Alain Carrière is a graduate of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana. For almost two decades, he studied the Japanese art of floral arrangement under the guidance of Master Mieko Seibi Watanabe. He travels frequently to Japan, where he continues to refine his practice at the Tokyo Sogetsu Headquarters. As successor to Ms Watanabe, he is the president of Seibi-Kai, the Montreal chapter of the Sogetsu school. In addition to teaching floral arrangement, Alain makes ceramic presentation vessels. He will present his floral arrangements in his own ceramic vases and in large-format vases by Kinya Ishikawa and Marcel Beaucage.