The Erma Hayman House is a place to tell the stories of historically underrepresented communities.
For the opening in 2022, I worked closely with Boise Arts & History staff to design a wall mural titled Threads of Land. This large floor to ceiling mural was in the main gallery space, and I thought of it ike a historical collage containing photographs, my handwriting, wallpaper patterns, and historic influences. It interprets, through seven key moments, the story of the land on which the Erma Hayman House resides, from the region’s Indigenous People to Mrs. Hayman’s time onsite all the way through the urban renewal period of the 1960s and 70s, which significantly altered the neighborhood’s historic footprint.
I also created a corresponding lilac ceiling installation for the front porch. View that here.
Photos by Arlie Sommer.
