Books in Bloom - 2011
Floral designers, nurseries, and flower shops in our area and the Twin Cities will create floral arrangements to illustrate self-selected books, periodicals, media, films in the collections of the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library (the Library) on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College (GAC).
Modeled after Art in Bloom, the annual spring event celebrated by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Books in Bloom will highlight 20-30 books.
- Event Dates:
- Friday, 5/6/11 3pm - 7pm (Attendance = 21)
- Saturday, 5/7/11 10am - 6pm (Attendance = 88)
- Sunday, 5/8/11 11am - 5pm (Attendance = 35)
- Location: GAC Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library
- Partner Organization(s): St. Peter Public Library, GAC
- Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: St. Peter Public Library will create and display a sample "Book in Bloom" a week before the event and distribute promotional materials (provided by GLA) for the event. GAC will provide communication services and event promotion through campus announcements, invitations to parents for Honors Weekend, College website, news outlets and social media.
- Partner Financial Support: $231.30
- In-Kind Support: $2925
Program Outputs: "Books in Bloom" exceeded its goal for 20 "bloom" sponsorships. Sponsors range from book clubs and academic departments to partnerships of GLA members, to individuals and to families who are honoring or memorializing a loved one. This means that 100% of the bloom sponsorships will go directly to fund the Library's new acquisitions.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.
- St. Peter residents will begin to have an understanding of the many resources available to them through the Library.
- GAC students, parents, faculty and administration will be more acquainted with the diversity of resources available to them through the library.
- Outcomes will be measured by a separate, clearly marked survey inserted into the program booklet, guide.
GLA secured nearly all of the floral arrangers/designers needed for sponsored blooms. A number of those who have committed are professional florists; however, an equal number represent individuals or teams who simply love to work with plants and flowers. In order for each sponsored team to have its own arranger, the committee continued to look for others to fulfill their passion by arranging a floral display.The Books in Bloom committee also challenged Gustavus students to create a poster for the event. The January Interim Experience graphic design class accepted this challenge. The award winning poster promoted Books in Bloom and made available for purchase.