MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM PRESENTS 2nd ANNUAL ART IN BLOOM
A weekend of flowers and fine art throughout the galleries April 2–5

Milwaukee, WI, February 13—Celebrating springtime April 2–5, 2009, Art In Bloom showcases the talents of more than 40 renowned floral designers interpreting masterworks from the Museum’s Collection. This year's expanded exhibition also includes lectures and workshops with celebrity floral designers and master gardeners, book signings, plein air painters, a multi-vendor indoor marketplace, a garden sculpture sale, and floral-inspired dining in the Café Calatrava Garden Room.

Work by Bayside Floral Design with Frances Cotes' Portrait of Miss Frances Lee (1769)

Presenting lectures, demonstrations, and book signings will be Michael George—one of the most sought after floral designers in the United States; Milwaukee native Michael Weishan, former host of PBS television's The Victory Garden; Portland-based vine expert Linda Beutler; landscape designer Craig Bergmann; Chicago Master Gardener and radio host Mike Nowak; local horticulture expert Melinda Myers; renowned children's book author Lois Ehlert; and many others.

A full press release and complete schedule of Art in Bloom programs and events are available in the Milwaukee Art Museum Press Room

Floral design by Ikebana International Chapter 22 with Fernand Léger's Study for Three Portraits, (1910–11)

Tickets for Art In Bloom
Free for Milwaukee Art Museum Members and children 12 & under
$12 adults, $10 students, seniors (65+), and active military
Ticket prices vary for lectures and workshops
Visit www.mam.org/bloom (after 3/1) or call 414-224-3200

The presenting sponsor of Art In Bloom is the Wisconsin Energy Foundation. Generous additional support by the Milwaukee Art Museum Garden Club and Locker’s Florist.

Digital images and interviews available upon request
Press contact:
John Eding
414.224.3246
john.eding@mam.org

Works of Art and Participating Floral Designers:
Subject to changes and additions; please contact 414-224-3840 / fran.serlin@mam.org to confirm

Main Level
Gallery 1
Torso of a Male Athlete (The Oil Pourer), Unknown Roman
Waukesha County Technical College

Gallery 2
Field Armor, Michel Witz the Younger (workshop of)
Moss Floral Design School & Studio

Gallery 3
Triple Profile Portrait, Lucas de Heere  (attributed to)
Elm Brook Garden Club

Gallery 4
Madonna and Child, Nardo di Cione
Petaluna Flowers & Gifts

Gallery 5
Still Life with a Crab, Pieter Claesz
The Flower Lady

Gallery 6
The Triumph of Galatea, Corrado Giaquinto
Amber Sol Event Flower Design LLC

Gallery 7
Moses Presenting the Tablets of the Law, Philippe de Champaigne
Milwaukee Art Museum Garden Club

Gallery 8
Flowers in Terra-cotta Vase, Jan van Os
Whole Foods Market

Gallery 9
Settee, Unknown, Austrian
Whitefish Bay Garden Club

Gallery 10
The Rivals (Little Kittens), Mihály Munkácsy
Luxe Events

Gallery 11
Boating on the Yerres [Périssoires sur l'Yerres], Gustave Caillebotte
Milaegers

Gallery 12
Früher Morgen, Leba (Early Morning, Leba), Max Pechstein
Milwaukee School of Flower Design

Gallery 16
Prognostic, Manierre Dawson
Pots on the Spot

Gallery 18
East is the Place, Milton Resnick
Tulipomania European Flower Market

Gallery 19
Untitled, Jasper Johns
The Wreath Factory

Gallery 19
Crying Girl, Roy Lichtenstein
Green Tree Garden Club

Gallery 21
St. Dionysus, Kehinde Wiley
Ikebana International Chapter 22

Gallery 22
Untitled, Donald Judd
Muscari

Gallery 26
Ruin, Nam June Paik
Milwaukee Organic Gardening Club

Gallery 27
Northwood III, Kenneth D. Snelson
Waukesha Floral & Greenhouse

Lemon/Red Crown, Harvey K. Littleton
The Flowersmith, Inc.

Upper Level
AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLECTION
Crown (Adenla), Unknown, Nigerian
Green Tree Garden Club

HAITIAN COLLECTION       
Crowded Market, Laurent Casimir
Sendik’s Balistreri Owned and Operated

Flower Carnival [Carnaval des Fleurs], Rigaud Benoit
French Poodle Floral Design

FOLK ART COLLECTION
Landscape with House II, Morris Hirshfield
South East Wisconsin Master Gardeners

Uncle Sam Mailbox, Peter Jodocy
Kettle Moraine Garden Club

Untitled, Nek Chand
Lilypots Fresh Flowers

BRADLEY COLLECTION
Big Head, Karel Appel 
The Flower Lady

Ocean Park No. 68, Richard Diebenkorn
freshdesign

Poppies, Georgia O'Keeffe
Urban Sense

Roses on Path, Emil Nolde
Bonnie White Flower Design

The Cock of the Liberation [Le Coq de la Liberation], Pablo Picasso
Monches Farm

The Green House, Murnau, Gabriele Münter
Nature’s Grace Floral Design

The Horseman, Marc Chagall
The Flower Studio, Ltd.

The Wheat Field, Maurice de Vlaminck 
Kettle Moraine Garden Club

White Lilies, Alex Katz
Elm Brook Garden Club

White Path [Der Weisse Weg], Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Belle Fiori, Ltd.

Zeta, Morris Louis 
Fantasy Flowers

Lower Level
Sofa, John Henry Belter (attributed to)
Adells Affair, Floral & Event Design

Three Sisters – A Study in June Sunlight, Edmund Charles Tarbell
Gardens by Garland, Inc.

A Passing Shower, Frederic Edwin Church
Stano Landscaping

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