Raising the BAR with Tim Arsenault
About this episode
Tim Arsenault discusses how Bonsai BAR is making bonsai more accessible to beginners through social engagement and innovative methods.
The longstanding question of how to get more people involved in bonsai has been asked and pontificated about since the beginning of bonsai clubs in North America. This obscure art form has so many barriers to entry and at times seems impossible to expand due to its intricacies and nuances. However, Tim Arsenault and his team at Bonsai BAR found a common past time to pull beginners into the art and have started building a broader and better community, not by breaking new ground, but by applying the proven method of social engagement, mixed with a little liquid bravery, and an encouraging guide to a newbie’s first encounter with the tiny trees. Tim took the sip and paint method that swept the country by storm in the beer and wine boom of the past decade and applied it to the art of bonsai. Since its inception, Bonsai BAR has been a happening across North America. Riding on the shoulders of passionate instructors who want to share their love of bonsai, combined with some brilliant ingenuity of formalizing beginner education, Bonsai BAR is forging relationships that allow Tim and his team to address the growing demand for their offerings. Bonsai BAR might be the biggest thing to hit…
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