month to month and from season to season. Intermediate
and course requires approval by the instructor before registering. Cost: $50 (cash payable to the instructor)
Katazome is a Japanese resist process used for hundreds

Koto (Workshop)
of years in Japanese textiles. Traditional artisans created a
aLL neW Saturday, Sept. 16 resist paste made from a rice flour mixture and applied it to
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
cloth through the use of elaborately hand-carved stencils.
Cost: $60. Advance registration required.
Students will learn the basics, as well as the preparation
Koto is a traditional Japanese stringed instrument first
BeneFItS introduced to Japan from China in the seventh-eighth and application of the paste onto fabric, fabric dyeing,
and nontraditional methods that one can use at home.
centuries. Learn the fascinating history of this exquisite
Participants are requested to bring rubber gloves, along
YoU are instrument and how to play it in this one-day introductory with an apron or wear old clothes.
workshop. Instruments will be provided for participants to
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is located

use in the workshop. To further your studies on the koto, sign
at 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. For more
entItLed to up for our koto class series of summer guest artist workshops. information, call (561) 495-0233 or visit morikami.org.
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