A design by a member of Shaker Lakes Garden Club, Isa Ranganathan, interpreting an untitled 1965-66 work by Larry Zox, received the GCA Best in Show Award in Floral Design. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Four noted professional florists and designers from Northeast Ohio presented large designs interpreting the Beauty Reigns exhibition. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Colleen Wernig’s design inspired by Lady in Red by William Sommer. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Four designs by members joining AGC since 2011, complementing We Came From the Stars by Jose Alvarez. The blue ribbon was won by Val Torrens. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
The Artist and His Wife by Elmer Novotny, as portrayed by Marguerite Tremelin. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Donna Bender received the AGC Edna R. Sewell Bowl for Best in Show in Floral Design for her creation complementing Paul Henry Ramirez’s art installation, Edging into Excess. Bender’s design also garnered the GCA Harriet DeWaele Puckett Creativity Award, recognizing a uniquely skillful and creative response. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Girl in White by William Merritt Chase, as interpreted by Kyra Bosnik and Lisa Dietrich. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Candy Grisi and Jan Hutchinson won the AGC Beauty Reigns Director’s Award, chosen by the Akron Art Museum executive director and CEO; the AGC True Colors Award for most captivating use of color; and the AGC Duet Award, for a unique and skillful response by a partnership entry. The mass design interpreted Christopher Pekoc’s Shadows (The Chinese Room Remembered, in Red). Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Robin Hardman’s interpretation of Symphony in Green and Gold by Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack
Pam McMillen received the GCA Sandra Baylor Novice Floral Design Award for a design interpreting Paul Henry Ramirez’s art installation, Edging into Excess. Photo credit for all images: Joe Levack