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Plant life imitates art at St. Petersburg museum

 
Designer Kathy LaDuke, St. Pete Beach, of Ikebana International, St. Petersburg,  looks over her floral design, right, Friday, March 13, 2015, a the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts. LaDuke was working with the Byobu, or painted screen/room divider called "Cranes in a Landscape," seen in the background.  LaDuke and other designers created floral designs as part of the annual Art In Bloom show, sponsored by the museum and the The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society. Art In Bloom, where designers interpret individual works with floral designs in the museum's collection, runs through March 16. For information, call the museum at 727-896-2667.
Designer Kathy LaDuke, St. Pete Beach, of Ikebana International, St. Petersburg, looks over her floral design, right, Friday, March 13, 2015, a the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts. LaDuke was working with the Byobu, or painted screen/room divider called "Cranes in a Landscape," seen in the background. LaDuke and other designers created floral designs as part of the annual Art In Bloom show, sponsored by the museum and the The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society. Art In Bloom, where designers interpret individual works with floral designs in the museum's collection, runs through March 16. For information, call the museum at 727-896-2667.
Published March 14, 2015

SCOTT KEELER | Times

Kathy LaDuke, of Ikebana International Chapter 65 in St. Petersburg, looks over her floral design on Friday at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. LaDuke's display uses the byobu, a painted Japanese folding screen, called Cranes in a Landscape, seen in the background. LaDuke and others are creating designs as part of the annual Art In Bloom show sponsored by the museum and the Margaret Acheson Stuart Society, which supports the downtown museum. The event, where designers interpret individual works in the museum's collection through floral designs, runs through Monday. For information, call the museum at (727) 896-2667.