Blooming Art 2016!
NOTE: TICKETS FOR OPENING NIGHT: $50.  Contact Vito Palermo, Treasurer, at 508-939-9522 or email at [email protected] .
ABOUT BLOOMING ART:  Blooming Art is modeled after the Museum of Fine Art’s Art in Bloom show, an annual celebration of floral arrangements inspired by the Museum’s masterpieces.

​For four days in late June, the Old Mill in West Tisbury will be transformed into a gallery filled with the art of forty-two Vineyard artists displayed with interpretive floral arrangements created by Garden Club members.

All artworks are for sale and proceeds benefit the Garden Club's Scholarship Fund and the Old Mill Preservation Fund.

LOCATION:  The Old Mill in West Tisbury, at 690 Edgartown-West Tisbury Road, across from the Mill Pond. 

OPENING NIGHT: Thursday, June 23rd, 5pm to 8pm. Hors d'oeuvres & libations. Tickets required.
  • ​​NOTE:  Parking for Opening Night will be at the Grange Hall, at 1067 State Rd. (next to the West Tisbury Town Hall). A van service will take guests to and from the Old Mill.  

TICKETS FOR OPENING NIGHT: $50.  For tickets, contact Vito Palermo, Treasurer, at 508-939-9522 or via email at [email protected] .

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY: THE PUBLIC EXHIBIT:  Friday, June 24th, and Saturday, June 25th, 10am to 5pm and Sunday, June 26th, noon to 3pm.  Admission: $5 at the door.
THE ARTISTS:
Joan Apt, Leslie Baker, Sandy Bernat, Benjamin Cabot, Eva Cincotta, Paul Doherty, Margot Datz, Angela Egerton, Valentine Estabrook, Margaret Emerson, Sheila M. Fane, Joann Frechette, Mary French, Debra Gaines, Roberta Gross, Genevieve Jacobs, Jay Lagemann, Washington Ledesma, Kanta Lipsky, Ilka List, Doris Lubell, Thaw Malin, Marjorie Mason, Joyce Maxner, Ellen C. McCluskey, Marianne Neill, Dorothy Petell, Kathy Poehler, Debby Rosenthal, Judith Drew Schubert, Ed Schulman, Alison Shaw, Susan Silva, Donna Straw, Jane Thame, Katy Upson, Fern Vaughan, Vineyard Colors, Wendy Weldon, Jules Worthington and Peggy Zablotny. 

THE ARRANGERS:
Joan  Apt, Wiet Bacheller. Helene Barr, Pat Bartoloni, Cynthia Bloomquist, Judy Bryant, Nancy Cabot, Nancy Caraboolad, Joan Carey, Lynn Caroline, Brenda Celeste, MaryAnn Dolezsar, Diane Drake, Anna Edey, Joan Eville,, Lee and Mark Foster,  Margaret Gallagher, Bonnie George, Alice Goyert, Rosetta Hughes, Kathy Kitsock, Katherine Long, Pat McCracken, Linda McGuire, Madeline McKay, Elaine Pace , MaryAnn Palermo, Helen Parker, Mary Lou Perry, Joan Potter, Andrea Quigley, DiAnn Ray, Martha Schmidt, Linda Shaw, Susan Silva, Darleyne Smith, Gay Smith, Leah Smith, Deborah Vass, Fern Vaughan, and Anda Woodward.

For more information contact Karen Kolb, Vice President, at 508-395-8323. 
These photos from last year's opening reception were taken by Angelina Godbout of http://anicabanicaphotography.com.  Thank you, Angelina, for providing us with such a lovely record of this event.
The photos below were taken the morning of the Opening Reception when Club members were putting finishing touches on their arrangements.