Art in Bloom 2008

On March 7 - 9, 2008, The Museum of Art and Archaeology held its annual Art in Bloom. The event included floral designers from Columbia, Fulton, St. Louis and Jefferson City who selected 19 different works of art from the Museum's collections and Before Columbus: Iconography in the Ancient Americas special exhibition that inspired their floral designs. Throughout the three-day event over 820 visitors viewed the floral creations and voted for the People's Choice Awards in four categories: Best in Show, Best Creative Design, Best Reflected the Artwork, and Best Use of Color and Variety of Flowers.

Art in Bloom 2008 poster (pdf - 20 MB) | Art in Bloom 2008 program guide (pdf - 8.2 MB)
News coverage in Columbia Missourian | News coverage in Columbia Daily Tribune

Enjoy Art in Bloom 2008!
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Bathing Nymphs by Johann von Halbig
Designer: Judy Pursifull
Unique Designs, Fulton, MO
People's Choice Award:
Best in Show

Quatrefoil from a Window
Designer: Marlo Bolinger
April Flowers, Jefferson City, MO
People's Choice Award:
Best Creative Design

Oh, Joy! by Irving Kriesberg
Designer: Darla Manley
Allen’s Flowers, Columbia, MO
People's Choice Award:
Best Reflected the Artwork

Beyond the Sapphire and Sound by Robert Natkin
Designer: Jeremy Estes
Kent’s Floral Gallery, Columbia, MO
People's Choice Award:
Best Use of Color and
Variety of Flowers

Headress Plume, Fan or Ornament
Designer: Sandra Ferguson
Allen’s Flowers, Columbia, MO

Mural Fragment Depicting Flowering Trees
Designer: Columbia Garden Club
Columbia, MO

Ancient Glass Case
Designer: Alma Crafford
Gerbes Floral Department
Nifong Blvd., Columbia, MO

Lake of the Avernus by Samuel Lancaster Gerry
Designer: Diana Hartmann
Gerbes Floral Department
Paris Rd., Columbia, MO

Noli me tangere by Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Designer: Diana Hartmann
Gerbes Floral Department
Paris Rd., Columbia, MO

Mantle with Bird and Frog Motifs
Designer: Rebecca Huffman
Becky Huffman Flowers, St. Louis, MO

Abraham’s Sacrafice of Isaac
by Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn
Designer: Dawn Anderson
Hy-Vee Floral Department, Columbia, MO

Virgin and Child by Anonymous
Designer: Dawn Anderson
Hy-Vee Floral Department, Columbia, MO

Fish Plate by Pablo Ruiz y Picasso
Designer: Lora Schnurbusch
Kent’s Floral Gallery, Columbia, MO

The Gallow Ball by Grace Hartigan
Designer: Kim Cottrell
MU’s Tiger Garden, Columbia, MO

St. Jerome Attributed to Balthazar Permoser
Designer: Kim Cottrell
MU’s Tiger Garden, Columbia, MO

Victorious Durga
Designer: Jessica LaHue
My Secret Garden, Columbia, MO

The Hermit Frère Luce by Hubert Robert
Designer: Ruth LaHue
My Secret Garden, Columbia, MO

Temptation of St. Anthony by Bartolomeo Montagna
Designer: Alice Spencer
River City Florist, Jefferson City, MO

Madonna and Child by Altobello Melone
Designer: Christina Case
Unique Designs, Fulton, MO

For more Art in Bloom:
Art in Bloom 2007

Art in Bloom 2006

Art in Bloom 2005