Seventy-three of 142 candidates
who participated in the American Institute of Floral Designers’ (AIFD)
Accreditation Evaluation Session (AES) in Chicago, were successful in
their quest to become AIFD Accredited. Six Canadian designers were among the successful candidates.
Held July 1 immediately prior to AIFD’s acclaimed National Symposium, the AES provides the Institute a forum in which candidates seeking to become Accredited Members of AIFD can be evaluated based on ten points of professional floral design including mechanics, balance, color, theme, line and creativity.
The candidates who were successful in their AES evaluations will be invited to be inducted as members of AIFD during the 2009 Symposium held July 11-14 in Kansas City, Mo.
During an AIFD AES, candidates are provided all their flowers and materials and are given four hours to create five designs (funeral, base arrangement, flowers-to-wear, bridal, and designer's choice). The specific type of design for each of these categories, i.e., standing easel in the funeral category, is not made known to the candidates until right before they begin their designing. The candidates are also unaware of what flowers and materials they will be provided.
AIFD’s influence in the floral industry is felt worldwide as is indicative of the 73 candidates who were successful in their AES evaluations: 36 were from the United States, 23 from Korea, three from Mexico and one each from the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan. The six Canadians to receive accrediation are:
Julie
Drago
Maple, ON, Canada
Derrick
Foss
Just Me Floral Design
Brampton, ON, Canada
Louisa
Lam
Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Emily
Mays
Emily Mays Creative Floristry
Toronto, ON, Canada
Yukari
Mitsui
Unique Floral Design
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Leonardo
Sam Solis
Buy The Bunch
Vancouver, BC, Canada
For further information on AIFD, its Accreditation process or plans for it’s 2009 National Symposium, please visit www.aifd.org.
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