09/08/2024
🌻🌸🪻 Wildflowers of Wisconsin 💐🌹🌼
It’s finally here! Wildflowers of Wisconsin is a fiber art mural comprised of oversized crocheted flora native to Wisconsin that is on exhibition in McKee Farms Park in Fitchburg (near Madison, WI) as of today!
Madison Public Art Project commissioned Kiersten Darling (Weave in My Ends) as the lead fiber artist to design all of the elements of this mural - from free-hand-crocheting the huge Echinacea and sparkly pollinators, to designing and writing beginner friendly crochet patterns for the community to join in the art-making process.
Teaching artist Sapphira Afifi then led monthly crochet workshops where community members donated their time and skills to create the Black Eyed Susans, Milkweeds, and Blue Violets you see in the mural. Karen Jahns assisted in these workshops and with assembly.
The Wildflowers of Wisconsin project encourages individuals to rethink their own consumption habits and look at reducing, reusing, recycling, upcycling, foraging, composting, and encouraging pollinator friendly gardening spaces. This public art project raises awareness about climate change and encourages greater stewardship of the land.
Thank you to everyone that helped make this project a reality! You’ll be able to enjoy this beautiful crochet mural through the end of summer 2025, so make sure you get over to the park and check the mural out in every season!
