arts & entertainment

The Vero Beach Museum of Art invites the community to view this year’s amazing Art in Bloom floral displays, on view Thursday, March 5, at 2 p.m. through Sunday, March 8. The arrangements, designed by local artists and inspired by works in the permanent collection and materials in Museum in the Garden exhibition, will be displayed near the interpreted artworks in VBMA’s Holmen Hallway and Schumann and Stark galleries.

Participating designers include:

• Ginger DeSimone
• Hollis Forbes
• Julie Herrmann
• Ann Jones and Ann Webber
• Leontine LaPointe
• Cress Meier and Christy Maxwell
• Elaine Sigler

Exhibition Chair: Julie Herrmann

Luncheon Chairs: Middy Perkins and Alden Pflager

Weekend exhibition hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission fees apply.

Vero Beach Museum of Art is grateful to our 2026 Art in Bloom Sponsors:

PRESENTING SPONSOR
William and Carolyn Stutt

SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Nancy Kingsbury
David and Barbara McDonald

SUPPORTING SPONSORS continued
Middy and Peter Perkins
Emily Sherwood

Noteworthy By Design

PRIVATE DINNER SPONSOR
Kate Carrafiell

PREMIER SPONSORS
Hollis Forbes
Patricia Petersen

PATRON SPONSORS
Jackie Bell and Jane Coley
Susan Bouma
Marcia Floyd
Nancy Gotfredson
Kathy Hayes
Joan Hoben
John’s Island Real Estate
Courtney Kagan
Tina Nickle
Courtney Clark Pastrick
Alden and Terry Pflager
The Hill Group
Kristine Trustey
Beth Werwaiss

FLORAL SPONSOR
Scott and Molly Hurley

BENEFACTOR SPONSORS
Cynthia Bolton and Kathryn Lebey
Lisa Bullock
Ben and Leigh Carpenter
Marilynn J. Goldsmith
Marcy Gookin
Susan Hanson
Barbara Hotchkiss
Susie Hunter
Lynn Ingrassia
Madeline Long
BENEFACTOR SPONSORS continued
Brooke Megrue
Joanie Paulsen
Diane Hutchinson Reilly
Penny Saridakis
Paula Shorts
Susie Smith
Patricia Terrien
The Kleinschmidt Foundation
Nancy Van Dyke
Teresa Winslow

EVENT SPONSORS
Vicki Aspbury
Margaret Bragg
Cynthia Broten
Molly Butler Hart and Michael D. Griffin
Citrus
Francie Cramb
Barbara Detwiler
Liz Farnsworth
Kathy Flatley
Karen Fox
Gael Habernickel
Sue Hammond
Barbara Hathaway
Michelle Julian
Laura Lee Montross
Anne C. Noonan
PNC Private Bank
Eilis Powers
Nancy Ross
Lauren Razook Roth
Pamela Sheiffer
Paula and Bernie Swain
Diane Tingue
Delia Willsey