The phrase Art In Bloom is often used as the title of various exhibits held annually, usually in spring, in
art museums. The phrase was created by a Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, volunteer, Lorraine M. Pitts who also helped found the Danforth Museum in Framingham, MA. The exhibit is composed of traditional
visual art pieces and corresponding
flower arrangements
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done by local professional
florists and
garden club
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History
The first and oldest organized garden club in the United States is the Ladie ...
members.
The original exhibit was held in the
Museum of Fine Arts in
Boston in 1976, where it is held annually; other institutions hosting such displays include the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the
North Carolina Museum of Art, and the
Saint Louis Art Museum in
St. Louis, Missouri. Universities such as the
University of Missouri's Museum of Art and Archaeology in
Columbia, Missouri
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also hold "Art in Bloom" exhibitions. The Museum Of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, has also hosted an Art In Bloom weekend each spring since 1996.
External links
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Art in Bloom 2007Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Art in Bloom 2007Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Art in Bloom 2007St. Louis Art Museum – Art in Bloom 2007*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090415155618/http://www.artinbloom.ca/ Art In Bloom Show & Sale 2009 - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Visual arts exhibitions
Botanical art
Flower shows
Spring festivals
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