4/7/2012 Hi, Marilyn
This doesn't quite fit your survey of floral arrangements inspired by
objects in a museum's collections. But it's in the same spirit, and I
thought you'd want to know about it.
Part 2 of the exhibition, Botanica Magnifica: Photographs by Jonathan
Singer, New Jersey State Museum (4/21/2012-8/26/2012) will include a
large photograph of a floral arrangement.
Dr. Singer commissioned Remco Van Vliet, Van Vliet & Trap, to design
the arrangement. The bouquet pays homage to the 17th century Dutch
masters who in part inspired Singer's distinctive style of botanical
photography (take a look at his book, Botanica Magnifica
http://www.abbeville.com/bookpage.asp?ISBN=9780789210333 )
You'll recognize Van Vliet's name as the Metropolitan Museum of Art's
floral/events designer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGJBC6Y1LO4
The New Jersey State Museum greets its visitors with striking flower
arrangements, underwritten by a special Friends of the Museum fund,
but I haven't noticed connections to the collections.
Karen
PS I just learned about another show and book that might also be of
interest for your research: Rosamund Purcell's photographs at the
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
http://www.ansp.org/visit/exhibits/everything-under-the-sun/ (March
3-May 20, 2012)
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS [log in to unmask]
Visiting Scholar, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars
http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/
Guest Curator, Botanica Magnifica: Photographs by Jonathan Singer
Exhibition -- Part 1, January 28, 2012-April 15; Part 2, April
21-August 26, 2012
New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 609 292-6464
Tues-Sat 9-4:45 pm, Sunday 12-4. Closed Mondays and public holidays.
Free admission!
http://www.state.nj.us/state/museum/dos_museum_exhibit-singer.html
http://njstatemuseum.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-01-24T13:57:00-05:00&max-results=5
http://www.jonathan-singer-photography.com/
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>Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:45:27 -0400
>From: Marilyn Schachter <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Museum "in-bloom-event" survey
>
>Hello All,
>
>Please excuse my cross-posting.
>
>I am a student in the Harvard Extension School's Museum Studies
>program. The subject of my thesis is museum
>"in-bloom-events", where floral arrangements inspired by objects in
>the collection are displayed for the enjoyment of museum visitors.
> I've created a short survey to gather information from people
>experienced with this type of event. If you have worked on an
>in-bloom-event, please take my survey, link below. If you know
>someone else who has worked on this type of event, please forward
>this email to them. Thank you in advance for your time.
>
>I am very interested in any statistics that you are willing to
>share, especially regarding success measures and the time spent to
>organize the event. Please, if you have any numbers on visitors,
>memberships, prospects, staff and volunteer hours, etc, I would
>appreciate your emailing them to me off list at
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] I would also like
>to see any guidelines for the floral arrangers.
>
>Link to the survey:
><https://harvard.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_7X0h2rwAWwA1Gzq>https://harvard.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_7X0h2rwAWwA1Gzq
>
>Please contact me off list with any questions and comments.
>
>Thank you again.
>
>Marilyn Schachter
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
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