Art in Bloom - In Memory of Mim Foley
Saturday & Sunday, May 7 & 8 • 11AM – 5PM
Saturday & Sunday, May 7 & 8 • 11AM – 5PM
A special event to honor Mim and Bud Foley that provides a colorful, scented and textural counterpoint to the current exhibition, Science Stories. The gallery will be transformed during this vibrant two-day festival of flowers. Designers will be selected from throughout the local community, with a special invitation extended to Mim Foley’s beloved friends at the Port Angeles Garden Club. Participants will select works from our current exhibition to be interpreted in original botanical arrangements.
Art in Bloom | Free
Saturday and Sunday, May 7-8 | 11AM-5PM
Flower Bar | $30/$35, buy tickets in advance
Saturday, May 8 | 11AM-2PM
Flowers donated by Tin Can Floral and River's Edge Farmstead!
Plant a Pansy | Free, kids 12 and under
Saturday, May 8 | 11AM-5PM
Flowers donated by The Airport Garden Center!
Saturday and Sunday, May 7-8 | 11AM-5PM
Flower Bar | $30/$35, buy tickets in advance
Saturday, May 8 | 11AM-2PM
Flowers donated by Tin Can Floral and River's Edge Farmstead!
Plant a Pansy | Free, kids 12 and under
Saturday, May 8 | 11AM-5PM
Flowers donated by The Airport Garden Center!
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Saturday, May 7, 2022
11AM-2PM Get inspired to create your own original floral arrangement with a vibrant selection of fresh locally-grown flowers and greenery! We're teaming up with flower farmers from River's Edge Farmstead and Tin Can Floral to offer this fun new addition to the Art in Bloom festivities. |
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Take in the original floral arrangements created by local designers in response to the 'Science Stories' exhibition, then head out to the courtyard Flower Bar, where we'll have everything you need to design your own striking arrangement.
$30 for members | $35 for general tickets
Tickets are limited, so please sign up early!
11am - 12pm | 10 slots
12pm - 1pm | 10 slots
1pm - 2pm | 10 slots
Ticket includes vessel, locally-grown flowers, all necessary tools, and basic instruction. All proceeds will support local flower farmers and programming at the PAFAC.
Tickets are limited, so please sign up early!
11am - 12pm | 10 slots
12pm - 1pm | 10 slots
1pm - 2pm | 10 slots
Ticket includes vessel, locally-grown flowers, all necessary tools, and basic instruction. All proceeds will support local flower farmers and programming at the PAFAC.
About Mim and Bud Foley
Mim Foley was involved with the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center for decades in various volunteer positions and served as president of the Friends of PAFAC. She was instrumental in raising awareness of the Center’s mission. As a docent, she lead tours for school children, she wrote grants, and she also had another love: flowers.
“My mother wanted to spend Mother’s Day weekend with a family activity that combined her two great loves: gardening and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center” remembers Irene Alltucker, Mim’s daughter. Gathering a group of master gardener friends and art appreciators, Art in Bloom became a reality. Fellow credentialed flower arrangers meet once a year to interpret the art on display. They’ve developed a bond over their passions.
On May 5, 2010, just after Mother’s Day weekend, Mim Foley died in an auto accident a block away from the Arts Center. Her husband, Bud, created a legacy program for Mim and committed his support to Art In Bloom to honor her. Bud passed away in 2016, but his love for Mim continues on through his generosity.
Mim’s friends and local floral designers will arrange the flowers Friday morning. The group will go to lunch at the same spot they’ve always gone and they’ll toast Mim, and Bud, and another successful year of flowers imitating art. We invite you to consider adding to this legacy of art and flowers by making a contribution to the Art in Bloom program.
“My mother wanted to spend Mother’s Day weekend with a family activity that combined her two great loves: gardening and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center” remembers Irene Alltucker, Mim’s daughter. Gathering a group of master gardener friends and art appreciators, Art in Bloom became a reality. Fellow credentialed flower arrangers meet once a year to interpret the art on display. They’ve developed a bond over their passions.
On May 5, 2010, just after Mother’s Day weekend, Mim Foley died in an auto accident a block away from the Arts Center. Her husband, Bud, created a legacy program for Mim and committed his support to Art In Bloom to honor her. Bud passed away in 2016, but his love for Mim continues on through his generosity.
Mim’s friends and local floral designers will arrange the flowers Friday morning. The group will go to lunch at the same spot they’ve always gone and they’ll toast Mim, and Bud, and another successful year of flowers imitating art. We invite you to consider adding to this legacy of art and flowers by making a contribution to the Art in Bloom program.
To keep Art in Bloom growing, please donate today.
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