Morikami's Winter Season Peaks in Ten January Days. Plan the Rest Around Them.
October 22, 2026
October 22, 2026
The piece is a shallow Persian stoneware bowl seven inches across. It was made sometime between the 10th and 14th centuries, broke at some point after that, and was put back together in 2023 with lacquer and 23.5K gold. The gold doesn't hide the cracks. It runs along them. Naoko Fukumaru titled the piece It's Okay to be Broken, and it hangs in the galleries at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens through the end of February.
That exhibition, "Mending Cracks in Time: Kintsugi Art of Naoko Fukumaru," opened to the public on October 17. It's the anchor of Morikami's winter, and the rest of the season's calendar clusters around a few dates. For anyone at Addison Reserve who plans to visit this west Delray museum more than once before spring, the most useful date on the calendar falls in January.
Morikami has two shows up right now, and their dates only partly line up.
| Exhibition | Open to the public | What's in it |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Karhu: An American in Kyoto | September 18, 2026 to January 17, 2027 | Woodblock prints, ceramics and stone works from the collection by the American artist |
| Mending Cracks in Time: Kintsugi Art of Naoko Fukumaru | October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027 | More than 160 pieces, from master ceramics to tea utensils, everyday vessels, imported wares, kiln-deformed pieces and an installation |
Both shows are on view together from mid-October until January 17. After that, only the kintsugi remains for its last six weeks. They make a natural pair. Karhu was an American who lived and worked in Japan, and his show draws on woodblock prints, ceramics and stone works. Fukumaru trained as a ceramic conservator at major museums in the United States and Japan, and she takes a mending tradition from 15th-century Japan into contemporary work. The museum describes her pieces as bringing together the materials science of ceramic, lacquer and metal with her own experience of restoration and recovery.
Not every piece is a museum vase. One work, Secret Life, starts from excavated stoneware fragments from Heinz Laffin Pottery in Canada. Fukumaru rebuilt it in 2024 with resin, lacquer, 23.5K gold and barnacles.
If a visit to both shows is the goal, the deadline is January 17. That date also shapes everything else on the calendar.
Morikami offers tea ceremony in two formats this season. They meet in different buildings and suit different visitors.
Demonstration of Sado: The Way of Tea is held in the Morikami Theater, not the teahouse. Shows are at noon and 1:30 p.m. Tickets cost $5 on top of paid museum admission. Online sales close at 1:30 p.m. the Friday before each demonstration, and any remaining seats are sold at the theater door that day. The museum also suggests bringing a sweater because the theater tends to run cold. The October 10 date has passed. The rest of the winter schedule is:
Sado: Beginner I & II is the hands-on version. Students perform the ceremony themselves inside the Seishin-an Tea House with instructor Yoshiko Hardick. The museum notes that the ceremony shifts from month to month to follow the seasons. Sessions begin at 10:15 a.m. on November 1 and 5, December 6 and 10, January 10 and 14, and February 4 and 14.
Visitors who want to see inside Seishin-an need the course, since the demonstrations take place in the theater. Note where January lands in both schedules: there are course sessions on January 10 and 14 and a demonstration on January 16, all before the Karhu show closes on January 17.
The galleries show Fukumaru's work. Morikami's hands-on workshop, Introduction to the Art of Kintsugi, is taught by Claudia Henao. She's a glass, visual and mixed-media artist with more than 25 years of experience who has been teaching art workshops for the past decade.
The workshop meets in the Oki Education Center from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuition is $70, plus a $50 materials fee paid to the instructor in cash. The supply list explains a lot about how the class works: a small hammer, an apron, a stack of newspaper, a dust mask, safety glasses, and a box at least 12 by 12 by 4 inches to carry your finished piece home.
Two workshop dates fall inside the exhibition's run:
A third session is scheduled for June 12, 2027, well after the gallery show ends.
Seven of the season's dates fall between Friday, January 8 and Sunday, January 17.
| Date | What's happening |
|---|---|
| Friday, January 8 | Winter 2027 Stroll for Well-Being registration closes |
| Saturday, January 9 | Oshogatsu: A New Year's Celebration, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Sunday, January 10 | Sado Beginner session in the Seishin-an Tea House |
| Wednesday, January 13 | Stroll for Well-Being Wednesday group orientation |
| Thursday, January 14 | Sado Beginner session in the Seishin-an Tea House |
| Saturday, January 16 | Sado demonstration in the theater, plus the first Saturday Stroll meetings |
| Sunday, January 17 | Last day of Clifton Karhu: An American in Kyoto |
Oshogatsu is the biggest public day in that stretch. The program includes mochi-pounding demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., koto concerts and archery demonstrations at noon and 2:30 p.m., and a family kite fly. The museum notes that special-event prices vary and that its regular discounts don't apply on those days, so check the festival price before you go.
The Stroll for Well-Being is the quieter commitment. Dr. Ruth McCaffrey, a professor in Florida Atlantic University's College of Nursing, helped establish the program. A facilitator leads themed walks and journal writing. Saturday groups meet in person, and Wednesday groups meet online after an in-garden orientation. Participants who complete the program receive a complimentary one-year dual membership, according to the museum. The application has the details. The fall session's registration closed October 9, so winter is the next opening. Wednesday meetings run January 13 and 20, February 17 and March 17. Saturday morning and afternoon groups meet January 16, February 13 and March 20.
Someone who signs up by January 8 can go to Oshogatsu the next day, come back on January 16 for a Stroll meeting and the tea demonstration, and still see the Karhu prints before they leave on January 17.
All of this assumes several trips, and that changes what admission costs. Before tax, general admission is $18 for adults 18 and older and $16 for seniors 65 and up. Members get in free.
Membership tiers start with Student at $40 and Educator at $50, then Individual at $60 and Dual at $95. They continue through Netsuke at $150, Taiko at $285, Samurai at $560 and Wisdom Ring at $1,500, up to Benefactor at $2,500. Two adults pay $36 per visit at the door, so a third visit together brings the total to $108, which is already more than the $95 Dual membership. One adult passes the $60 Individual price on the fourth visit. The tea demonstrations, tea course and kintsugi workshop are ticketed separately, so a membership covers the gardens and galleries but not those programs.
Lunch adds another reason to plan ahead. Cornell Café reopened October 1 after a short closure in late September. It serves Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and hours shorten to 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on December 24 and December 31. The café doesn't take reservations, seats diners first come, first served, and requires museum admission for nonmembers. The menu has included a Classic Bento Box and Teriyaki Chicken.
The kintsugi exhibition closes Sunday, February 28, 2027.
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