Language House @ UMD

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The Language House Immersion Program, created in 1989, was the first living-learning program established at the University of Maryland. Open to second-semester freshmen and above, it provides students, who are serious about language learning, with the opportunity for daily language and cultural immersion in an organized study environment. Students who choose this program will develop communication skills in both academic and daily life settings through diverse organized activities, informal daily contacts, annual Language House events, and supplemental coursework in the target language.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Some of what the Japanese Cluster is doing this semester



先週の火曜日はLanguage Houseでのはじめてのいけばなワークショップを行いました。バージニアに住む草月いけばなの理事、ジェイン・レッドモン先生に来てもらいました。レッドモン先生は30年以上もいけばなをところどころで教えてきたとおっしゃっい、ワシントン、バルチモア、フロリダ州、テキサス州、モンタナ州などにも行ったことがあるといっていました。Language Houseの二十周年のお祝いのため、先生は五つのいけばなを作ってくれました。日本語のクラスター全員のほか、日本の美術などに興味を持つ人も来てくれていました。



草月いけばなは伝統的ないけばなの重要な要素を持ちますが、、とても前衛的なものもあります。驚くような色の組み合わせ、花以外の植物、オブジェ、面白い形の花瓶や入れ物などをたくさん使うよう芸術です。理論のことを習ったり生け花のデモンストレーションを見るのもよかったのですが、学生たちは直接自分で生け花が作れるワークショップになって生き生きとよみがえりました。みんなは思いがけない才能を持ち、楽しそうに花を扱っていました。全体としてこのイベントは成功であり、ぜがひでもまたここでいけばなのワークショップを行いたいと思います。

Last Tuesday, we had a first-ever Ikebana Workshop at the Language House - the ancient art of Japanese flower arrangement. We welcomed Jane Redmon Sensei from Virginia, who is a Riji of Sogetsu school of Ikebana. Redmon sensei told us that she had been teaching Ikebana all around the country for over thirty years、and she had been to Washington DC, Baltimore, Florida, Texas and Montana teaching. For the Language House 20th Anniversary Celebration, she made us 5 flower arrangements. Apart from the members of the Japanese cluster, people interested in Japanese art showed up for the event as well.

The Sogetsu school of Ikebana has the main elements of the traditional flower arrangement, but there are some avant-garde works. This is an art that uses surprising color combinations, plants other than flowers, art objects, interesting vases and containers. It was great learning the theory and watching the demonstration, but the students came alive when time came for the workshop, in which they could actually work with the flowers. Everybody had an unexpected knack for it, and seemed to be having fun arranging the flowers. Overall, this was a successful event, and I'd love to do the Ikebana workshop again.

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