One of the main projects that I started working on earlier in the semester is finally done! In order to gain the attention of a wide variety of audiences, especially teens and young adults, we created a flower wall perfect for taking group photos and selfies. We used paper to construct the flowers and thrift picture frames. I was amazed how one of the Museum’s volunteers Pramillia made such a gorgeous rose as the centerpiece. Kate Skelly, Janean Williams, and I came up with this idea as we originally wanted to tie this into Victorian Flower Language or Floriography because the Alexander Black House takes a lot of its inspiration from Victorian-style architecture.
As the BMCF also focuses a lot of its attention on art, I hope that the wall will also open up opportunities for craft classes or kits, especially for younger audiences. I created a blog post discussing Florigraphy in more detail and it will be accessible on the BMCF website along with QR codes placed both nearby the photo wall and on printout cards at the front desk. I am so unbelievably happy with how cute the wall looks and I hope with spring flowers blooming in Blacksburg that more people will decide to stop in for a quick photo opportunity. I’ve heard a few patrons talk about the wall as we were putting everything up, so I’m taking that as a good sign that we already have people interested.
