LEARNING ABOUT IKEBANA

Our meetings are held in the  Garden Club Council Building at  1605 Park Circle, Columbia, SC 29201.

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Ikebana International does not teach any single type of ikebana. Rather, it is an interest group made up of people of many nationalities who enjoy ikebana and other arts of Japan. Many of the members have studied ikebana; some have not.

Those who have studied ikebana have learned from many different schools. Some schools of ikebana stress classic styles; other focus on contemporary forms, and some blend the two. Each of the hundreds of schools of ikebana takes its own approach to arranging flowers. At I.I. meetings, students and teachers share openly their own schools' inspirations, styles, philosophy, history, and techniques.

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2026/2027 Executive Board

President: Sandra Pait

First Vice President: Lucy Spence

Second Vice President: Panny Pan

Corresponding Secretary: Meg Ellis

2026-2028 Recording Secretary: Teresa Kilgore

2026-2028 Treasurer: Deborah Marowitz

Nominations: Valerie Marcel

Honorary Advisor: Lin Ko

Liaison to Japan: Hideko Rainey

​Immediate  Past President: Betsy Kaemmerlen

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Standing Committees

Annual Exhibition: Emily Walker

Finance/Ways and Means: Debbie Marowitz

Hospitality: Emily Walker

Information Management: Carol Gelhaus 

Membershipand Mentors: Panny Pan

Outside Events: Sandy Pait

Programs: Lucy Spence

Social Media and PR: Barbara Crawford

Sunshine: Margarite Young

Standing Rules and Bylaws: Sandy Pait

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