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Ikebana Workshop by The Little Shop of Flowers Tokyo

Offering flowers. Standing flowers. Arranging flowers.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll begin by crafting your own kenzan (flower holder) using traditional Japanese rice straw.
Then, using the one you made, you’ll arrange seasonal flowers in the basic style of Japanese ikebana.

You’ll learn simple techniques, but more importantly, you’ll discover how to enjoy the presence of flowers in your everyday life—
whether at home, during a dinner party, or when gifting flowers to someone special.

This is a chance to explore the Japanese way of choosing and arranging flowers—something you can continue to enjoy in your own home, even in the Netherlands.

You’ll take home:

  • The flowers you selected
  • The kenzan you made from rice straw
  • A new, reusable kenzan to enjoy again at home

What to bring:

  • Comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting a little messy
  • A towel or a cloth for wiping your hands
  • Your own drink for hydration

Let flowers bring calm and beauty into your everyday life—join us for a very special ikebana experience.

Capacity: 15 people
Instructors: Yukari Iki & Chieko Kura from THE LITTLE SHOP OF FLOWERS

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Weaving Workshop & Queer Film Screening

Together with The Walking with Pride Project, join us for a unique participatory art project where community, craft, and queer storytelling come together.

In this series of weaving workshops, you will learn how to create fabric squares using any materials of their your choice. Each square becomes a canvas for a personal story, with a special focus on voices from queer communities and allies.

Guided by a student facilitator and introduced by university professor, each session blends hands-on making with thoughtful reflection by turning fabric into a medium for memory.

The workshop is paired with a film screening where you can weave while watching a queer film  screening.

Fabric and safety pins will be provided.

The Walking with Pride Project is a collaborative, transnational artwork that centers storytelling through textile and text. The art activism, led by international students in the Netherlands, crafts community unbound by space or place to resist and denounce the persecution of queer people globally.

The art piece is a rag-rug that reflects and evokes solidarity. Participants braid a rectangle from chosen fabrics and are invited to attach a written text reflecting on the experience. The final tapestry is a visual archive that queers storytelling and testifies to the power of art and community to resist repression, restore dignity, and celebrate humanity. It will feature in exhibitions internationally and on the Walking With pride website digitally.

Program:

Sunday 15 June 2025

16:00 – 17:00 Weaving Workshop

17:00 – 18:30 Film Screening & Weaving

18:30 – 19:00 Post Event Drinks & Hangout