Mark Arpag to lead Mohawk Hudson Bonsai workshop and demo
Mark Arpag will lead a July 25-26 BYOT workshop at DJH Bonsai, then a Sunday noon demo open to all after Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society's club meeting.
Mark Arpag will spend July 25 and 26 at DJH Bonsai in Feura Bush, New York, leading a bring-your-own-tree workshop for Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 25 and from 9 a.m. to noon on July 26, with membership required for registration. Arpag will also give a public demonstration on Sunday at noon after the club meeting, and no registration is required.
The workshop is the kind of access many growers rarely get outside a private club setting. BYOT puts Arpag in front of the exact tree a participant is trying to improve, which means the advice is not abstract. It is the sort of session where a grower can get a clear read on design choices, whether a branch should be cut or wired, and how an outside eye would push the tree forward.
That is especially useful for growers working through material at home who want more than a lecture and more than a quick show-and-tell. A two-day format gives room for the slower parts of bonsai work, from evaluating the front and the trunk line to weighing what should stay and what should go. For members who register, the workshop is built around direct feedback and hands-on correction on their own trees.
The Sunday demo offers a second entry point. It follows the club meeting at 12 p.m., is open to all, and does not require registration. Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society says it is "Dedicated to the art of bonsai," and its Instagram notes that meetings are normally the last Sunday of every month, which places the demo in the club's regular rhythm of public programming.
This is not the first time the society has used Arpag for that kind of education. A previous club video described a bring-your-own workshop and a lecture and demo on shohin material, and an Instagram post showed the society holding an artist workshop with him at DJH Bonsai in Feura Bush. That history gives the upcoming visit a familiar shape, with one part built for tree-by-tree coaching and another built for anyone who wants to watch a working artist think through a bonsai in real time.
For growers in the region, that split is the point. The workshop asks for membership and a tree; the demo asks only for a seat at noon on Sunday.
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