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EVENT DETAILS
April 29 - May 1, 2022
Springfield Art Museum
The Springfield Art Museum invites you to Art In Bloom, our signature event celebrating fine art and fantastic floral displays. This three day festival invites floral designers from throughout the region to imaginatively interpret works of art on view in the Museum’s galleries and presents them alongside those works for your enrapt enjoyment.
Art In Bloom includes prize categories for featured florists including People’s Choice Award, an incredible preview party with a nature-inspired runway show, floral arranging workshops, and more! Proceeds from Art In Bloom events benefit the Museum’s art acquisition and exhibition efforts. To date, Art In Bloom has welcomed over 3,500 patrons, raised over $45,000, and awarded $4,000 in prize money. Join us for this one-of-a-kind event inspired by spring!
SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION
Sponsorship sales for Art In Bloom 2022 have closed. If you are interested in sponsoring our event next year please contact Kate Francis, Museum Affairs Officer - Development and Fundraising at kate.francis@springfieldmo.gov or (417) 874-2865.
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Pam Carroll & Raleigh Jones, Wickman's Garden Village 2022 $1,000 Best In Show Award Winner.
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Sarah Stracke, Locust Floral and Lillian Fitzpatrick, Two Rivers Forge & Studio 2022 $500 Best Creative Arrangement Award Winner.
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Jennifer Grace Duran, Floral Designer 2022 $500 Best Traditional Arrangement Award Winner.
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Virginia Morrow, Florist & Artist 2022 $500 People's Choice Award Winner.
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2022 Fashion Show coordinated by Jennifer Vaughn and Joseph Pyatt with additional designs by Gerson, Sara Gonzalez, Katie Jankovitz, Nigel Kindrick Lee, Tiffany Rain Ivie, and Kaitlyn Schumacher.
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Art In Bloom 2022 Floral Arranging Workshops led by Stephanie Hornickel, Queen City Blooms. Materials courtesy of Mears Floral Products.
ART IN BLOOM PAID EVENTS
Preview Party: Friday, April 29, 2022, 6:30 - 9 PM
ADVANCE TICKET SALES HAVE CLOSED.
Includes wine, small bites, desserts from Split Social Kitchen, live music from 83 Skidoo featuring Kristi Merideth, and a stunning floral fashion show coordinated by Jennifer Vaughn and Joseph Pyatt.
Floral Arranging Workshops:
Join us for floral arranging workshops inspired by Art In Bloom led by Stephanie Hornickel, Queen City Blooms. $50 workshop tickets include all materials, courtesy of Mears Floral Products. These are the perfect events for anyone interested in the art of floral arrangement. All skill levels are welcome. Workshops will sell out, so purchase your tickets in advance!
Fresh Floral Arranging Workshop: SOLD OUT!
Saturday, April 30, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
All materials included.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to take store-bought or foraged bundles of flowers from floral shops, grocery stores, farmers markets, or your own yard and augment them to create a vased arrangement that is sure to impress.
Dried Floral Arranging Workshop:
Saturday, April 30, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Workshop Ticket $50; All materials included.
In this workshop, participants will learn about the art of floral preservation, creating their own floral memory box - a lasting work of wall art or decor - utilizing dried florals and shadow boxes.
ART IN BLOOM FREE EVENTS
Public Viewing Hours with Free Admission: Saturday, April 30, 10 AM - 6PM & Sunday, May 1, 1 PM - 5 PM.
*Purchase People’s Choice Award votes in the Museum’s Lobby for $1 per vote and cast your ballot all weekend long!
Hickory Lane Plants Pop-Up Shop & 417 Floral Bus Co.: Saturday, April 30, 10 AM - 6 PM.
Shop Hickory Lane Plants, Springfield’s first mobile plant truck greenhouse specializing in houseplants, and 417 Floral Bus Co., the newest mobile floral shop in town, in the Museum’s parking lot.
Family Art Lab Floral Art Fun: Sunday, May 1, 3 – 5 PM
Join Museum staff in the Family Art Lab to create your own floral-inspired artwork.
EVENT PHOTO GALLERIES
ROSE SPONSORS
Art Mosaic One
Southwest Missouri Museum Associates
LILY SPONSORS
Dr. Lynn & Betty Carlton
Bill & Trish Hedrick
Peace, Love, and Swearwords
Rosalie Wooten/Tal & Rosalie O'Reilly Wooten Family Foundation
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
The McQueary Family - Jean Bardy - Dr. Tiffany Brunner - Matt & Jenny Edwards - Dr. John & Kathy Steinberg - Raymond & Karen Burmood - Greg & Betsy Burris - Carlisle Clothing, Lynn Burk - Hal & Diane Davidson - Final Touch Interiors - Michael & Brenda Goodwin - Dr. Dennis & Jane Morrison - Marcie & John Rosenkoetter - Simmons Bank - Marian Stahl Chamberlain, Blythe Spirit Studio - Betsy Walters
*THE FOLLOWING DONORS MADE GIFTS TO ART ACQUISITIONS IN PLACE OF ART IN BLOOM 2020
DUE TO EVENT CANCELLATION CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC:
Friends of the Springfield Art Museum - McCamish/Brownfield Appraisal - Rosalie & Gerry Toler - Arvest Bank - Wendy Garrison & Calvin Holden - The Nifty Sixty Family & Community Fund - The Stenger Group at Murney Associates, Realtors - Linda Bourg - Charles C. Hill - Cathy & Alex Primm - Van Gogh's Eeterie - Julie & Lee Viorel
THANK YOU SPONSORS AND DONORS!
JURORS OF AWARDS
Heather Parker, Executive Director - Friends of the Garden
Sarah Patton, Creative Director - 417 Magazine
Dylan Turk, Co-Founder & Curator - KIN & Special Projects Editor, Architecture & Design - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
FEATURED FLORAL DESIGNERS
Katie Bennett, Floral Designer
Pam Carroll & Raleigh Jones, Wickman’s Garden Village
Dee Dahlman, Lilly’s Floral (Springfield)
Haley Day, Sunday Flower Company
Neletha Fuemmeler, Hickory Hills Country Club Floral
Jennifer Grace Duran, Floral Designer
Jennifer Herman, Countryside Gardens
Cherrelle & Samuel Hitchcock, Flora & Forge Flower Farm & Blacksmith
Stephanie Hornickel & Alex McQueary, Queen City Blooms
Melissa Looper & Amy Dartt, Mears Floral Products
Georgeann McGinnis, Floral Designer
Audry McMannis-Sowards, Schaffitzel's Flowers
Rcena Maness AIFD CFD, Flowerama
Virginia Morrow, Florist & Artist
Brooke Owens, 417 Floral Bus Co. & Jennifer Farr, J. Rae Pottery
C. Pat Phillips AIFD CFD, The Flower Merchant LTD
Tanya R. Phillips AIFD, The Flower Merchant LTD
Nick Selby & Preston Jordan, Botanical Designers
Amanda Smith Lilly’s Floral (Springfield)
Sarah Stracke, Locust Floral & Lillian Fitzpatrick, Two Rivers Forge and Studio
Tia Marie Wilson, Ode to Flora Artistry
Bobbi Wixson, Floral Designer
PREVIEW PARTY FLORAL FASHION SHOW BY
Coordinated by Jennifer Vaughn, Sew-It-All by J & Joseph Pyatt
With Additional Designs by: Gerson, Sara Gonzalez - Ensembles of the Past, Katie Jankovitz, Nigel Kindrick Lee, Tiffany Rain Ivie, and Kaitlyn Schumacher
PREVIW PARTY FOOD & BEVERAGES BY
PREVIEW PARTY LIVE MUSIC BY
83 Skidoo featuring Kristi Merideth
EVENT CHAIR
Trish Hedrick
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Janice Adams
Jeanie Bardy
Joshua Best
Karen Burmood
Nancy Crandall
Diane Davidson
Emily Edgar
Alia Lee
Christina Pike
Joseph Pyatt
Marilyn Raines
Marian Stahl Chamberlain
Jennifer Vaughn
Betsy Walters