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Photos of Recent Exhibits
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Korean Viewing Stones Exhibition
February 7 - March 5, 2008
For centuries, people in Asia have contemplated natural stones for creative inspiration and meditation.
Large stones were incorporated into gardens to suggest distant landscape features. Smaller viewing stones, prized as natural artwork, were displayed inside on carved wood stands or in shallow basins filled with water or sand.
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Chrysanthemum Moon Exhibit
September 21 - October 22 2007
The flowers frozen in these stones may appear to be fossilized chrysanthemums, but in fact, they are natural crystal formations. Over 250 million years ago, these crystals “grew” into three-dimensional, radiating shapes within the sedimentary mud on the bottom of a shallow ocean shelf.
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Bowie Bonsai Club Exhibit
September 8-16, 2007
Trees from the collections of Bowie Bonsai Club members.
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The Art of Kusamono
July 14-22, 2007
Kusamono are potted arrangements of wild grasses and flowers in unique pots or trays. This exhibit features plant compositions designed by Young Choe and containers created by ceramic artists Ron Lang and his wife, Sharon Edwards-Russell.
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Art in Bloom: Ikebana Arrangements
June 25- July 1, 2007
This exhibit features arrangements by members of the Japanese Embassy Sogetsu Group. It was curated by Sensei Sachiko Furlan.
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Northern Virginia Bonsai Society
June 16-24, 2007
Trees from the collections of Northern Virginia Bonsai Society of the Potomac Bonsai Association members.
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Reflections of Nature
May 12-20, 2007
Nature has always served as a source of artistic inspiration. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the art of bonsai. Through bonsai, an entire forest can be grown in the confines of a ceramic pot, or a mighty tree held in the palm of your hand.
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Satsuki Azalea Bonsai
May 26-June 10, 2007
Would you be upset if your white azalea produced a few red flowers? In bonsai, unexpected flower colors are prized as reminders of nature’s unpredictability. Satsuki azaleas are a native Japanese azalea, Rhododendron indicum, which carries unstable color genes.
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Bonsai Invitational Exhibit Featuring Three Local Artists
April 28- May 6, 2007
The trees in this exhibition are from the private collections of
local bonsai artists Janet Lanman, Jack Cardon, and Bill Orsinger. These three individuals have shared their knowledge of bonsai by volunteering at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum for a combined total of 66 years. You will find their individual stories in the left column. This exhibition celebrates their love of bonsai and dedication to our national Museum.
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Lunar New Year Exhibit
February 17- March 4, 2007
According to the old Chinese lunar calendar, the celebration of the New Year starts on the first day of the new moon and ends with the Lantern Festival fourteen days later at the time of the first full moon.
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Mountain Stones Exhibit
January/February 2007
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Winter Silhouettes
2007
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Viewing Stone Exhibits
2006
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Fall Foliage Exhibit
October 2005
Ikebana International Spring Show
May 2005
Chrysanthemum Exhibit
October 2004
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Potomac Viewing Stone Group Exhibit
“Viewing Stone” is a modern term embracing several traditional Asian art forms where unusual stones, ideally shaped by natural forces, are selected because they represent “microcosms” – worlds in miniature – or capture the essence of the Earth’s life-energies.
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Ikebana Sogetsu Exhibit
Sogetsu ikebana style is deeply rooted in Japanese tradition yet it embraces the modern age.
Sogetsu promotes an ikebana of no limits in which plant materials of any type are used to create sculptural compositions.
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