Art in Bloom 2024 | Montclair Art Museum

MAM's biennial celebration of floral design will bloom again this spring! Celebrate Art in Bloom with a Floral Exhibition on view from May 15–19. This special exhibition will also be on view during MAM’s must-attend annual springtime celebrations: An Artful Lunch and MAM Art Gala. Join us for this intersection of art and nature as designers bring masterpieces to life with their creative interpretations.

"An Artful Lunch: Thursday, May 16, 2024" (written in white on orange background)

Honoring
Cynthia Corhan-Aitken
MAM Trustee and Art in Bloom Floral Design Chair

AAPI New Jersey
Cultural, Education, and Advocacy Organization for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across New Jersey

"MAM Art Gala: Saturday, May 18, 2024" (written in white text on pink background)

Honoring
Lynn Glasser
Longtime MAM Trustee and Champion of Legal and Business Education

Philemona Williamson
Internationally Acclaimed Artist

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Event Co-Chairs
Betty Jagoda Murphy
Ritesh Patel
Cheryl Slutzky

From Past Art in Bloom Exhibitions

A floral arrangement sits in front and to the right of an artwork in the MAM galleries. This is part of a biennial celebration of floral design.

A floral arrangement sits in front and to the left of an artwork in the MAM galleries. This is part of a biennial celebration of floral design.

Gail Bassolino's Art in Bloom 2018 floral design submission

Kate Kachaturian and Michelle Quinn's collaborative 2018 floral design exhibition submission

^{For more information, contact Abigail Paternina, Development Associate, Special Events at [email protected] or 973-259-5120.}

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors*

An Artful Lunch

Tulip
Cynthia Corhan-Aitken and Murray Aitken
Alexis and Ed Davis
Jeanine B. Downie, M.D. and Michael Heningburg, Jr., Esq
Lynn Glasser
Deborah and Peter Hirsch
Christine James and Nick De Toustain
Janice and Mark Linaugh
Cheryl and Marc Slutzky
Sharon and Robert Taylor
Margo and Frank Walter

Iris
Olga and Alfredo Bequillard
Terri Breen
Laura Kiesewetter
Paul, Weiss
Marisabel and Jerome Raymond
Linda and Brian Sterling

Hyacinth
Susan Brady Abadan
Adunni Slackman Anderson
Linny and Rick Andlinger
Lana Masor
Lynn and Glenn Reiter
Joan and Donald Zief

MAM Art Gala

Watercolor
Lynn Glasser
Christine James and Nick De Toustain
Sharon and Robert Taylor
Margo and Frank Walter

Acrylic
Izumi Hara and David Koschik

Gouache
Lisa and Joseph Amato
Neuberger Berman
Lisa and Kurt D'Alessandro
Jeanine B. Downie, M.D. and Michael Heningburg, Jr., Esq.
Wendy and Andrew Lacey
Lynn and Glenn Reiter

Pastel
Susann and Jim Connors
Deborah and Peter Hirsch
Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott, Jr.
Lana Masor
Gretchen and Sanford Prater
Cheryl and Marc Slutzky
TD Bank
Joan and Donald Zief

Varnish
Linny and Rick Andlinger
Heather and Vincent Benjamin
Joanne and Fred Langbein
Ivonne and Jon Ruggles

*As of 4/16/24

^{Event Committee}

^{Susan Brady Abadan

Adunni Slackman Anderson

Barbara Baletti

Heather Benjamin

Olga Bequillard

Jeanne Byrd

Joahne Carter

Suna Chang (Potenza)

Sara Close

Susann Connors}

^{Alexis Davis

Izumi Hara

Susan Hatzopoulos

Deborah Hirsch

Christine James

Joanne Langbein

Jennifer Ley

Janice Linaugh

Lana Masor

Diana Mora}

^{Joyce Pokoy-Kurtulus

Gretchen Prater

Amy Putman

Lynn Reiter

Patricia Selden

Linda Sterling

Kim Walker

Margo Walter

Laura Wiener

Sue Young}

^{*As of 1/30/24}

^{2024 Participating Designers}

^{Fran Ackerly and

Floss O'Sullivan

Barbara Baletti

Gail Bassolino

Susan Benner

Olga Bequillard

Terri Binder

Susan Brady Abadan

Carol Callahan

Cynthia Corhan-Aitken

Anna Coy

Theodora Falcone}

^{Jessica Fleming

Karen Fricke

Bloombox Flowers

Nancy Gerber

Joyce Hamrah

Victoria Herrera

Deborah Hirsch

Linda Rose Khoyan

Laura Kiesewetter

Karen Kratina

Laurie Kroll

Florence Leyssene}

^{Timothy Mannion

Cathy Miller

Sydney Milliken

Ana Zalles Moore

Deborah Moran

Betty Murphy

Tova Narrett

Roberto Pagan

Abigail Paternina

Gretchen Prater

Michele Quinn

Celia Radek}

^{Marisabel Raymond

Sharon Ronk

Cheryl Slutzky

Sarah Stransky

Susan Straten and

Nancy Foster

Michele Tomasik

Laura Weiner

Sue Young

Lauren Zodel}