Museum welcomes spring with blooms
GET A JUMP START on spring at Art in Bloom, the annual tribute to art and flowers at the Milwaukee Art Museum, March 31–April 3.
Showcasing the talents of over 40 renowned floral designers interpreting masterworks from the museum’s collection, the weekend brings together gardening, floral arranging, and landscape design, inspired by the art beneath the wings of the muse- um.
This year’s Art in Bloom premieres Milwaukee’s
Calatrava™ rose, a breed grown by native Milwaukeean Bill Radler. He named the lemony- scented white rose after Santiago Calatrava, the architect of the Quadracci Pavilion, the 2001 addi- tion to the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Exhibition programs include lectures and presenta- tions with celebrity floral designers and mastergar- deners. Visitors will enjoy the multi-vendor indoor marketplace with original garden sculptures and floral-inspired dining at Café Calatrava. A sched- ule is available at mam.org/bloom. Tickets for pre- sentations and lectures that have not sold out will be available at the event.
The Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr. on the lakefront, is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for students with ID, seniors 65 and older, and active military, and free the first Thursday every month. All special exhibitions are included in the entrance fee.
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