Glorious Annual Flower Exhibition is now in its 28th Year and has Raised Nearly $5 Million for the Fine Arts Museums

San Francisco, November 2011—Over 140 of the Bay Area’s most innovative and sought after floral designers create a spectacular array of floral arrangements in the de Young Museum for Bouquets to Art 2012. In creating their arrangements, these designers pay tribute to and draw... [read more]

Glorious Annual Flower Exhibition is now in its 28th Year and has Raised Nearly $5 Million for the Fine Arts Museums

San Francisco, November 2011—Over 140 of the Bay Area’s most innovative and sought after floral designers create a spectacular array of floral arrangements in the de Young Museum for Bouquets to Art 2012. In creating their arrangements, these designers pay tribute to and draw inspiration from the art in the de Young’s permanent collections. The annual five-day event—presenting floral designs that range from the stunningly simple to the elaborately complex—attracts a large and enthusiastic following from the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Lively and engaging floral demonstrations by noted local, national and international floral designers, and luncheons and afternoon teas by McCalls on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday complement the flower-bedecked galleries and public spaces in the museum. Bouquets to Art 2012 concludes on Saturday, March 17, with a raffle drawing of deluxe prizes that include jewelry, travel packages and other luxury items.
28 Years of Bouquets to Art

In the 28 years since its inception, this popular and much anticipated event has drawn over 600,500 visitors and raised nearly $5 million in net proceeds. Funds from Bouquets to Art have been used to help underwrite an impressive roster of special exhibitions, art acquisitions, educational programs and special projects at the Legion of Honor and the de Young Museum. Proceeds from Bouquets to Art 2011 were used to fund, in part, Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power from the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, on view at the de Young through February 12, 2012. This exhibition provides visitors with an exclusive opportunity to view a selection of paintings from one of the world’s finest collections, including works by Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Mantegna.