Jill Weinlein
This twelvemonth The Flower Fields successful Carlsbad, a formation municipality successful Northern San Diego is celebrating a rainbow of ranunculus acknowledgment to an abundance of rain. "Ranunculus emotion rain, and this twelvemonth their stems are thicker and their colors are bolder," said Fred Clarke, the General Manager of The Flower Fields astatine Carlsbad Ranch. The 2023 season’s taxable is “Live Colorfully” and according to Clarke, “Visitors can’t assistance but grin erstwhile they are here.”
Jill Weinlein
Celebrating the instrumentality of Art Alive, The San Diego Museum of Art chose San Diego artist, muralist and photographer, Thao Huynh French to overgarment a mural astatine The Flower Fields. Using bold colors, her mural inspires visitors to larn astir the museum's upcoming signature fundraiser connected March 30 done April 2.
Throughout the play determination volition beryllium an awesome show of colorful floral arrangements interpreting works of creation from the museum’s collection. Throughout the 4 days, immersive events see a meal filled with culinary delights, plot activities and peculiar exhibits.
Art Alive helps The San Diego Museum of Art rise funds to supply indispensable enactment for the Museum’s exhibitions, education, and outreach programs. It's an expressionistic detonation of colour featuring the beauteous elegance of nature.
The Art Alive 2023 Premiere Dinner connected Thursday, March 30 begins astatine 6:30 to 11 p.m. On Friday, March 31, members tin preview the Art Alive Floral Exhibition earlier the public, and aboriginal be the Bloom Bath evening of festivities. On Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2, the Art Alive Floral Exhibition opens astatine 10 a.m., and determination volition beryllium plot activities from noon to 4 p.m.
Jill Weinlein
Thao Huynh French 'Live Colorfully' mural successful the Butterfly Garden area, is simply a thought provoking communal abstraction of solitude. In a statement, French shared, 'In an situation afloat of overstimulation, distractions and chaos, this portion is designed arsenic a signifier of refuge for the caput and soul.' She uses flowers successful her enactment a batch arsenic a emotion connection to herself and to others.
Born successful Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, she moved to Fresno, California arsenic a child, and aboriginal moved to San Diego. 'We are reminded regular of conscionable however overwhelming the satellite tin beryllium and however determination is an accent connected the differences betwixt us,' she shared. 'We are each searching for the quality successful mundane and successful tiny moments of joy, adjacent erstwhile we don't consciousness those things wrong us.
Her manus and spray painted mural of flowers and textures are inspired by each of the elements of Joy-Abundance-Play and successful her lawsuit originative freedom. Her anticipation is that each visitant experiences this too.
Jill Weinlein
Known arsenic a co-founder of Mindful Murals, a originative societal endeavor with the ngo of bringing communities unneurotic done the powerfulness of Art, French and her hubby and concern spouse person painted implicit 400 interactive murals for schools and nationalist spaces successful Southern California to Mexico City. French's idiosyncratic artwork explores antithetic varieties of flowers and her Asian American heritage. She uses acrylic and spray overgarment arsenic superior mediums with nary bounds to usage of color.
Jill Weinlein
Visitors tin thrust a wagon pulled by a tractor and be immersive events and activities that clasp this year's taxable astatine The Flower Fields. Events see Meditation and Sound Healing Workshop, a Flower Design Workshop, Wine Tasting, Picnic successful the Flowers and a Toddler and Me Yoga Story Time astir plants and flora.
The American Flag of Flowers, Artist Gardens, Sweet Pea Maze and Cymbidium Orchid Greenhouse are ever a instrumentality favorite. This play volition extremity with the iconic Mother’s Day Celebration connected Sunday, May 14.