oh my, Butterflies!

The Armory Gallery, in collaboration with students from ART 4654 and ART 5546 (Exhibition Design and Display and Advanced Exhibition Design) and the University Libraries’ Virtual Environments Studio and Digital Libraries and Preservation, presents oh my, Butterflies! Befriending Our Appalachian Neighbors. This immersive and interactive exhibition invites visitors to explore the fascinating world of Appalachian butterflies.

Developed as a class project for Professor Skelly’s Exhibition Design and Display and Advanced Exhibition Design courses, this exhibition was collaboratively created by students from Creative Technologies, Arts Leadership, Material Culture and Public Humanities, Studio Art, and Classical Studies. Drawing inspiration from 3D scans of local insects in the University Libraries’ 3D collections, students used these digital specimens as the foundation for the exhibition’s design.

Museum and Design Team
Yunyun Chen
Elaine Hughes
Bella Joerg
Adelina Meadows-Soto
Jac Noel
Evans Ahenkorah
Michael Davis-King
Tatum Fox
Ahnaf Kabbya
Stella Park
Lilli Shelton
Daryl Norman Soh
Bria Weisz
Lyra Yaqi Xiong
Laney Lingzhi Yuan

University Libraries Collaborators Trevor Finney, Manager, Virtual Environments Studio and Gaming Studio University Libraries Eva Deisa, 3D Technical Artist

3D butterfly scans provided by the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. See the collection on Sketchfab.