Art in Bloom
By
Sharon Coulter
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Photography by Nicholas Coulter
The Saint Louis Art Museum is hosting its annual event celebrating art and flowers March 1-3, 2019. Included are more than 30 floral interpretations of the museum’s artworks by regional florists and artistic designers. A floral design competition judged by team including a SLAM curator, a community member, a representative of Wells Fargo Advisors (a sponsor of the event), Remco van Vliet, a Dutch master florist, and Ariella Chezar, author of Seasonal Flower Arranging will determine Best of Show awards.
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Informative events will be presented in the Farrell Auditorium including Remco van Vliet discussing and demonstrating how he uses his background in art history and graphic design to create the arrangements located in the Great Hall as you enter the museum.
Other event program offerings include St. Louis florist, Rebecca Bodicky of Alice Blue Collective, presenting “Flowers in Three Acts: Art, Restaurants, and a Garden Enterprise
in the City”; Ariella Chezar will discuss her book “Seasonal Flower Arranging”; and Mitch Leachman of the St. Louis Audubon Society will present “An Introduction to Native Plant Gardening”. Leachman’s central message is Naturescaping in which he outlines four key elements of a functional habitat. Brodicky relates her vision of a small farm in the city offering educational and community building opportunities. Chezar’s new book, Seasonal Flower Arranging, will be featured in the Museum Shop and there will be a book signing on Saturday, March 2nd at 12:30 pm.
Family focused activities are designed for Sunday, March 3rd from noon to 4 pm including a take home floral design activity and a nature-inspired scavenger hunt through Gallery 224 to find Siva, King of Dancers; Gallery 327 to find Celestial Sphere by Paul Manship; Gallery 333 to find For the Wind to Tear by Kay Sage; and my favorite on Concourse Level 1 the Stone Sea by Andy Goldsworthy featuring a sculpture of Missouri limestone the will inspire visitors to the Saint Louis Art Museum through the ages.