Art in Bloom in Pictures

The fourth annual Art in Bloom presented by Barnes & Thornburg LLP and The Botanist Islay Dry Gin was the biggest and best yet. The long weekend kicked off with Behind the Blooms: Opening Evening, which sowed the seeds for a lovely weekend of floral festivities. Guests sipped on The Gallery Gardener, a signature cocktail by The Botanist Islay Dry Gin while they explored 50 art-inspired floral arrangements by local, regional, and national floral designers.

The weekend continued through Sunday, March 24, and guests enjoyed live music, docent conversations, floral demonstrations, flower crown making, and a plant market.

Congratulations to our inaugural Art in Bloom award-winners:

🌸Best in Art: Dominique M Carrington, Naptown Floral
🌸Best in Nature: Michelle Maslowski, One of a Kind Events
🌸Crowd Favorite: Emilija Ginvalds, Little Flower Blooms

Each winner’s podium was adorned with a hand-made ribbon by Indiana artist Amber Walker (@thepaisleymoon).

Here are a handful of pictures from the weekend – do you see anyone you know? Share this link with them.

Guests making flower crowns at Art in Bloom 2024.
Floral Design: Ten Ten Photosynthesis
Image Credit: Tara Donovan (American, b. 1969), Untitled (Mylar), 2010, Mylar, hot glue, 156 in., Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Frank Curtis Springer & Irving Moxley Springer Purchase Fund, Anonymous IV Art Fund, Deaccessioned Contemporary Art Fund, 2010.218A-D. © Tara Donovan, Courtesy The Pace Gallery.
Floral Design: Ethereal Flowers
Image Credit: Roman, Funerary Monument of Flavius Agricola, 138-193 C.E., marble, 26-1/2 × 70 x 27 in., Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Alan Hartman, 72.148.
Floral Design: The Flower Box Indy
Image Credit: Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007), Wall Drawing No. 652, Continuous Forms With Color Acrylic Washes Superimposed (detail), 1990, Lascaux acrylic wash on wall, 30 × 60 ft. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of the Dudley Sutphin Family, 1990.40. © 2024 The LeWitt Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Floral Design: Little Flower Blooms, 2024 Art in Bloom, Crowd Favorite Winner
Emilija Ginvalds smiles next to her award-winning arrangement.
Image Credit: Lockwood de Forest (American, 1850–1932), pastiche wall, 1880-1900, carved cedar wood, stone, metal, 17 ft 4 in. x 40 ft 5 in. (installed), Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Frederick M. Ayres, William C. Bobbs, Mrs. Linnaeus C. Boyd, Mrs. William H. Coburn, Fred C. Dickson, James I. Dissette, Mrs. Samuel Dowden, Charles W. Fairbanks, Arthur B. Grover, J. Irving Holcomb, Mrs. Jacquelin S. Holliday, Louis C. Huesmann, Mrs. Henry Kahn, Mrs. Ernest Knefler, Hugh McK. Landon, Ralph A. Lemcke, Mrs. Louis H. Levey, Carl H. Lieber, Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Edward L. McKee, Volney T. Malott, Walter L. Milliken, Meredith Nicholson, Gustave A. Schnull, Delavan Smith, George G. Snowden, Mrs. Frank D. Stalnaker, Mrs. Clarence Stanley, Miss Lucy M. Taggart, Henry M. Talbott, Booth Tarkington, Ernst M. Wiles, Evans Woollen, 15.70-.203.
Guests arrive at Art in Bloom 2024.

Image Credit: Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007), Wall Drawing No. 652, Continuous Forms With Color Acrylic Washes Superimposed (detail), 1990, Lascaux acrylic wash on wall, 30 × 60 ft. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of the Dudley Sutphin Family, 1990.40. © 2024 The LeWitt Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Floral Design: Marshmallow Monkey
Image Credit: Installation view of The Clowes Pavilion Reimagined, opened March 25, 2022.  All artworks (c) their respective creators.
Andre Franklin, DJ Godzillest, spins at Art in Bloom 2024.
Deborah Summers (right), owner of A Bride’s Choice Florist, greets guests as they arrive at Art in Bloom 2024.

Image Credit: Robert Indiana (American, 1928–2018), Lippincott, LLC, foundry (American), Number 0, 1980–1983, painted aluminum, 96 × 96 × 48 in. (each). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Melvin Simon and Associates, 1988.241-250 © Morgan Art Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Floral Design: One of a Kind Events, Art in Bloom 2024, Best in Nature winner
The Ruth Lilly Director of The Garden and Fairbanks Park, Jonathan Wright smiles with Michelle Maslowski beside her award-winning floral design.
Floral Design: Naptown Floral, Art in Bloom 2024, Best in Nature winner
Melvin and Bren Simon Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Belinda Tate smiles with Dominique M Carrington beside her floral design.
Image Credit: Installation views of Work in Progress: Conversations about American Art in the Indianapolis Museum of Art Galleries, opened May 27, 2023. Artworks © their respective creators.
Floral Design: Ritual Gardens
Image Credit: Installation views of Femme Forward: Women in Design in the Indianapolis Museum of Art Galleries, opened February 2, 2024. Artworks © their respective creators.
Floral Design: Rubymoon
Image Credit: John C. Clarke (American, 1937–2021), Fragonard - The Meeting, 1967, oil on canvas, 84-1/4 x 56-1/8 in. (canvas), Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Robert and Ann Rohn, 2002.242. © John Clem Clarke.

Exhibition Credits:
Art in Bloom is presented by Barnes & Thornburg LLP and The Botanist Islay Dry Gin.

Image Credits:
Floral design by Prima Designs.

Installation views of Art in Bloom in the Indianapolis Museum of Art Galleries, open March 21—March 24, 2024. Artworks © their respective creators.