Art In Bloom

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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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 RESOURCES

Art In Bloom 2022 Photo Album
Art In Bloom 2022 Fashion Show Video 

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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!