COURSES OFFERED AT CAMELLIA HOUSE
2012
Contact us for more details and rates directly at info[at]camelliateas.net
ART - Suibokuga (also referred to in as Sumi-e) lessons in various levels are offered nearly each day. For one-time workshops, inquire about our class rates. All classes are small (less then 6 students/class).
Inquire about 10-Class passes.
COURSE INFORMATION HERE:
SUIBOKUGA (Black-water-art) PAINTING
Visit the SUIBOKUGA page here for more information:
http://camelliateas.net/suibokuga.htm
Wed. am 10 am - noon (Suibokuga)
Wed. afternoon 3:30 - 5:30 (with Shodo)
Wed. evening 7 - 9 pm (with Shodo)
Sat. am 10 am - noon (Suibokuga)
TEA - Chado, Chanoyu lessons and demonstrations in Omotesenke are offered nearly each day in one of Camellia House's five teaspaces.
Mon. afternoons from 1 - 5 pm
Gatherings (see our Gathering Schedule)
FLOWERS - Ikebana lessons and demonstrations are offered.
Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Private lessons by appointment
Practitioners circle in Ikenobo, Sagagoryu, Ohara and Sogetsu every other Tuesday morning.
FASHION - Kimono lessons and dressing services are available. We also work with local tailors and designers to convert and refurbish traditional textiles, such as kimono. We hold an annual Fall Kimono Sale. Photography sessions/rentals possible.
Ongoing classes on Tuesday mornings from 10 am - 11:30 am and evenings.
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INSTRUCTOR PHILOSOPHY - ~Rebecca Cragg
It is my pleasure and honour to share these arts with you and those in your family and community.
My teachers in Japan, and here in Ottawa, have spent a combination of decades training me in Chanoyu, Sencha-Do, Traditional Painting, Ikebana, as well as Kimono dressing in order to share with others what they have taught me.
With their faith, permission and encouragement, I truly feel called to honour their kindness, patience and effort in training me all these years through continuing my own studies and sharing with others what I have been so blessed to experience.
At McGill, our education professors taught us that as teachers, it is essential always to remain a student. In life, I, and many others, strongly believe there is no 'mastery' or 'perfection'. The instant we begin to allow the term 'master' to be used to describe us, we falter in our humility and fail to see those who walk the path of knowledge and understanding before us. My teachers in Japan and here in Ottawa continue their own training each week and month; studying for 50 years and more. I strive to follow their own passionate example and encourage that within all Camellia House students.
We are all on a continuum of learning, improving, exploring and enriching our souls. I therefore remain committed to practicing these arts myself and seek ongoing training at every opportunity. I return to Japan as well to study intensively as part of my commmittment to the arts, my teachers and of course, my students!
Join me and the warm-hearted Camellia Teas students!
ART truly nourishes the soul. Explore these traditional arts, and share forward with others in your family and life!
~Rebecca Cragg, B.A.(Hon)., M.A., B.Ed.
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Mastery of the Way of Tea requires thorough understanding of the moral and spiritual principles underlying it, erudition in terms of its literary, historical, and artistic foundations, and the ability to pull all these together rin one's training and actualize them in one's practice.”
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Soshitsu Sen 15th
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