The Voice of East Bay Living

The latest current exhibition  at the De Young museum is called Jewel City .This exhibition revisits the vital moment when San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exhibition which celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, the reconstruction following the great earthquake and the World's Fair.  At the time, it covered 76 city blocks and contained more than 11,000 paintings,sculptures,prints and photographs from all over the world. In spite of World War One approaching, many European artists were able  to participate. The current exhibition has reassembled more than 200 works which were on display for this amazing event. View this exhibit at the De Young museum until January 10, 2016.

Every Spring, the de Young Museum presents the Bouquets to Art . This amazing exhibition presents the best floral designers in the Bay Area whose individual floral designs follow the themes of the paintings on exhibition. ^Sheila Sabine - Out and About - de Young Museum in San Francisco

Photos from the inspiring Bouquets to Art at the De Young Museum.

Bouquets to Art   is celebrating 30 years of Art through flowers this exciting show opens at the DeYoung Museum March 18th-March 23rd. Over 130 floral designers thruout the Bay Area create dazzling creations with fresh flowerrs, branches, dried twigs and all kinds of materials. Each arrangement is placed  next to one of the paintings on exhibit--suggesting a similar theme between arrangement and painting.  It is truly an exceptionally great event worth experiencing.