Photography courtesy of Scott Bittler
NC Floral Design Exhibition Inspired by Art – January 7-9, 2022
2021 Best Use of Color and People's Choice Awards – Roxanne Thompson – Courtesy Scott Bittler
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC – Leading floral designers in North and South Carolina will gather in Wrightsville Beach to showcase their floral creations inspired by fine art, Jan. 7-9, 2022.
The three-day Art & The Bloom exhibition and competition includes expert demonstrations and workshops in floral design, floral collage and culinary art, jewelry fashion shows, gallery art sales by the Wilmington Art Association, and nationally renowned vendors. Tickets are available to the public.
The New Hanover Garden Club, Harbor Island Garden Club, and host hotel Blockade Runner Beach Resort will be following the Governor’s guidelines for the prevention of the spread of Covid 19. Should the event need to be canceled due to increased Covid restrictions, tickets will be refundable.
Now entering its fifth year, the New Hanover and Harbor Island Garden Clubs’ Art & The Bloom has become a highly anticipated event. This year’s artwork will come from private collections and juried artists across the state. Floral designers receive their art assignment from a blind draw weeks before the event.
Judging this year is National Garden Club Judge and Flower Show School Instructor Judy Binns, as well as North Carolina award-winning event planner and instructor Bill Hamilton. Floral design winners receive a beautiful ribbon, a cash award, and bragging rights. The judges will be presenting floral design demonstrations and workshops.
Lois Watson, a locally acclaimed Architectural Illustrator and member of the Wilmington Art Association, will be conducting a workshop on creating florals by collage watercolor technique. Attendees will be taking home an original piece of creative art.
Judy Binns will conduct a floral demonstration on how to create many different design types using the same flowers. Judy is a National Garden Club (NGC) master flower show judge, past president of the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, and recipient of the NGC Member Award of Honor for the South Atlantic region.
Bill Hamilton, an award-winning wedding and event planner and instructor, will be conducting a floral design demonstration on creating beautiful arrangements for your home on a budget. Bill has won numerous awards including the 2015 EPIC Tabletop Award, Best Themed Décor Award, and the Best Team Event Award.
2020 Bill Hamilton, Art & The Bloom – Courtesy of Scott Bittler
Afternoon tea and a fashion show of jewels will be offered featuring Mariann Bauer, The Pearl Girl, and her beautiful line of fashion forward jewelry.
New Hanover Garden Club and the Harbor Island Garden Club, the organizers of Art & The Bloom, are federated through the National Garden Club and Garden Clubs of North Carolina. The event’s proceeds will benefit gardening projects for nonprofit organizations and student scholarships. All activities will be held at the host hotel, the Blockade Runner Beach Resort.
Contact:
Barb Bittler, Chair, Art & The Bloom
BarbBittler@gmail.com
910-616-0476
BarbBittler@gmail.com
910-616-0476
Robert B Butler
Communications | PR
Robert@RBButler.com
www.RBButler.com
Communications | PR
Robert@RBButler.com
www.RBButler.com
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2022 Art & The Bloom Itinerary
Exhibition General Admission, January 8-9, 2022 9am-5pm
Friday, January 7, 2022, Special Event:
Meet the Designers Preview Party 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Enjoy meeting and greeting the designers, heavy hors d’oeuvres by EAST Oceanfront Dining, music by Duke Ladd, harpist Julie Rehder and a stroll through the exhibit prior to the public opening on Saturday.
Saturday, January 8, 2022, Special Sessions:
"Design in Bloom" Floral Design Demonstration
9:30–11:30 AM
Award winning Master designer and instructor Judy Binns will demonstrate the creation of many design types using the same flowers. Includes entry to the exhibition.
"Designing for Home" Floral Design Demonstraton
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Award winning designer and event planner Bill Hamilton will demonstrate how you can create beautiful floral designs for your home on a budget. Includes entry to the exhibition.
Afternoon Tea 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Enjoy a delicious afternoon tea served in two courses, all the while being entertained by a fashion show of jewels by the Pearl Girl Mariann Bauer; includes entry to the exhibition.
Sunday, January 9th, 2022, Special Sessions:
"Painting with Paper" Collage Watercolor Workshop by Lois Watson 9:30 – 11:30AM
WAA artist and instructor Lois Watson will conduct a workshop on creating a beautiful collage using a watercolor technique (includes all supplies) includes entry to the exhibition.
"Edible Flowers" Workshop by Carla Wiechman
1:00 –3:00 PM
Pastry chef Carla Wiechman will guide you in the art of sugaring edible flowers. You will also learn how to pipe flowers and decorate your own personal cupcake (includes all supplies). This session includes entry to the exhibition.
Afternoon Tea 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Enjoy a delicious afternoon tea served in two courses, all the while being entertained by a fashion show of jewels by the Pearl Girl Mariann Bauer; includes entry to the exhibition.
The Wilmington Art Association will be hosting a sales gallery all weekend.
The Vendors Gallery will be open all weekend for your shopping pleasure.
For information see www.NewHanoverGardenClub.org. For tickets go to https://artandthebloom2022.eventbrite.com.
2021 Art & The Bloom concludes – Top designers announced
First place award – Sharon Van Teyens – Courtesy Scott Bittler
Second place award – Noel Morris – Courtesy of Scott Bittler
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC – Leading floral designers from North and South Carolina gathered this weekend in Wrightsville Beach to showcase their floral creations inspired by fine art.
This year’s artwork came from private collections and the Wilmington Art Association. Floral designers received their art assignment from a blind draw weeks before the event.
Judges this year included National Garden Club judge and Flower Show School Instructor Claudia Bates, as well as NC State Floral Association judge and instructor Tammy Yow Russell. Floral design winners received a cash award, a beautiful ribbon, and bragging rights.
Here are the top floral designers in the 2021 Art & The Bloom competition:
1st Place
Sharon Van Teyens
New Hanover Garden Club, Wilmington, NC
2nd Place
Noel Morris
Sweetgrass Southern Market, Ocean Isle, NC
3rd Place
Kim Cruz
Tobaccoville, NC
Lewisville Garden Club, Lewisville, NC
Best Use of Color
Roxanne Thompson
Wilmington, NC
People's Choice Award
Roxanne Thompson
Wilmington, NC
Third place award – Kim Cruz – Courtesy of Scott Bittler
Best Use of Color and People's Choice Awards – Roxanne Thompson – Courtesy Scott Bittler
The four-day Art & The Bloom exhibition and competition (Jan. 7-10) included expert demonstrations and workshops in floral design, botanical illustration, jewelry fashion shows, gallery art sales by the Wilmington Art Association, and more. Sessions included:
-A horticultural presentation by Frank Hyman, renowned gardening lecturer, and author.
–The Language of Flowers workshop by Patricia Savage, a renowned botanical illustrator from Chapel Hill. Savage teaches botanical art and illustration at the UNC Botanical Gardens and has taught at the NC Museum of Natural Science and the NC Museum of Art.
–Workshops by Tammy Yow Russell on miniature floral design and wearable flowers. Tammy is a multi-award-winning designer, including NC State Designer of the Year, Greensboro Triad Designer of the Year, Northern Piedmont Designer of the Year, and Southern Retail Designer of the Year in 2000. She is a three-time winner of the prestigious interpretive design NC Jim Treadaway Cup competition and was the second woman ever inducted into the NC Jim Treadaway Cup Hall of Fame in 2017.
–Claudia Bates, a National Garden Club Flower Show School Design Instructor, demonstrated abstracted floral design techniques. Bates also conducted a workshop to make a creative design container and fill it with a creative floral design.
"We are so happy that Art & The Bloom was a success and enjoyed by so many," said Barb Bittler, Co-chair of the event. "We would like to thank our artists, floral designers, the Wilmington Art Association, our many sponsors and donors, and especially Blockade Runner Beach Resort for their support. We look forward to the many good projects the New Hanover Garden Club will be able to support to give back to our community."
New Hanover Garden Club (NHGC), the organizer of Art & The Bloom, is federated through the National Garden Club and Garden Clubs of North Carolina. The event’s proceeds benefit gardening projects for nonprofit organizations and scholarships for students. All activities were held at the host hotel, Blockade Runner Beach Resort.
Contact:
Barb Bittler, Co-Chair
Art & The Bloom
910-616-0476
Robert B Butler
Communications | Public Relations
Permission granted for publishing and redistribution – Photo credits requested
Important note: The New Hanover Garden Club and Blockade Runner Beach Resort focused on public safety during the event. Measures included following the Governor’s guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID 19, temperature checks upon entering the resort, the wearing of masks in public areas, limiting numbers of tickets sold, encouraging social distancing, and providing hand sanitizers in public places.
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2021 Photo Gallery
Note: The designer's name, city, and project description (if available) is above the photograph(s)
New Hanover Garden Club Community Projects
A partial list of community projects funded by New Hanover Garden Club, including the proceeds from the annual Art & The Bloom:
–Provided four $1,000 and two $500 scholarships to Cape Fear Community College for students studying landscape architecture or gardening studies
–Restored two storm-ravaged gardens at two churches in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach
–Made 100 Blessing Bags for Covid-19 first responders at the New Hanover County Regional Medical Center
–Planted and maintained a pink ribbon garden at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice
–Funded the supplies for a special needs greenhouse at Laney High School
–Funded two junior garden clubs at an elementary school and a preschool
–Made and delivered miniature arrangements to a local assisted living facility
–Funding tagged for a women's Habitat for Humanity home in May 2021
–Funding tagged for a Blue Star Memorial to honor all veterans at the Wilmington National Cemetery
–Funded the planting of fruit trees at an orchard that serves the underserved in Wilmington
–Funded the purchase of gardening tools for the Bellamy Mansion
–Funded restoration work (purchase of trees) for the gardens at the Bellamy Mansion in downtown Wilmington
–Made and delivered miniature floral arrangements for Meals on Wheels trays
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