Eileen Roscina
Say it with Flowers
Installation by artist Eileen Roscina
Exhibition Date: December 2025-May 2026
What do we gain from our fleeting encounters with cut flowers as they inevitably decay? Artist Eileen Roscina addresses the tension of the domesticated versus the wild flower while exploring the history of the cut flower industry in Adams County and Colorado during the “Carnation Gold Rush” period between the 1880s and 1930s.
Nearly every plant in this installation was sourced from Adams County open spaces or the greenhouses that remain in the county. What is lost when we remove plants from their natural environment – out of context and communication with the rest of an ecosystem? What do we gain from our fleeting encounters with cut flowers as they inevitably decay? Roscina’s artwork not only deepens an appreciation for these light-eating cohabitants, but illuminates plants’ unique form of intelligence, agency and animacy.
About Eileen Roscina
Eileen Roscina is an artist, experimental filmmaker, and naturalist from Denver, CO. She holds an MFA in Art Practices from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a BFA from Emerson College in Boston, MA. Eileen trained at the School of Botanical Art and Illustration in Denver.
BMoCA at Adams County Human Services Center
BMoCA at Adams County is a collaboration between the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and Adams County. Curated by BMoCA, this exhibition is an extension of the museum’s exhibition programming.
