Despite North Texas being in fundraising overdrive for 2017, plans are already being revealed for 2018. The annual Art In Bloom (AIB) is already set at the Dallas Museum of Art for Monday, March 26, thanks to AIB Chair Dyann Skelton.
She’s already got Barbara and Steve Durham on board as the honorary co-chairs and the theme — Power Of Flowers.
In addition to a reception, seated luncheon, fashion show and live auction, Dyann has arranged for NYC-based street artist Michael De Feo to be the featured speaker. Over the past 25 years, Michael’s work has been displayed in more than 60 cities around the world. His “most recent investigations are a re-working of fashion imagery from magazine ads to bus-stop shelter advertisements by painting cascades of multi-colored petals onto the printed images.”
According to Dyann, “We are thrilled to have Michael De Feo as our featured speaker for the 2018 Art in Bloom. Perhaps best known in the street art movement for his iconic flower images around the world under the moniker, the Flower Guy, we are thrilled that he is joining us here in Dallas and will entertain us with his floral interpretations, while sharing his path to success. As an extra treat for attendees, he will create an original work to be auctioned off at the event.”
And the timing is just perfect for guests to check out Flowers — An Exhibition that will be making an encore with a “unique display of floral arrangements created by local designers and inspired by works of art from the Museum’s permanent collection” in the Museum’s Level 2 European galleries.
Funds from the Dallas Museum of Art League’s event will benefit the DMA’s education programs First Tuesdays and Teen Tours and the League’s Flora Endowment Fund.
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* Photo provided by Dallas Museum of Art League