KHOI SPECIAL PROGRAM: TELL ME YOUR FLOWER STORY
What is your flower story? Listen to your neighbors tell meaningful stories of flowers in their lives. For a small arts grant provided by the City of Ames, local artist and writer Virginia Kovach interviewed eight local residents and asked them three questions: Will you tell me your flower story? Do you believe flowers are essential? If you were a flower, what flower would you be, and why?
Virginia also created art in response to each of their answers. You can visit the art in person at Reliable Street July 29-August 13 and August 15-27. A special reception will be held at Reliable Street on August 12 from 7:30pm-9pm
Virginia also created art in response to each of these stories. You can visit the art in person at Reliable Street July 29-August 13 and August 15-27. A special reception will be held at Reliable Street on August 12 from 7:30pm-9pm
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Olivia
I am an Iowa transplant from Northern Minnesota. I am currently employed as a home maintenance technician and handy-woman. Any time I can spare is given to fiber arts, painting, reading and enjoying the outdoors. I live happily in Ames with my talented husband, trepidatious puppy and aggressive Sun Catfish.
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Naomi
I am an artist who considers flower farming and floral design the three dimensional extension of my painting and photography. Caring for the land and wildlife inspires my art and my farming. I believe that when we investigate the role of humans as caretakers of creation, we discover much about our world and our path forward.
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Linda
I grew up in rural Maryland, lived in a cabin without running water in Alaska, and now live in Ames, Iowa where I teach at Iowa State...and have learned to love the prairie.
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Laurie
I am a grandma who has lived in Iowa and Minnesota, but whose seven grandchildren all live in other countries. I love to see all the different flowers that grow in those countries when we travel to see the grandkids!
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John
I am a soon-to-be third year in the Iowa State University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Environment program, and my writing centers on bringing my love of the Midwest to others. Born and raised in the cornfields outside of Muncie, Indiana, my passions include poetry, bad anime, dark beer, and taking long drives across the state roads of the Midwest. More information about me and my writing can be found by following me on Twitter at @jekcarter.
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Jane
I am a recently retired high school English teacher who lives in Ames. My childhood in the Loess Hills of western Iowa was rich with flower experiences.
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Chelce
I am a Prevention Educator with Youth Support Services (YSS) in Ames, Iowa. When I’m not working to support the growth, education, and awareness of local youths, I’m practicing one of my many hobbies and passions, such as knitting, crocheting, and sewing. My free time is also often spent playing Dungeons and Dragons and other tabletop role playing games with friends, both near and far.
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A'Ja
I am a proud mother of an athletically gifted and animal loving child. I am a poet and graduate student at Iowa State in the Creative Writing and Environment program.
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