Social Seens... Photography by Gram
Art in Bloom
The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society and the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg’s 21st Art in Bloom benefit for the museum
was co-chaired by Liz Heinkel and Sidney Bayne. Art in Bloom is an opportunity for the public to view 48 floral arrangements
that were designed to reflect and complement works of art on display at the museum. “Flowers After Hours,” the opening
patrons party, was co-chaired by Deann Coop and Mary Anna Murphy, and featured southern fare from Elizabeth Heiskell’s
latest cookbook. Elizabeth spoke at the “What Can I Bring?” luncheon that was co-chaired by Augusta Harvard and Susan Reiter.
Deann Coop and her husband Tim enjoyed
the Flowers After Hours preview party for
Art in Bloom patrons that she co-chaired with
Mary Anna Murphy.
Patron Liz Heinkel and sponsor chair
Sidney Bayne were the co-chairs for
the Stuart Society’s entire Art in Bloom
weekend of activities.
Committee member Linda Oelschlaeger and
her husband Ed admired the decorations
that she helped oversee for the Flowers After
Hours patrons party.
Kristen Shepherd, Museum of Fine Arts
executive director, thanked the Margaret
Acheson Stuart Society President Maggi
McQueen for the successful benefit she
MAY/JUNE 2018 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 165
helped underwrite.
Ed Maloof congratulated his wife Mary, who
was Art in Bloom’s floral installation chair, on
one of the two floral arrangements she created.
Harry and Joan McCreary, who support a
variety of local fundraisers, admired the
beautiful floral arrangements within the
museum’s galleries.