CVABA at the VMFA for FA&F!

Fine Art and Flowers at the VMFA  (by Judy Thomas)

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Default.aspx  has an exhibit every other year, Fine Arts and Flowers.  For the exhibit, which occurs over a long weekend, the VMFA invites area garden clubs to create a floral work that somehow represents, symbolizes, interprets or echoes a pre-selected group of art work at the museum.  These garden clubs go all out to create floral masterpieces!  For a view and details of works from the most recent show, go to https://vmfa.box.com/s/d517331ac9495203e015/1/453849957

Our group, pictured above, was delighted with the exhibit, lead by docent, CVABA member and Ginter Gardens Botanical Illustration Program teacher, Celeste Johnston.  I thought I would like the interpretation of traditional art the best, but it was the modern art-related floral arrangements that most caught my imagination, though all were lovely, using wonderful materials.  I snapped a few photos with my Ipad, and two of the modern interpretations came out well.  Group members, comprised of botanical illustrators and artists, were delighted to see the art and flowers. I felt the floral arrangements helped me appreciate the art in a a new way!

Look for this exhibit in 2014!

"Earth laughs in flowers."  Ralph Waldo Emerson