RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — This Mother’s Day, a Richmond artist is using flowers to bring attention to the disparities in Black maternal health and raise money for efforts aimed at reducing Black maternal mortality.
The one-day installation called “Shrine To Motherhood” features more than 1,000 flowers arranged into 250 bouquets as a memorial.
“We see flowers, of course, as a part of Mother’s Day, while simultaneously in a different context flowers are part of mourning and grief for those we’ve lost,” said conceptual artist, Haywood Watkins…