Art in Bloom

The Garden Club of Gloucester's 59th Annual Daffodil Show is an American Daffodil Society Accredited show. The Show will be held March 28-29, 2009, at Page Middle School, 5628 George Washington Highway, Gloucester, Virginia. For more information on horticulture divison, contact Joan Jackson at (804) 693-6266.

The Artistic Division theme is "Art in Bloom", interpreting works of art through flower arranging. Create your flower version of one of the given art works with your choice of plant material. Artistic Division rules are listed in our Daffodil Show schedule.

There are eleven artistic classes. Classes 230 through 238 are limited to 4 entries each.

Copies of the art work are online here or at the Court House branch of the Gloucester Library (front desk). The art work featured in the Phoenix Art Group calendar will also be at the Library, or the calendar may be purchased at Twice Told Tales, Main Street, Gloucester.

Once you have registered for your class, a copy of your selected art work will be mailed to you upon request. Preregistration is required by March 22 to Shannah Cooper, (804) 693-5559.

Preregistration information for Youth Artistic Division is listed in class 239 and class 240.

PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION -
Photography Division is part of the American Daffodil Society schedule.
There are four classes in the Photography Division:
Class 226, Daffodils in Nature or in a Landscape. A display of spring plants including daffodils. The site must be visible from a public thoroughfare or public property in Gloucester County or Mathews County ; Class 227, Portraits of Daffodils. A close-up of a single daffodil bloom or up to three blooms of a single cultivar; Class 228, Daffodils with People or Animals, and Class 229 Youth Photography. Photography must feature daffodils. (Ages 18 or under).

Class 230 - Windmills near Zaandam

Windmills near Zaandam (1872)

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Winner: Joan Jackson

This entry received

Best Arrangement in Show Award.

Creating a design interpreting Monet's Impressionistic painting.

An Interpretive Design: A design that suggests a given theme.

Class 231 - La Clownesse Cha-U-KAO

La Clownesse

Cha-U-KAO (1895)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

(1864-1901

Winner for class:

Sarah Finney

Additional award:

The Most Creative

Arrangement in Show

This arrangement

was to suggest Cha-U-KAO, the fun-loving clown whose name meant noise and chaos.

An Interpretative Design: A design that suggests a given theme.

Class 232 - Drama

Drama

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)

Winner: Alexandria Watkins of Gloucester

Use shape and color to convey the dramatic feel of the total composition. A Modern French Design.

Novice Class: Open to those who have never won a blue ribbon.

A Modern French Design: The desired outcome of an arrangement in the Modern French style is to create the illusion that flowers were casually thrown together with no attention given to the arrangement of the blooms. The natural, casual style projects the feeling that one merely strolled through the garden picking bunches of blooms and casually stuffed them in a container or vase.

Class 233 - Charing Cross Bridge

Charing Cross Bridge (1906)

Andre Derain (1880-1954)

WINNER: Kitty Martin

With the combination of sensational color and free-flowing lines, create a Creative Mass Design with dynamic movement.

A Creative Mass Design gives the designer a chance to use more material than the Creative Line or Creative Line Mass require. It blends well with modern architecture and furnishings. The use of enclosed space is considered part of the mass. Striking contrast, simplicity, restraint, and lack of transitional materials are characteristic. Plant material is grouped by like color, form, or type, and then massed along lines or spaces created by lines.

Class 234 - The Starry Night

The Starry Night (1889)

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Winner: Shannah Cooper of Gloucester. This winner also received the Peoples' Choice Award.

An arrangement depicting van Gogh's vivid contrasts, bold brush strokes, and flowing lines. An interpretive arrangement.

An Interpretive Design: A design that suggests a given theme.

Class 235 - The Sower

The Sower (1888)

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Winner: Marge Masek of Gloucester

Apply the lesson from Japanese art by using strong diagonals, flat areas of pure color and whimsical shapes determined by the irregularities of nature.

In the Oriental Manner, Moribana Style, featuring water: Moribana is an arrangement done in a shallow bowl. Water is an integral part of the design. In warm weather the pin holder goes to the back of the arrangement so that we get the cooling sight of the water. This is reversed in cool weather. The pin holder goes to the front, or back right, or left of the container, with the empty part balancing the design. There are many different variations on this style.

Class 236 - Kastura

KASTURA by Frank Stella (b.1936)

WINNER: Ann Hohenberger










She expressed Stella's radical massive wall relief. This three-dimensional art cut-out challenges the traditional confines of the picture plane. An assemblage design.

An Assemblage Design: The selection and display of diverse plant materials and unrelated objects to create a unified design. These elements may be placed side by side and overlapped in an abstract concept. Containers not used as such. Types of assemblage are free-standing or sculptural, displayed in a niche, or mounted on a panel (collage). A combination of these is sometimes used.

Class 237 - Faberge

Class 237 - Faberge

Winner: Judy Doyle

Four floral designers were inspired by Faberge's eggs to create a miniature interpretive arrangement of their own original design in an egg or an egg-shaped with an element of surprise.

Peter Karl Faberge was Russian goldsmith and jeweler to the Imperial family.

A miniature interpretive Design, not to exceed five inches in any direction. To be viewed at eye level.

An Interpretive Design: A design that suggests a given theme.

Class 238 - Center Exhibit

CENTER EXHIBIT: Class 238

Winner: Kate Zullo for her interpretion of 'Changing of the Season' by Mary White. Artwork was from the 2009 calendar of the Phoenix Art Group depicting winning art of youth from Gloucester County Schools. Proceeds from the sale of the calendar go towards college scholarships.

Entrants were to select one of the art works from the 30 depicted in this year's calendar. They had the freedom to do as they wish in composing a flower arrangement interpreting one of these works of art. This class was limited to 4 entries.

It had to be an interpretive arrangement to be displayed on a table 3o" round by 42" high. The table was covered with a white floor length cloth. A top cloth could be used.

A copy of this calendar will be available to view at front desk of the Gloucester Library, Main Street, or to purchase at Twice Told Tales, Gloucester.

Youth Artistic Division - Class 239 and Class 240

Portraits of Matisse and of Picasso are done by each other.

You will not be interpreting these portraits but works done them.

Preregistration is required by March 22. Please contact Nina Watkins, (804) 642-2826, or Juli Peebles, (804) 693-0660. Arranging begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 27, in the side hall at Page Middle School. Garden Club members will be available to talk about flower arranging basics but the final design is up to the youth. Parents may not remain in the children's work area. Pick-up is at 7:30 p.m.

Class 239- Matisse (Age 6-9)

Class 240 - Picasso (Age 10-13)

Bring bright, colorful flowers and clippers and be prepared to arrange your own masterpiece interpreting one of the paintings of these famous artists. Containers and mechanics will be provided.