Giant Butterfly at "Bees, Butterflies, and Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise"

 

My giant butterfly is about to be displayed at Bees, Butterflies, and Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise hat the Morris Arboretum! My butterfly, "Flowers and Fruits", will be one of ten found integrated into a new field of plants planted especially for pollinators. For my butterfly, I made linocuts, hand colored with acrylic paint. On one side of the butterfly are seeded fruits and vegetables common to this region, and on the other side are their corresponding flowers. 

The center body of my butterfly features drawings of seeded fruits and vegetables drawn by my 2nd Grade students at Community Partnership School. During science class they learned about pollinators, and then in art class I had them make little butterfly puppets with relief printed wings. 

The exhibition will include events such as guided tours and workshops. If you're in Philly, you can check it out  between June 28 and September 30.