San Diego Museum of Art’s Annual Art Alive Event Goes Virtual – NBC 7 San Diego

A
springtime tradition in San Diego’s culture and arts scene is going virtual: Art
Alive – the San Diego Museum of Art’s long-running event – plans to bloom
online this weekend.

Now in its 39^th year, the Art Alive exhibition takes place on a long weekend in April every year at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. The exhibition typically features 100 floral designers’ interpretations of some of the museum’s masterpieces. The floral arrangements are displayed next to each corresponding artwork so visitors can take in both versions at once.

Like
other museums of its kind at Balboa Park, the San Diego Museum of Art has been
shuttered since last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.

But that
won’t stop the museum from sharing its big event with visitors – at least in
the digital landscape.

The
museum said Art Alive 2020 will be dubbed #VirtualArtAlive and is set to go down
from April 24 to April 26. It’ll be completely hosted online so visitors can enjoy
it from home. It’s the first time in the event’s nearly four-decade history
that it’ll go this route.

So,
here’s how it’ll work.

Visitors
are invited to follow the museum’s social media channels – Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – Friday through Sunday at 3 p.m.
for content featuring floral art interpretations over the years. The channels
will also feature fun facts about Art Alive, plus a dance party, cocktail
recipes and an art demo.

Now,
each year, Art Alive officially kicks off with its Bloom Bash, a big party
featuring art, activities and vendors. Last year, the Bloom Bash expanded into
Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama and, before the museum’s temporary closure, the
plan was for that to happen again.

For Virtual Art Alive, the Bloom Bash party will be hosted via Instagram Live at 7 p.m. Friday and will feature a music set by DJ Gabe Vega. The museum said attendees are encouraged to dress up, make a cocktail and dance it out.

Keeping
in theme with the stay at home world we’re living in, Art Alive organizers also
plan to feature an online exhibition of works interpreted by designers using
items from home. On Sunday, visitors can take part in a step-by-step tutorial
for making crepe paper flowers at home.

Visitors
will also have a chance to submit their own photos and memories from Art Alive
for a chance to be featured by the museum.

Art
Alive is the San Diego Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser that helps support the
venue’s ongoing education and outreach programs, and its special exhibitions.

This
year, the Virtual Art Alive events are free, but the museum said those who wish
to donate can do so online
here.

The Art Alive tradition blossomed 39 years ago and each year, about 12,000
visitors stroll through the San Diego Museum of Art to check out the flower
exhibition.

For a few years, the museum’s staff has been making a fun video to draw visitors to the event and before the pandemic, they released this video for Art Alive 2020. So, crank it up and move and groove, and take yourself to the art, even from home.

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