Bonsai Conventions, Symposia, Demo/Workshops, & Exhibitions, Part V
THE  CONVENTIONS,  SYMPOSIA,  DEMOS,  WORKSHOPS,  &   EXHIBITIONS,   PART V


Last Updated: November 8, 2012


The following is a partial listing of known recurring conventions and exhibitions.

AFRICAN  BONSAI  CONVENTION   (ABC)
AMERICAN  BONSAI  SOCIETY   (ABS)
ASIA-PACIFIC BONSAI  &  SUISEKI  EXHIBITION  and  CONVENTION  (ASPAC)
ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIAN BONSAI CLUBS LTD.   (AABC Ltd)
ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH BONSAI ARTISTS   (ABBA)
BEST  OF  BRITISH  BONSAI   (BoBB)
BONSAI  ASSOCIATION  OF  BELGIUM  NOELANDERS  TROPHY   (BABNT)
BONSAI  CLUBS  INTERNATIONAL   (BCI)
BONSAI  SLOVAKIA  INTERNATIONAL  BONSAI , SUISEKI  and  TEA  EXHIBITION   (BSIBSTCE)
BONSAI  SOCIETIES  OF  FLORIDA   (BSF)
BONSAIAUTUMN   (BA)
BRUSSELS  BONSAI  RENDEZVOUS   (BBR)
CAROLINA  BONSAI  EXPO   (CBE)
CHINESE  NATIONAL  PENJING  CONVENTION  and  EXHIBITION   (CNPCE)
CRESPI  CUP   (CRESPI)
EUROPEAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (EBA)
FEDERATION  of  BRITISH  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (FoBBS)
FEDERATION  LATINO  AMERICANA  de  BONSAI   (FELAB)
GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)
INTERNATIONAL  BONSAI  ARBORETUM   (IBA)
INTERNATIONAL  STONE  APPRECIATION  SYMPOSIUM   (ISAS)
INTERNATIONAL  STONE  COLLECTION  ASSOCIATION   (ISCA)
KOREAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION  (Korean  Bonsai  Growers  Cooperative)   (KBA)
MALAYSIA  BONSAI  AND  SUISEKI  EXHIBITION  and  COMPETITION   (MBSEC)
MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  ALLIANCE   (MABA)
MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  SHOW   (MABE)
MIDATLANTIC  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (MABS)
PACIFIC  NORTHWEST  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (PNBCA)
PHILIPPINE  BONSAI  SOCIETY  INC.  OPEN  EXHIBITION  and  COMPETITION   (PBSI)
SAKKA  TEN INTERNATIONAL  NIPPON  BONSAI  SAKKA  KYOOKAI  EUROPE   (NBSKE)
SOUTH  AFRICAN  BONSAI  CONVENTION   (SABC)
TAIWAN  BONSAI  CREATOR  ASSOCIATION   (TBCA)
TAIWAN  NATIONAL  BONSAI  STYLE  EXHIBITION  and  COMPETITION   (HWA FONG)
UNIONE  BONSAISTI  ITALIANI  CONGRESS   (UBI)
U.  S.  NATIONAL  BONSAI  EXHIBITION   (USNBA)
WORLD  BONSAI  FRIENDSHIP  FEDERATION   (WBFF)


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MALAYSIA  BONSAI  AND  SUISEKI  EXHIBITION  and  COMPETITION   (MBSEC)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
2000



2001


2002



2003


2004


2005 Apr. 30 - May 3 Kuala Lumpur
150 bonsai and 180 suiseki (water and mountain stones) exhibits
2006



2007 June 7 - 10 Kuala Lumpur

2008
Kuala Lumpur

2009 Oct. 16 - 25 Cheras (Kuala Lumpur)
With introduction of Bonsai Clubs International Malaysia; 154 bonsai and 175 stones
2010 June 18 - 27 Petaling Jaya

2011



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MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  ALLIANCE   (MABA)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1990



1991



1992 July 3 - 5 Des Moines, IA

Hu Yunhua (China, penjing), Susumu Nakamura (Japan, traditional), Dr. Ross Clark (botany and plant physiology), Ben Oki (driftwood-style bonsai), Christine Rojas (tropical bonsai), Chase Rosade (multiple-trunk windswept), Melba Tucker (saikei)
1993



1994



1995 June 16 - 18 Milwaukee, WI

Hotsumi Terakawa, Bruce Baker, Martin Schmalenberg, Jack Douthitt, Mike Devore, Vance Wood
1996



1997



1998



1999



2000 June 30 - July 2 Novi, MI
With ABS; Masahiko Kimura (Japan, demo & works: Rocky Mountain juniper), Marty Schmalenberg (demo: huge slab planting with Eastern white pine & works: Korean hornbeam and Chinese elm), Johnny Uchida (demo: Japanese black pine & works: trident maple and black pine), Bob Eskeitz (works: hornbeam grove & field grown green mound juniper), Dave Lowman (works: eastern red cedar & planting on lace rock), Vance Wood (works: Mugo pine & shimpaku)
2001



2002



2003 July 3 - 6 Mason, OH

Salvatori Liporace (Italy), Colin Lewis (England), Mary Madison, Boon Manakitivipart, Dave Kreutz, Doug Hawley, Vance Hanna
2004



2005
none



2006
Milwaukee, WI


2007
none



2008
Indianapolis, IN

2009
none



2010 June 25 - 27 Grand Rapids, MI

Kathy Shaner, Jim Doyle, Pauline Muth, Andy Smith, Frank Mihalic, Jack Douthitt, Jose Cueto, Steve Pilacik, Jack Wikle, and Scott Yelich
2011
none



2012
none



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MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  EXHIBIT   (MABE)
(Preceded by eighteen annual Midwest Bonsai Shows, 1959-1976, at D. Hill Nursery, Dundee, IL)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1978
Chicago Botanic Garden
1st Mid-America

1979 Aug. 17 - 19 Chicago Botanic Garden
2nd Mid-America

1980 Aug. 22 - 24 Chicago Botanic Garden
3rd Mid-America

1981
Chicago Botanic Garden
4th Mid-America

1982 Aug. 20 - 22 Chicago Botanic Garden
5th Mid-America
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) exhibited by Tom Tecza selected as "Best of Show"
1983 Aug. 18 - 20 Chicago Botanic Garden
6th Mid-America
Dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus procumbens 'Nana') exhibited by Jack Wilson selected as "Best of Show"
1984 Aug. 17 - 19 Chicago Botanic Garden
7th Mid-America
Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca') exhibited by Bob Hoffer selected as "Best of Show"
1985
Chicago Botanic Garden
8th Mid-America

1986 Aug. 15 - 17 Chicago Botanic Garden
9th Mid-America
Canaerti juniper (Juniperus virginiana 'Canaerti') exhibited by Jack Douthitt judged as "Best of Show"
1987
Chicago Botanic Garden
10th Mid-America

1988
Chicago Botanic Garden
11th Mid-America

1989
Chicago Botanic Garden
12th Mid-America

1990
Chicago Botanic Garden
13th Mid-America

1991 Aug. 16 - 18 Chicago Botanic Garden
14th Mid-America

1992
Chicago Botanic Garden
15th Mid-America

1993
Chicago Botanic Garden
16th Mid-America

1994
Chicago Botanic Garden
17th Mid-America

1995
Chicago Botanic Garden
18th Mid-America
Warren Hill
1996 Aug. 16 - 18 Chicago Botanic Garden
19th Mid-America

1997
Chicago Botanic Garden
20th Mid-America
Susuma Nakamura
1998
Chicago Botanic Garden
21st Mid-America

1999
Chicago Botanic Garden
22nd Mid-America

2000
Chicago Botanic Garden
23rd Mid-America
Warren Hill
2001
Chicago Botanic Garden
24th Mid-America

2002
Chicago Botanic Garden
25th Mid-America
Hatsumi Terakawa
2003
Chicago Botanic Garden
26th Mid-America
Kathy Shaner
2004 Aug. 20 - 22 Chicago Botanic Garden
27th Mid-America
Colin Lewis
2005
Chicago Botanic Garden
28th Mid-America
Ted Matson
2006 Aug. 18 - 20 Chicago Botanic Garden
29th Mid-America
Kathy Shaner; Bill Valavanis, Jim Doyle
2007 Aug. 17 - 19 Chicago Botanic Garden
30th Mid-America
Susuma Nakamura
2008 Aug. 15 - 17 Chicago Botanic Garden
31st Mid-America
Guy Guidry
2009 Aug. 14 - 16 Chicago Botanic Garden
32nd Mid-America
Hiroshi Yamaji
2010 Aug. 20 - 22 Chicago Botanic Garden
33rd Mid-America
Michael Hagedorn; Mike Hansen (work: Shohin Chinese Elm Saikei), Brian Ciskowski (work: Dwarf Evergreen Black Pine "Kotobuki"; work: Pyracantha), Brussel Martin (works: Dwarf Saunders Kingsville Boxwood and Shimpaku Juniper), David Kreutz (work: Bring Your Own Azalea), Martha Meehan (works: Blue Dwarf Scots Pine and Cotoneaster "Streib's Findling"), Frank Mihalic (works: Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata) and "Hokkaido" Dwarf Chinese Elm and Children's Workshop), Jim Doyle (works: Shohin Design and Display, and San José juniper Design)
2011 Aug. 19 - 21 Chicago Botanic Garden
34th Mid-America
Ryan Neil
2012 Aug. 17 - 19 Chicago Botanic Garden
35th Mid-America
Peter Warren
2013 Aug. 16 - 18 Chicago Botanic Garden
36th Mid-America
Bjorn Bjorholm
2014 Aug. 15 - 17 Chicago Botanic Garden
37th Mid-America

2015 Aug. 14 - 16 Chicago Botanic Garden
38th Mid-America

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MIDATLANTIC  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (MABS)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1984



1985 Apr. 27 - 28 Fairfield, NJ
Spring Festival 1985
John Naka, Marion Gyllenswan, F. Chase Rosade, Dr. David Andrews, Lynn Perry Alstadt
1986 Apr 12 - 13 North Haven, CT
3rd Annual Symposium
Yuji Yoshimura, Jim Barrett, Chase Rosade, Dr. David Andrews, Marion Gyllenswan, Robert Dreschler
1987 Apr. 25 - 26 North Haven, CT
4th Annual Symposium
Yuji Yoshimura, Toshio Saburomaru, Jim Barrett, Vaughn Banting, Lynn Perry Alstadt, Steve Pilacik
1988 Apr. 23 - 24 Willow Grove, PA
5th Annual Symposium
John Naka, Hiroyoshi Yamaji (Japan), Chase Rosade, Jeff Jabco,0
1989 Apr. 29 - 30 Willow Grove, PA
6th Annual Symposium
Dan Robinson, Warren Hill, Randy Clark, Chase Rosade
1990 Apr. 29 - 30 Saddle Brook, NJ
7th Annual Festival
Yuji Yoshimura, William N. Valavanis, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Hu Yunhua (China)
1991

8th Annual Festival

1992 Apr. 24 - 26 Mahwah, NJ
9th Annual Symposium
John Naka, Hotsumi Terakawa, Pedro Morales, James Gillespie, Dr. David Andrews
1993 Apr. 16 - 18 Mahwah, NJ
10th Annual Symposium
Ben Oki, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Hal Mahoney, Katherine Shaner, Bruce Baker
1994

11th Annual Festival

1995 May 5 - 7 Grantville, PA
12th Annual Symposium
Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan), Pius Notter (Switzerland), Mary Madison, Bryan Hoerner, Robert Mahler
1996 Apr. 26 - 28 Long Island, NY
13th Annual Festival
Qingquan Zhao (China), Harry Tomlinson (England), Ernie Kuo, William Valavanis, Phil Tacktill
1997 Apr. 18 - 20 Long Island, NY
14th Annual Festival
Farrand Bloch (Holland), Thomas Yamamoto (Japan), Melba Tucker, John Biel (Canada)
1998 Apr. 17 - 19 East Hanover, NJ
15th Annual Festival
Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Colin Lewis (England), Bruce Baker, Jack Billet, Suthin Sukosolvisit
1999 Apr. 23 - 25 East Hanover, NJ
16th Annual Festival
Luis Vallejo (Spain), Kevin Wilson (Great Britain), Katherine Shaner, Gary Marchal, Arthur Skolnik (Canada)
2000

17th Annual Festival

2001

18th Annual Festival

2002 Apr. 19 - 21 East Hanover, NJ
19th Annual Festival
Mitsuya, Dan Barton (England), Kathy Shaner, Ed Trout, Dale Cochoy
2003

20th Annual Festival
Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Patrizia Cappelaro De Martino (Italy), Colin Lewis, Dr. David Andrews, Chase Rosade, William Valavanis
2004 Apr. 16 - 18 East Hanover, NJ
21st Annual Festival
Kenji Miyata (Japan), Hiroyoshi Yamaji (Japan), Craig Coussins (Scotland), Donald Torppa
2005 Apr. 15 - 17 Hanover, NJ
22nd Annual Convention
Hatsuji Kato (Japan), David Prescott (England), Cheryl Manning, Andy Smith
2006 Apr. 21 - 23 East Hanover, NJ
23rd Annual Festival
Shinji Suzuki (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), François Jeker (France), Pauline Muth
2007 Apr. 20 - 22 East Hanover, NJ
24th Annual Festival
Robert Steven (Indonesia), Guy Guidry, Ted Matson
2008 Apr. 11 - 13 Kerhonkson, NY
Spring Festival
25th Anniversary
Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Graham Potter (UK), Michael Hagedorn, George LeBolt
2009 Apr. 17 - 19 Kerhonkson, NY
26th Spring Festival
Isao Omachi (Japan), Farrand Bloch (Netherlands), David Eadterbrook (Canada), Susan Amoy (US)
2010 Apr. 16 - 18 Kerhonkson, NY
27th Spring Festival
Charles Ceronio (South Africa), Michele Andolfo (Italy), Michel Phaneuf-Quebec (Canada)
2011 Apr. 15 - 17 Grantville, PA
28th Spring Festival
Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan), Steve Tolley (United Kingdom), Kathy Shaner (USA)

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PACIFIC  NORTHWEST  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (PNBCA)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1989




1990


Convention II

1991


Convention III

1992 Aug. 28 - 30 Beaverton, OR
Convention IV
John Naka, Ben Oki, John Uchida
1993

Convention V

1994 Aug. 5 - 7 Eugene, OR
Convention VI
John Naka, Chase Rosade, Mel Ikeda, Guy Guidry
1995 Aug. 11 - 13 Portland, OR
Convention VII
Kathy Shaner, Joe Harris, Dennis Makishima
1996 Sept. 13 - 15 Seattle, WA
Convention VIII
Ernie Kuo, Peter Adams, Brody
1997 Aug. 22 - 24 Eugene, OR
Convention IX
Yasubumi Imura(Japan), Kathy Shaner, Tak Yamaura
1998 Sept. 19 - 20 Seattle, WA
Convention X
Sharon Muth, Roy Nagatoshi, Qingquan Zhao
1999
none



2000 Sept. 15 - 17 Victoria, B.C., Canada
Convention XI
Arthur Skolnik (Canada), Boon Manakitivipart
2001 Sept. 21 - 23 Bellevue, WA
Convention XII
Suisho Nakayama, David DeGroot, John Uchida
2002 Sept. 20 - 22 Portland, OR
Convention XIII
"The Twelve Seasons of Bonsai"
Masa Furukawa, Ted Matson, Dave DeGroot, Boon Manakitivipart, Joe Harris
2003 Sept. 19 - 21 Bellevue, WA
Convention XIV
"Living Treasures in Bonsai"
With ABS: Colin Lewis (lect-demo: Naked Bonsai & collected mountain hemlocks & mini-demo), Chase Rosade (work: field-grown crab apples & demo), Solita Rosade (work: Ficus retusa), Charlie Anderson (work: beech forest groupings & demo), Jack Douthitt (mini-demo), Michael Hagedorn (mini-demo)
2004 Sept. 17 - 19 Victoria, B.C., Canada
Convention XV
"Talk to the Trees"
Cheryl Manning, Dan Robinson, David Rowe, Bob Wilcox   [See Also: "PNBAC Convention Victoria, Canada", Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 38, No. 4, Winter 2004, pp. 9-10, with 14 color photos]
2005
Sept. 16 - 18
Bremerton, WA
Convention XVI
"Back to Our Roots"
Yasao Mitsuya, Jerry Meislik, Tak Yamaura, Kathy Shaner, Stan Serbousek, Dan Robinson
2006 Sept. 15 - 17 SeaTac, WA
Convention XVII
"Northwest Bonsai Spirit"

2007 Sept. 21 - 23 Vancouver, WA
Convention XVIII
"Hackin' at the Hilton"

2008 Sept. 18 - 21 Spokane, WA
Convention XIX
"Connected Roots"

2009 Oct. 2 - 4 Victoria, B.C., Canada
Convention XX
"Bonsai Without Borders"
David Easterbrook, Qingquan Zhao, David Rowe, Tak Yamaura
2010 Sept. 17 - 19 Bremerton, WA
Convention XXI
"An Evergreen Weekend"
Dan Robinson, David DeGroot, Kathy Shaner, Michael Hagedorn, John Conn, Anne Spencer
2011 Sept. 3 - 5 Seattle, WA
Convention XXII
"Elegance in the Emerald City"
Michael Hagedorn, Boon Manakitivipart, Ryan Neil, Suthin Sukosolvisit
2012 Sept. 14 - 16 Vancouver, WA
Convention XXIII
"Imagine & Create"
Marco Invernizzi, Peter Warren, Scott Elser, Ted Matson, Jim Gremel, Michael Hagerdorn, David DeGroot, Joe Harris III, Lee Cheatle, Bob Laws, Randy Knight, Roger Case, Lyle Feilmeier, Scott Tice

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