Art Alive Offers a Variety of Floral Experiences to Benefit Guests
The San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) is in full bloom this spring, with floral designers interpreting works of art and architecture into vibrant floral displays from April 24 to April 27, 2025. Art Alive is the Museum’s signature annual fundraiser, providing critical year-round support for exhibitions, education, and outreach programs in the community. This year, the tenth edition of the Art Alive kick-off party Bloom Bash promises to make a splash with its most colorful and large-scale festivities yet.
Art Alive brings a dazzling array of nearly 80 colorful floral arrangements interpreting art and architecture throughout the Museum to the San Diego community. The theme for Art Alive 2025 celebrates the groundbreaking architectural designs of Lord Norman Foster and his internationally renowned studio Foster + Partners. For the first time in the 44 years of Art Alive, floral designers will not only be sharing their botanical creations interpreting paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture, but also creating floral interpretations inspired by architecture. In addition to nearly 100 tabletop floral arrangements throughout the Museum, the theme will be brought to life in the two-story Museum entry rotunda by Art Alive 2025 Rotunda Designer Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz – a wife-and-husband team comprised of a floral designer and an engineer, who previously partnered with Art Alive in 2018.
“The Art Alive floral exhibition has become a beloved tradition for the region attracting more than 13,000 visitors throughout the four days of events,” shares Roxana Velásquez, Maruja Baldwin executive director and CEO of The San Diego Museum of Art. “This year’s Art Alive is sure to be a showstopper and we’re thrilled to create this captivating dialogue between art, architecture, and nature with the community.”
The kick-off party to Art Alive weekend is Bloom Bash, which returns this year for its tenth edition on Friday, April 25, offering immersive art installations; live performances from past event favorites including saxophonist Erisa Nicole; sweet and savory bites from more than 35 top eateries; and signature cocktails, craft beer and upscale wines. The 21+ party also features a Ferris wheel in the Plaza de Panama outside the Museum, live music, unique performances, and dancing. On top of honoring the craft of architecture, this year’s edition of the soiree is metamorphosis themed, with both local and nationally recognized artists contributing butterfly-inspired art installations sure to envelop attendees in an ethereal evening of celebration. Featured artists with installations on view during the event and throughout Art Alive weekend include Christopher Schardt and German Corrales.
In addition to the four-day Art Alive floral exhibition, further celebratory weekend festivities include the Museum’s creative black-tie gala, the Premiere Dinner, on Thursday, April 24; the tenth edition of Bloom Bash, the Museum’s kick-off party to Art Alive weekend for foodies and culture makers aged 21+ on Friday, April 25; and the Garden of Activities, bringing hands-on art-making for artists of all ages to the Museum’s sculpture garden on Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27. The 2025 Art Alive floral exhibition will be on display to the public Friday, April 25, from noon to 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27.
General admission is complimentary for members, but time tickets must be reserved. Timed tickets are now available online at www.SDMArt.org/ArtAlive and by phone at 619.696.1999. Timed tickets are required, and entry is anytime within the designated hours. Guests can enjoy Art Alive at their own pace; exit is not timed. Bloom Bash and Premiere Dinner tickets are sold separately and now on sale.
The San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) is located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101.
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