"Black-Eyed Susans: Celebrating Fifty years of Creativity In Bloom" is a temporary public art installation features original handcrafted metal black-eyed susan flower designed by Lusmerlin Lantigua in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Frederick Arts Council. This project will transform a public landscape through the massed repetition of individual Black-Eyed Susans, Maryland’s state flower, as a symbol of growth, renewal and justice.

Using the Black-Eyed Susan as a shared form, this project envisions vibrant fields that celebrate blossoming ideas, deep roots, planted seeds, and a future shaped together. Through repetition, color, and scale, the installation will transform a public landscape into a place of brightness, imagination, and forward momentum. The black-eyed susan is a flower rich in symbolism , offering messages of hope, truth, resilience and healing.

Purchase of the Black-Eyed Susan public art pieces will support the work of the Frederick Arts Council.

Choose from three artworks: Beeswax Card from the Black-Eyed Susan and Beeswax Room, a whispy cloud, and a durable metal black-eyed susan, or a kit inclusive of all three artworks with a packet of black-eyed susan seeds. The Black-eyed Susans will be available for pick up after the public art installation is completed in December at FAC Offices at 115 E Church St.

Black-Eyed Susans: Celebrating Fifty Years of Creativity In Bloom