Programs & Events

Admission ($15/Adult, $5/Member) is required Thursday through Sunday. Events requiring tickets and reservations are noted. To place an order, call 414-224-3803 or mail the completed order form with payment to the Milwaukee Art Museum.

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012

INSTALLATION DAY & GRAND OPENING

10 AM
  • Installation of floral arrangements
  • Marketplace open with gifts and accessories for your home and garden.

11 AM

Café Calatrava, Coffee With A Conscience, the Garden Room, and the new Wine Garden open for food and refreshments.

NOON

Collection galleries open with artwork-inspired floral arrangements.

5–9 PM | OPENING NIGHT | $20; $5 Members

  • Professionally judged awards decided.
  • Collection galleries open with artwork-inspired floral arrangements.
  • People’s Choice Awards voting begins for First, Second, and Third Place and honorable mention.

5:30 PM

Opening Night Reception

Meet the design experts behind art in Bloom’s floral masterpieces. Enjoy the marketplace, food by Café Calatrava, a cash bar, and other surprises!

6:15 PM

Designer Awards, Acknowledgments, Iron Designer Competition

See if the judges awarded Best in Show to your favorite, and don’t miss the live iron designer competition, featuring the first-place winners from previous art in Bloom events.

Sponsored by CDI-Center for Diagnostic Imaging

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

10 AM–6 PM

  • Collection galleries open with artwork-inspired floral arrangements.
  • People’s Choice Awards voting. Choices posted at 3 p.m.
  • Marketplace open, offering gifts and accessories for your home and garden.

10:15 AM, NOON, 2 PM

Drop-in docent-led tours

Meet in Windhover Hall | Free with Museum admission

11 AM | LECTURE

René van Rems: European High Style Design Lubar Auditorium | $20/$15 Members

Draw inspiration from a tour of the latest floral trends (German hand-tied Biedermeier bouquets, Dutch parallel design, French country) with this California-based Dutch master designer.

Sponsored by Barbara C. Strecker Memorial Fund

11 AM

Café Calatrava, Coffee With A Conscience, the Garden Room, and the new Wine Garden open for food and refreshments.

1 PM | PRESENTATION

Karl Boettcher: Art in Photography: Learning to Use Your Camera to Photograph Nature Northwestern Mutual Room | $15/$10 Members

Reservations required; call 414-224-3803

Take better landscape and nature photos, from stunning settings to little details in your own backyard, with tips from this presentation.

2 PM | MASTER CLASS

Master Class with René van Rems
Art in Bloom Wine Garden | $150/Person

Reservations required; call 414-224-3803
(Limited to 30)

Join the long-time master instructor and floral designer to learn how to design a signature, inspired centerpiece and a hand-tied Tuscan-style bouquet—to take home. Discover “industry secrets” to making flowers last and the simple steps to Euro-style design ideas. No prior experience required. all materials (except for pruners and a knife) included.

2:30 PM | LECTURE

Mark Dwyer: Perennial Partners for Stunning Shrubbery
Lubar Auditorium | $15/$10 Members

Discover the range of perennials and showy shrubs available for both sun and shade situations that work in tandem to provide color and interest, with the director of rotary Botanical Gardens.

4 PM | PRESENTATION

Steve Carini: Introduction to the Art of Bonsai
Northwestern Mutual Room | $15/$10 Members

Reservations required; call 414-224-3803

Explore the visual history of the Japanese art of Bonsai, as well as the different sizes and styles of bonsai trees, including how to keep the trees healthy and growing.

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012

10 AM–6 PM

  • Collection galleries open with artwork-inspired floral arrangements.
  • People’s Choice Awards voting. Choices posted at 3 p.m.
  • Marketplace open, offering gifts and accessories for your home and garden.
  • Kohl’s Art Generation Open Studio for the entire family, until 4 p.m.

10:15 AM, NOON, 2 PM

Drop-in docent-led tours

Meet in Windhover Hall | Free with event admission

10:30 AM

Story Time in the Galleries

Meet in Windhover Hall | Free with event admission

Come hear In My World by Lois Ehlert, and then create your own story drawing to take home.

11 AM

Café Calatrava, Coffee With A Conscience, the Garden Room, and the new Wine Garden open for food and refreshments.

11 AM | DEMONSTRATION AND BOOK SIGNING

Michael Gaffney, Flower Design Schools of America

Wine Garden | Free with event admission

1 PM | LECTURE

Zannah Crowe: Shade Perennials from Spring through Fall
Lubar Auditorium | $15/$10 Members

Get ideas for how to create a perennial garden in the shade that is magnificent from early spring through fall.

Sponsored by LandWorks, Inc.

1–4 PM | DROP-IN FAMILY ACTIVITES

Illustrator Lois Ehlert

Kohl’s Art Generation Studio | Free with event admission

Workshop and book signing with children’s author Lois Ehlert

2 PM

The Leonard Sorkin Institute of Chamber Music

Bradley Galleries | Free with event admission

2:30 PM | PRESENTATION

Carrie Hennessy: Native Plants in an Urban Setting
Quadracci Suite | $15/$10 Members

Reservations required; call 414-224-3803

City dweller? Landscaping with native plants is the hottest gardening trend, but it’s often difficult with a city lot. Lead horticulturist and designer at Johnson’s nursery shows you how.

3:30 PM | PRESENTATION

Bruce Efflandt: Orchid Growing Made Easy
Northwestern Mutual Room | $15/$10 Members

Reservations required; call 414-224-3803

Learn how to grow the most common orchids in your home, how to display your orchids with simple arrangements, and how to make a corsage!

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2012

10 AM–5 PM

  • Collection galleries open with artwork-inspired floral arrangements.
  • People’s Choice Awards voting. Choices posted at 3 p.m.
  • Marketplace open, offering gifts and accessories for your home and garden.
  • Kohl’s Art Generation Open Studio for the entire family, until 4 p.m.

10:15 AM, NOON, 2 PM

Drop-in docent-led tours

Meet in Windhover Hall | Free with event admission

11 AM

Café Calatrava, Coffee With A Conscience, the Garden Room, and the new Wine Garden open for food and refreshments.

1 PM | PRESENTATION

Tiffany Knopow: Leaf Printing Greeting Cards
Northwestern Mutual Room | $15/$10 Members

Reservations required; call 414-224-3803
(Limited to 15)

Create three beautiful greeting/notecards in celebration of spring, while learning how to use actual leaves to make a printed design.

1–4 PM | DROP-IN FAMILY ACTIVITES

Illustrator Lois Ehlert

Kohl’s Art Generation Studio | Free with event admission

Workshop and book signing with children’s author Lois Ehlert

2 PM

The Milwaukee Guitar Quartet

Bradley Galleries | Free with event admission

2:30 PM | LECTURE

Melinda Myers: Creating a Colorful Garden: Affordable & Attractive Solutions to Enhance Your Garden
Lubar Auditorium | $15/$10 Members

Tackle common landscape challenges with solutions that can make a big difference in the color, year-round interest, and beauty of your landscape.

Sponsored by Kanavas Landscape Management, Inc.