{"id":125,"date":"2009-04-03T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T21:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=125"},"modified":"2009-04-09T14:53:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T20:53:12","slug":"museum-announces-art-in-bloom-award-winners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2009\/04\/museum-announces-art-in-bloom-award-winners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum Announces Art in Bloom Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee, WI, April 9, 2009\u2014Over 11,500 people visited the visited the Milwaukee Art Museum during the Second Annual Art in Bloom <\/strong>exhibition,<\/em> April 2-5, 2009. Presented by the Museum’s Garden Club and sponsored by the Wisconsin Energy Foundation, Art in Bloom also <\/em>included 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 Caf\u00e9 Calatrava <\/strong>Garden Room.<\/p>\n

The Museum is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s\u00a0professionally judged Art in Bloom Awards<\/strong>, along with the popular-vote\u00a0People’s Choice Awards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Art in Bloom Awards<\/h3>\n


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First Place:
\nDenise Gehrke, AIFD, Waukesha Floral and Greenhouse
\nInspired by Northwood III<\/em>, Kenneth D. Snelson<\/p>\n

Second Place:
\nMiki Herman, Moss Floral Design School and Studio
\nInspired by Field Armor<\/em>, Michel Witz the Younger (workshop of)<\/p>\n

Third Place:
\nPam Borgardt, Milaeger’s
\nInspired by Boating on the Yerres [P\u00e9rissoires sur l’Yerres]<\/em>, Gustave Caillebotte<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention:
\nAlka Bhargava, Helen Surridge, Ikebana International Chapter #22
\nInspired by St. Dionysus<\/em>, Kehinde Wiley<\/p>\n

The Art in Bloom <\/em>Awards were judged by a three-person panel:<\/p>\n

Laurie Winters
\nDirector of Exhibitions
\nMilwaukee\u00a0 Art Museum<\/p>\n

Kitty Larkin
\nPast president of the National Garden Club Federation, 2004-06
\nAccredited Flower Show Judge
\nMenomenee Falls, WI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elaine Burke
\nAccredited Flower Show Judge, Garden Clubs of America
\nHartland, WI<\/p>\n

People’s Choice Awards<\/h3>\n


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Thursday\/Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Interpretation
\nPam Borgardt, Milaeger’s
\nInspired by Boating on the Yerres [P\u00e9rissoires sur l’Yerres]<\/em>, Gustave Caillebotte<\/p>\n

Best Traditional Design
\nJulio Cesar Bryand, Nicholas Konzal, Amber Sol, event flower design LLC
\nInspired by The Triumph of Galatea<\/em>, Corrado Giaquinto<\/p>\n

Best Contemporary Design
\nChristopher Dobs, Urban Sense
\nInspired by Poppies<\/em>, Georgia <\/em>O’Keeffe<\/p>\n

Best in Show
\nPam Borgardt, Milaeger’s
\nInspired by Boating on the Yerres [P\u00e9rissoires sur l’Yerres]<\/em>, Gustave Caillebotte<\/p>\n

Saturday
\n<\/strong>
\nBest Interpretation
\nMatheau Recht, Luxe Events
\nInspired by The Rivals (Little Kittens)<\/em>, Mih\u00e1ly Munk\u00e1csy<\/p>\n

Best Traditional Design
\nRochelle Zimmerman, The Wreath Factory
\nInspired by Untitled<\/em>, <\/em>Jasper Johns<\/p>\n

Best Contemporary Design
\nChristopher Dobs, Urban Sense
\nInspired by Poppies<\/em>, Georgia <\/em>O’Keeffe<\/p>\n

Best in Show
\nPam Borgardt, <\/strong>Milaeger’s
\nInspired by Boating on the Yerres [P\u00e9rissoires sur l’Yerres]<\/em>, Gustave Caillebotte<\/p>\n

Sunday
\n<\/strong>
\nBest Interpretation
\nDebrah Bathurst, RJ Tornoe, Petaluna Flowers & Gifts
\nInspired by Madonna and Child<\/em>, Nardo di Cione<\/p>\n

Best Traditional Design
\nMari Trific, Whole Foods Market, Milwaukee
\nInspired by Flowers in Terra-cotta Vase<\/em>, Jan van Os<\/p>\n

Best Contemporary Design
\nChristopher Dobs, Urban Sense
\nInspired by Poppies<\/em>, Georgia <\/em>O’Keeffe<\/p>\n

Best in Show
\nDebrah Bathurst, RJ Tornoe, Petaluna Flowers & Gifts
\nInspired by Madonna and Child<\/em>, Nardo di Cione
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The Second Annual Art in Bloom<\/a>\u00a0was on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum April 2 through 5, 2009.<\/p>\n

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