PDN MAY 1, 2022
​ This event surrounds a springtime tradition at the PAFAC. Art in Bloom began in 2004 and was the vision of devoted board member and volunteer Mim Foley. She who took part in the event until her passing in 2010.
 On May 5, 2010, just after Mother’s Day, Foley died in a car wreck a block away from the arts center. Foley’s husband Bud and their family and friends established a memorial fund to ensure Art in Bloom would continue. Bud died in 2016, but Art in Bloom has carried on.
 Participating in this year’s Art in Bloom main event are members of the Olympic Peninsula Judges Council of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, including Pamela Ehtee, Billie Fitch, Bernice Cook, Patty Wheatley, Tina Cozzolino, Mary Lou Paulson and Linda Nutter. All hold certificates in floral design and judging.
 Designers Julia Ahrndt, Jenny Edwards and Sandy Giles from Tin Can Floral and River’s Edge Farmstead will also display their designs in the gallery.
 Foley’s daughter, Irene Alltucker, recalled her hopes for this weekend’s event. “My mother wanted to spend Mother’s Day weekend with a family activity that combined her two great loves: gardening and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.” 

                 2022 ART IN BLOOM    MAY 4 - 5, 2022

PAM EHTEE

BILLIE FITCH

PATTY WHEATLEY

LINDA NUTTER

TINA COZZOLINO

MARY LOU PAULSON