{"id":214,"date":"2023-02-03T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=214"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:49:13","slug":"art-in-bloom-visit-virtual-lyman-conservatory-rowan-wheeler-21","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/portfolio\/art-in-bloom-visit-virtual-lyman-conservatory-rowan-wheeler-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Art in Bloom, Visit Virtual Lyman Conservatory &#8211; Rowan Wheeler &#8217;21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtuallyman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/02\/Wheeler.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/02\/Wheeler.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/02\/Wheeler-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/02\/Wheeler-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/02\/Wheeler-880x495.jpeg 880w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/02\/Wheeler-220x124.jpeg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtuallyman\/\">View &#8220;Art in Bloom, Visit Virtual Lyman Conservatory&#8221; by Rowan Wheeler &#8217;21<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>How can we enjoy physical spaces when we\u2019re unable to visit them in person?<\/h2>\n<p>The Lyman Conservatory and Smith College Museum of Art have been closed to the public since March 2020 because of COVID precautions. For my Museum Studies capstone project, I wanted to make a way to visit Lyman virtually, creating an immersive experience where visitors could move and look around the space at their own pace.<\/p>\n<h2>What happens if we look at plants in the same way that we look at art?<\/h2>\n<p>By juxtaposing works from the Smith College Museum of Art collection with the plants that inspired them, I hope to raise new ways of looking closely at the world. Art museums and conservatories are both museums, but we experience and interpret them very differently. I hope this exhibition inspires you to notice the details and intention behind every paintbrush stroke and shape of a leaf that you encounter within Virtual Lyman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View &#8220;Art in Bloom, Visit Virtual Lyman Conservatory&#8221; by Rowan Wheeler &#8217;21. How can we enjoy physical spaces when we\u2019re unable to visit them in person? 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