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Marguerite Alpert
Artist - The Flowered Press
Email: info@thefloweredpress.com
Website: www.thefloweredpress.com
Instagram: @thefloweredpress
Creative Ground: https://www.creativeground.org/profile/flowered-press
Professional summary
I am a lifelong gardener and have created pressed plant art for over 30 years. I focus on growing and harvesting, deconstructing plant material, pressing, and creating designs. I am an active exhibiting artist and participate in juried art events and exhibitions. I conduct workshops and accept commissions and speaking engagements. My formal education focused on both art and horticulture.
Education
1980-1982, Art, Providence College, Providence, RI
1985 BS, Plant and Soil Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Events *juried events
2024
August 10 and 11, Mystic Outdoor Art Festival*, Mystic, CT
July 19-21 Guilford Art Expo*, Guilford, CT
May 25-27 Paradise City Art Festival*, Northampton, MA
May 3-5, 41st Fine Art and Flowers*, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
March 22 - 24, Paradise City Art Festival*, Marlborough, MA
2023
October 13 - 14, Roseland Cottage Fine Arts and Crafts Festival*, Woodstock, CT
September 9, Codman Estate Fine Arts and Crafts Festival*, Lincoln, MA
August 26, Porchfest, Wethersfield, CT
August 13 and 14, Mystic Outdoor Art Festival*, Mystic, CT
April 28 - 30, 40th Annual Fine Art and Flowers*, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
March 27, 2023, Women’s Craft Celebration*, Elizabeth Park Pond House, West Hartford, CT
2022
December, Winterfair, Hartford, CT
August, Porchfest, Wethersfield, CT
2021
November, Wethersfield Pop Up, Wethersfield, CT
November, Old Cider Mill vendor fair, Glastonbury, CT
Exhibitions
2024
July 9 - August 9, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts National Open Juried Exhibition, Exhale and Frilled, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
January 27– March 2, CAFA+ Members, Infinity, online exhibit
2023
November 4 – December 9, CAFA+ Emergence, Zen, national online exhibit
June 10 - July 22, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts National Open Juried Exhibition, Anahata, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Sill House Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
March 1 – 31, NorthWind Fine Art Gallery, Oxygen and Deb’s Doily, national online exhibit
Media
2024
May, Artscope Magazine mention online
June, Wethersfield Life article
Commissions
2023
July, wedding, Anna and Ethan, pressed bridal arrangements, Mattapoisett, MA
2020
August, wedding, Ashley and Sam, pressed bridal arrangements, Ipswich, MA
October, wedding, Katie and Nate, pressed bridal arrangements, Dennis, MA
Lectures
2024
June 13, Panelist for “Making Connections” a SCORE Summer Social business meeting, Lyman Orchards Golf Course, Middlefield, CT
May 6, History and Process Talk, Gardeners of New Canaan, private home
Instruction
2024
July, Press and Design Workshop, Lori Warner Studio/Gallery, Chester, CT
April, Press and Design Workshop, White Flower Farm, Morris, CT
March, Design Workshop, ImmaCare with Shine Your Light CT, Hartford, CT
2023
August, Press and Design Workshop, Lori Warner Studio/Gallery, Chester, CT
June, Press and Design Workshop, Lori Warner Studio/Gallery, Chester, CT
Business Patrons
New York Botanical Garden Shop, South Bronx, New York
The Museum Shop, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
The White Flower Farm, Morris, CT
NatureWorks, Northford, CT
Lori Warner Art Gallery / Swoon Boutique, Chester, CT
Woodland Gardens, Manchester, CT
Fab Finds, Foxboro, MA
Bloom Bake Shop, Hartford, CT
Debra’s Natural Gourmet, West Concord, MA
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Curated House, Glastonbury, CT
Membership/Affiliations
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts – Associate Member
Wethersfield Art Academy