Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon Bank
Wed, March 26th - Sun, March 30th
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon Bank showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond. Take in fabulous floral installations throughout the museum, learn directly from today’s top design talents, and celebrate spring during the luncheon and fashion show.
This year’s event, themed “Les Jardins de la Nouvelle-Orléans,” will take inspiration from the elegant gardens and French history of our city.
Event Chairs | Charlotte Meade and Keith Porteous Meade
NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Taylor Pospisil
Garden Study Club of New Orleans President | Courtney Le Clercq
Patron and Preview Party | Wednesday, March 26, 6–9 pm
On View to the Public | Thursday, March 27–Sunday, March 30, 10 am–5 pm
Lecture Series | Thursday, March 27, 10:30 am
Luncheon and Fashion Show | Thursday, March 27, 12:30 pm
Silent Auction | Monday, March 24–Monday, March 31
Your support through Art in Bloom provides critical resources for both NOMA’s educational initiatives and exhibitions and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans’s community grants program.
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about Art in Bloom please email aib@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.
Tickets
Admission to Art in Bloom during regular museum hours includes access to floral displays on all three floors of the museum.
Please note: Admission tickets do not include separate tickets for the patron and preview party, lecture series, and luncheon.
Schedule of Events
Silent Auction
Monday, March 24–Monday, March 31
The Art in Bloom silent auction showcases a variety of original works of art from established artists and emerging talents. This year’s featured artist is Saskia Ozols.
Saskia Ozols, Preparing for a Party (Making Arrangements). Oil on birch panel, 24 x 24 inches. Value: $5,200.
Patron and Preview Party
Wednesday, March 26, 6–9 pm, at the New Orleans Museum of Art
Kick off Art in Bloom with cocktails, cuisine, and live music. Be the first to see spectacular floral displays from garden clubs, designers, and other creative talents at the Patron and Preview Party.
Online ticket sales have closed. Tickets for the Patron and Preview Party are available at the door.
Lecture Series
Thursday, March 27, 10:30 am, in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
This year’s speakers are influential figures in interior and floral design. Mieke ten Have is an interior stylist, design writer, and creative consultant. Ten Have’s extensive editorial background includes contributions to Vogue, Elle and Architectural Digest. The dynamic mother-daughter duo Susan Crater and Eliza Crater Harris of Sister Parish Design lead the renowned American heritage textile and wallcovering brand.
SOLD OUT
Special thanks to Permele Robinson for her leadership and support of the Art in Bloom lecture series.
Luncheon and Fashion Show Sponsored by SOSUSU
Thursday, March 27, 12:30 pm, in the Pavilion of the Two Sisters in New Orleans City Park
The annual luncheon and fashion show sponsored by SOSUSU will feature designer La Fuori.
SOLD OUT
Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Bouquet
Peggy and Timber Floyd
Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation
Iris
Red River Bank
Lynne and Rick McMillan
J. Edgar Monroe Foundation
Miggy and Jay Monroe
Orchid
Jones Walker
LCMC Health
New Orleans and Co.
Elizabeth Boh
Marion Bright
Caroline and Murray Calhoun
Ella Flower
Susan and Jimmy Gundlach
Elly and Merritt Lane
Sally and Jay Lapeyre
Ann Saunder Maynard
Pixie and Jimmy Reiss
Permele and Garner Robinson
Lynn and Charlie Smith
Sarah and Doug Stokes
Sarah and George Young
Media Sponsors
The Times-Picayune | nola.com
WWL-TV
Magnolia
| E. Tiffany Adler | Courtney and Ted Le Clercq |
| Debb Almeida and David G. Perlis | Allison Crutcher McAshan |
| Ben Bagert, The Bagert Law Firm | Charlotte and John Alden Meade |
| John and Gail Bertuzzi | Keith Porteous Meade |
| Black Bay Energy Capital | Patti and Robert Lapeyre |
| Susan and Timothy Bright | Peggy and Jack Laborde |
| Lucy Burnett and Gregory Holt | Palm Orleans |
| Lynne Burkart | Anne and Edmund Redd |
| Leah Nunn Englehardt | Melissa and Alfred Rufty |
| Sarah and Greg Feirn | Shlenker Family Foundation |
| Sarah and Richard Freeman | Liz and Poco Sloss |
| Dathel and John Georges | Susu and Andrew Stall |
| Dr. Stephen Hales and Mrs. Nancy Hales | Douglas Dockery Thomas |
| Carol and John Hall | Kathleen and Ben Waring |
| Mrs. Susan Johnson |
Gardenia
| AOS Interior Environments | Laura Lane McNeal |
| Meg and Will Baldwin | Denise and Paul Morse |
| Patricia Brinson | Sally Omeallie |
| Rachel and Michael Bernhard | Dee and Nat Phillips |
| Dorothy Clyne | Annie and Nat Phillips |
| Glenda Cotner | Natalie and Robert Phillips |
| Pam and Bill Doyle | Melanee and Steve Usdin |
| Warren and Laurie Doyle | Tina Shannon |
| Shaun and Foster Duncan | Mr. and Mrs. Pierre G. Villere |
| Sweet and Ben Dupuy | Katherine Westerhold |
| Kathleen Edmundson | Kathleen and Terry White |
| Gwathmey and Fritz Gomila | Caroline and Michael Wolfe |
| Julie and David Gooch | Karen Kraak Wood |
| Kit and Gus Fritichie | Helen and Tim Young |
| Katherine Hovas |
Hibiscus
| Lee Adler and Robert Marks | Mr. and Mrs. David W. Kearney |
| Robyn Allyn | Susu and Mike Kearney |
| Gail and Nick Asprodites | Alice Key |
| Ellen and Mac Ball | Ann and John Koerner |
| Margaret and Ken Beer | Wilfred Kullman |
| Linda and Alan Brackett | C.C. and Bill Langenstein |
| Elinor S. Bright | Fifi and Sean Laughlin |
| Patricia Brinson | Olivia Manning |
| Mr. and Mrs. Christian T. Brown | Cammie and Charles Mayer |
| Mary and Miles Clements | Stacey and Quinton Miner |
| Elizabeth Cordes | Lock and Lori Ochsner |
| Katie and Frank Darden | Holly and Reed Poole |
| Leonard Davis and Sharon Jacobs | Susanne and David Purvis |
| Mamie and Ricky Favor | Virginia Freeman Rowan |
| Laura and Welles Fitzpatrick | Amanda Rushing |
| Bethany Friedman | Katherine and Robbie Saer |
| Katie and Will Fuller | Mette and Ken Schafer |
| Dr. and Mrs. Harold Fuselier | Anna and Wes Schaefer |
| Julie and Ted George | Karen S. Shales |
| Lynn and Lura Harrison | Hon. Raymond and Tish Steib |
| Lisa and Max Hart | Suzanne Thomas |
| Jeannie and Jubi Hillery | Hon. Sarah Vance and R. Patrick Vance |
| Jane Scott and Philip Hodges | Taylor and Martin Pospisil |
| Marilee and Andrew Hovet | D. Brent and Lele Wood |
| Tully and Paul Jordan | Elizabeth and Andrew Wooten |
| Hughes Walmsley & Company, Inc. |
Camellia
| Penny L. Baumer | Lise Kuhn |
| Mary Beth Benjamin | Julia Lennox |
| Patricia M. Brinson | Regina Castelin Molony |
| Ashley S. Bright | Angele Parlange |
| Vivan Cahn | Suzanne Perlis |
| Dr. Jane Clayton | Olivia Pritchard |
| Katy Casbarian | Margaret Zainey Roux |
| Nancy E. David | Susan Carlin Scheinuk |
| Jeanne and Martin deLaureal | Mary Spencer Craddock Scurry (Pence) |
| Toni Feinman | Peggy Duffle Simmons |
| Anne A. Fitz-Hugh | Dr. Sissy Sartor |
| Karen Gundlach | Mary Frances Smart |
| Anne Haack | Melissa Sutherlin |
| Dana Hansel | Anne Strachan |
| Mrs. Frank B. Hayne | Jean Taylor |
| Ruth Ann Jones | Jenny Vorhoff |
| Susan Hayne | Gail Wall |
| Malise and Clay Kearney | Linda Westfeldt |
| Katherine Koerner |
Azalea
| Carla Adams | Diane Labouisse |
| Cyrel Antonatos | Julie LeCorgne |
| Barbara Arras | Catherine Makk |
| Faye T. Ballard | Betty Maizlish |
| Judith Barnes-Cochran PhD | Marlowe Maylin and Sanjay Dravid |
| Deana Blackburn | Mary Scott and Ryan McKinnon |
| Adair Brown | Shelby and John Mills |
| Guy Cannata | Benjamin Stickney Morrison |
| Julie Chauvin | Janel Mumme |
| Hugh and Sheila Collins | Sharon Mowry |
| Sarah Cossich | Jill Knight Nalty |
| Meredith Claiborne | Ms. Rebecca Cooper and Nathaniel Novak |
| Kimberly Clarke Armatis | Kate Orlesh |
| Denise Delay | Andi Masden Oustalet |
| Katherine Duncan | Alice Parkerson |
| Melissa Dovie | Jennifer M. Parkerson |
| Gabrielle Ferrara | Laurel Patterson and Bruce John |
| Lessley Fitzpatrick | Marely Peraza |
| Amy Farnsworth | Sarah Petitto |
| Amanda Fleury | Valerie Posner |
| Edward C. Bohin and Rene J. L. Fransen | Amy Rougelot |
| Stephanie Leigh Goliwas | Jennifer Rowland |
| Mirell and Augie Gallo | Mimi And Claude Schlesinger |
| Elizabeth and Charles Goodyear | Darcy Devine Scoggin, LCSW |
| Gwendolyn Gravolet | Joseph Shrum M.D. and Tony Maenza |
| Esther and Jerry Greiner | Kathryn and Benton Smallpage |
| Carolyn Hayne | Katy Smith |
| Laine B. Harper | Ann Soniat |
| Mary Hawkshead Weiland | Amis des Fleurs |
| Tina Hebert | Cathy Thomason |
| Jane Heidingsfelder | D. Ashbrooke Tullis |
| Logan Howcott | Lynne Uhalt Interiors |
| Ann Irwin | Kris Gabik Vitrano |
| Elizabeth Jacob | Glenna K. Washburn and Grant Rutila |
| Joan and Steven Jacob | Cynthia A. Webb |
| Karyn Kearney | Madeline Webb |
| Lilla Kearney | Mary Hawkshead Weiland |
| Millie Kohn | Kate and John Werner |
| Mary Lucy and David Lane | Marcella Willis |
| Saundra Lane | Rosalind WIlson |
| Charles Lavis, Jr | Leah Wood |
| Helen and Charles LeBourgeois | Carleton Young |
| Cynthia L LeBreton |
Art in Bloom Committee
Event Chairs | Charlotte Meade and Keith Porteous Meade
| Meg Baldwin | Susu Kearney |
| Susan Bright | Katherine Koerner |
| Meredith Claiborne | Brett Lapeyre |
| Elizabeth Cordes | Dorothy Mann |
| Richard Cranford | E. Lee Meade |
| Katie Darden | Shelby Mills |
| Jeanne De Laureal | Roland Montealegre |
| Leah Englehardt | Annie Phillips |
| Amy Farnsworth | Natalie Phillips |
| Lauren Fitzpatrick | Anne Redd |
| Catherine Hales | Anna Schaefer |
| Carolyn Hayne | Katie Mallios Smith |
| Katie Hovas | Susu Stall |
| Caroline Kearney | Missy Sutherlin |
| Karyn Kearney | Elizabeth Wooten |
| Lilla Kearney | Helen Young |
Sponsorship Levels
Online ticket sales have closed. Contact aib@noma.org or 504.658.4121 with sponsorship or ticket inquiries.
Bouquet | $10,000
- Art in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website that is promoted to our email subscribers, Instagram followers, and Facebook followers
- Sponsorship listing and logo placement in paid advertising
- Sixteen (16) Patron & Preview Party Tickets
- Six (6) Gold Section lecture seats (limited capacity)
- Six (6) seats for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
Iris | $5,000
- Art in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website that is promoted to our email subscribers, Instagram followers, and Facebook followers
- Sponsorship listing and logo placement in paid advertising
- Ten (10) Patron & PreviewParty Tickets
- Four (4) Gold Section lecture seats (limited capacity)
- Four (4) seats for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
Orchid | $2,500
- Art in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website that is promoted to our email subscribers, Instagram followers, and Facebook followers
- Sponsorship listing and logo placement in paid advertising
- Eight (8) Patron & Preview Party Tickets
- Two (2) Gold Section lecture seats (limited capacity)
- Two (2) seats for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
Magnolia | $1,000
- Art in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website that is promoted to our email subscribers, Instagram followers, and Facebook followers
- Four (4) Patron & Preview Party Tickets
- Two (2) Gold Section lecture seats (limited capacity)
- Two (2) seats for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
Gardenia | $650
- Art in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website that is promoted to our email subscribers, Instagram followers, and Facebook followers
- Two (2) Patron & Preview Party Tickets
- Two (2) Silver Section lecture seats (limited capacity)
- Two (2) seats for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
Hibiscus | $500
- Art in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website that is promoted to our email subscribers, Instagram followers, and Facebook followers
- Two (2) Patron & Preview Party Tickets
- One (1) Silver Section lecture seat (limited capacity)
- One (1) seat for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
Camellia | $350
- Art in Bloom will acknowledge your generosity with a listing on event promotion: including printed invitations and programs and a link to your corporate event webpage on the NOMA website that is promoted to our email subscribers, Instagram followers, and Facebook followers
- One (1) Patron & Preview Party ticket
- One (1) lecture seat (limited capacity)
- One (1) seat for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
Azalea for Two | $350
- Two (2) Patron & Preview Party tickets
Azalea for One | $175
- One (1) Patron & Preview Party ticket
Lecture Series Only | $100
- One (1) lecture seat (limited capacity)
SOLD OUT
Luncheon Only | $125
- One (1) seat for the luncheon and fashion show (limited capacity)
SOLD OUT