Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

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Art Blooms Gala Reception
Friday, July 13, 6-10pm
Arts Building, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

Join us for the Gala Reception of Art Blooms, a glorious exhibit of floral arrangements inspired by works of art from the Annmarie galleries. The reception will feature spectacular pairings of art and floral designs, accompanied by hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, live music, and convivial company. 

     
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Sponsored by:                                                                   

                                         
                                            
                                                        Tom & Katie Watts                    John & Marianne Harms

                                         
                                                Mr. & Mrs. James P. Whited                     Milloff's Catering

Art Blooms Patrons:
Art Registration Services
Jean & Duane Beckhorn 
Paul & Doris Berry
Daniel & Christine Boesz
Bob & Sylvia Deck
Marjorie Glennan
Jane & Walter Grove
Millie Kluckman
Jean Marie McDougall
Margaret Phipps
Amy & Barry Wynkoop

Art Blooms Floral Designers 2011:
 

Native plant projects at Annmarie, including The Butterfly Garden and landscaping of the central fountain, A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman.

The Continued Expansion of the Butterfly Garden
The Butterfly Garden is located adjacent to the Arts Building and when completed will cover approximately 4800 square feet. Begun in 2009 by Annmarie Caretaker, Caleb Clark, the garden includes more than 35 species of pollinator plants. Over the past two years, volunteers like Mary Oritt (pictured above) and Linda Crandall have helped Caleb transform this weedy patch into a glorious refuge for native plants, insects, and other critters. Not only is the Butterfly Garden enjoyed by guests, it is also used as a teaching garden by the Annmarie faculty and the Calvert County Master Gardeners. 

Landscaping Around The Tonger
The Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman, by Antonio Tobias Mendez, 1994, bronze & granite
It was Francis Koenig’s wish that the first sculptural work installed at Annmarie be a memorial to the people he greatly admired, oyster tongers. In the early 1990s, artist Antonio Tobias Mendez was selected through a national competition to design the memorial. The artist’s intent was to celebrate a people of pride, character, and integrity; to create a feeling for their space; to symbolize the elements of their existence; and, to invoke a sense of timelessness and enduring quality. The Tonger was completed and dedicated in 1994. Tobias’s original design included landscaping plans around the fountain, but sadly a lack of funds prevented the completion of this portion of the project. A decade later, our hope is to finally complete this important element of the project using native plants.

Proceeds from the event will benefit ...
 

ART BLOOMS links:
FLORAL Designers - contact shahlabutler@comcast.net or barbw307@comcast.net for information.    

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CLICK here to enjoy a photo album of Art Blooms 2010

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