March 5th, 2010 by Keith

Last night, March 4th,  the Washington, DC Sogetsu Ikebana Chapter opened it’s biennial show in collaboration with the Art League Gallery in Alexandria, VA . The show pairs 22 ikebana artists with artwork chosen  from Torpedo Factory artists, and is on display thru Sunday.   

For my installation I chose a wood engraving by artist Rosemary Feit Covey  and a horsehair ceramic piece by Phyllis Roderer. I created a two pieces of sculpture, composed of large nails and cable ties, and added a touch of pine and single stem of purple phalaenopis orchid.

The Biennial Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition will also feature several other events :

Ikebana flower arranging demonstration by Tone Olsen : Saturday, March 6, 1:00 pm

Japanese Tea Ceremony and discussion of Chado, the Japanese way of tea, with Stephen di Girolamo of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Musical performances by the Washington Toho Koto, Performed by Mrs. Kyoto Okamoto: Sunday, March 7, 3:00 pm 

February 25th, 2010 by Keith

The Vancouver Olympic games not only has athletics, but also art. One such piece is the dramatic Vectorial Vancouver  light display. The best part, it’s controlled by YOU on the internet. Go to the site and make your own light sculpture and have it seen briefly in the night sky over the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. I did two pieces  that were seen in the night sky last night! One of them is pictured below: