European Accreditation for Contemporary Floral Art
Per Benjamin, Noble Florist & International Floral Designer, Sweden Accreditation
The Hong Kong Academy of Flower Arrangement (hkafa), following the successful experience of Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam & Kuntsmuseum Den Haag, has received major repercussions in the international floral education. HKAFA is honored to have Mr. Per Benjamin from Sweden as our official consultant. Per has been the official florist for the Noble Prize Ceremonies for years and he is a renowned international floral educator. HKAFA has been working together with Per to develop and create contemporary European floral art courses striving to bring revolutionary changes to the world’s floral trends.
Mr. Per Benjamin, Sweden & I.A.F. International Academy of Floristry together with Jane Packer London will jointly accredit the professional courses of the Hong Kong Academy of Flower Arrangement (hkafa), continue to enhance HKAFA’s reputation in international floral creation with extraordinary global recognition.
The Hong Kong Academy of Flower Arrangement will lead students with inspirations from the international floral exchanges and bring in characterised design concepts, timeless application of space and dimensions, opening up new ideas and inspirations for the students. Whether it is the use of colors, textures, and dimensional abstract visual effects, they can be vividly displayed through the living floral art. The styles will have revolutionary changes: personalisation, abstraction, modern impressionist and contemporary naturalism. The Academy will strive to cultivate individual and unique floral designers. The floral industry will flourish and the international floral design trend will shine and be brought to a new stage.
After completing each course, students may apply for the I.A.F. certificate or diploma, accredited by Per Benjamin, Sweden, Jane Packer London and the Hong Kong Academy of Flower Arrangement, the professional qualification with international recognition for the flower industry.
KUNSTMUSEUM Den Haag Accreditation 2020 – 2025
KUNSTMUSEUM Den Haag, the Netherlands is a museum of modern and contemporary art. It is a world class museum of art and one of the largest art museums in Europe.
In 2020, HKAFA was honored to be invited by KUNSTMUSEUM Den Haag, at Hague the Netherlands to develop and create contemporary Dutch floral art as well as modern European floral art, striving to bring revolutionary changes to the world’s floral trends.
KUNSTMUSEUM Den Haag, together with the I.A.F. International Academy of Floristry jointly accredited the professional courses of the Hong Kong Academy of Flower Arrangement (hkafa).
There are many styles of collections in the museum: De Stijl, Neo-Plasticism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, etc. The Hong Kong Academy of Flower Arrangement will led students with inspirations from the famous art collections. During the years, Dutch floral art was successfully reinterpreted by HKAFA and brought students’ skill to another level.
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Accreditation 2016-2020
Many Vincent van Gogh paintings are themed with flora. hkafa was honoured to be invited by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent Van Gogh Foundation) to develop a contemporary form of Dutch Floral Art with the legacy and essence from Vincent Van Gogh. hkafa had brought impressionist art into an international contemporary stage of floral designs.
In 2014, a new era of inspirational crossover of fine arts & contemporary impressionism in floral art came to hkafa. We work with different famous international floral designers to re-create and develop new styles, while relating to impressionist paintings of Vincent Van Gogh.
Per Benjamin has been appointed the official consultant of hkafa, I.A.F. & Van Gogh Bloemen. He joints with Van Gogh Museum to certify all our courses from 2016 till 2020.
We look forward to new out-of-the-box creativities & inspirations from the expertise collaboration of fine art & floral art, bringing the international floral trend to a new stage at hkafa.
Containing image of Daubigny’s Garden, Van Gogh Museum (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Containing image of Irises, Van Gogh Museum (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)