Last Supper
Washington National Cathedral Altar Guild
Ashley Greer
2023 installation
2nd Floor - Olmsted Gallery
The Inspiration
Last Supper
The Flowers
Florist’s inspiration: The last supper is one of the few specifically Christian artworks at Anderson House, depicting the moment at which Jesus announces he will be betrayed. Shortly after the meal, he arrested, tried, and then crucified. After he has passed, he is placed in a tomb. The time from which he was crucified to the time in which he is risen is called Lent, and this year Art in Bloom happens to fall during Lent. Traditionally during Lent the National Cathedral does not use flowering blossoms in sacred spaces as a way of remembering and paying homage to Jesus’s time in the tomb. Following that tradition, only greenery, pods, mushrooms and sticks have been used in the design.
Recipe: Olive greenery, winged euonomous, red dogwood, mushrooms, Spanish moss, fig branches and green bay leaves.
THE DESIGNER
Ashley Greer
Washington National Cathedral Altar Guild
The Altar Guild is a committed team of volunteers who play a key role in creating and maintaining the beauty that helps us enter into worship and connect with the presence of God. Their gifts include arranging flowers, polishing Communion vessels and other worship items, and caring for linens, fabrics and vestments.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Aimee Custis
Aimee Custis is a wedding and portrait photographer based in Washington DC. Her rich, luminous, and emotive style draws artistic inspiration from classical painters, street photography, and storytelling.
Her inclusive, client-centric approach to wedding photography is informed heavily by a background in hospitality, non-profit event planning, and college summers as a camp counselor. Aimee's wedding work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Washingtonian Weddings. Outside of weddings, her client list includes non-profits, hotels, and elected officials. Aimee is also the web designer behind the Art in Bloom website.
Aimee (she/they) lives in a rowhouse in Washington DC’s U Street corridor with her husband Greg and golden retriever Whiskey.
