Who Stole Bob Ross's Painting Event Proposal
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Katie Bowling, Sydney Cole, Becka Roberts, and Eli Wolfson
Event Summary
Our proposal for an event at Village Promenade is a mystery-based scavenger hunt. Participants will be tasked with solving one of the most heinous crimes; who stole Bob Ross’s art!? Individuals will be paired off into teams of two. They will have to solve problems, uncover clues and visit multiple locations around The Village in order to figure out this “whodunnit”.
Throughout their hunt, our new detectives will have chances to win gift cards at every location. These gift cards increase in value throughout the process, with total winnings of over $75 for each member of the team who solves the case first! The faster they complete tasks and longer they stay on the case, the better chance they have of winning. Unfortunately, not everyone can be a top detective, and throughout the race teams will be eliminated based on time. It’s not for nothing though, following their elimination everyone will be able to enjoy a $5 Walmart gift card and Jimmy John’s sub to take home for their efforts.
The hunt begins at the Village Promenade where our detectives will be informed of a new art thief in Muncie. The clue they will be given to start is a nonogram that should lead them to the thief’s favorite stop for a sweet treat. Once solved, the teams should find themselves at Jack’s Donuts, where groups will have to do a blind taste test in order to receive the next clue (either from an employee or from an event coordinator).
The clue states that the art thief loves to relax with a Starbucks in the Art Gallery of the Student Center at Ball State. Could the criminal be a cardinal? At the gallery, teams will have to decipher their next clue by creating their own masterpieces. As they paint, they will come to discover an “invisible” message on their canvas. This message will take them to their next location, Rustic Rebels.
At the newest shop in the Village, the few remaining teams will be given a “mine your own gemstone” bucket, where they will need to extract unique gemstones in order to receive their next clue. After finding the gemstones, the first two teams to finish will receive their final clue.
The final stop in this race to solve the case will be the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) on Ball State University's campus. Here they will have to decipher where our art thief has hidden Bob Ross’s art by unscrambling letters found throughout the museum. The secret location? Village Promenade. Once the top detective team makes it back to the VP they will both be rewarded with a final prize consisting of a $25 Visa gift card, Bob Ross prize pack, and tickets to the Bob Ross experience in Muncie.
We feel as though this mystery will help those in residency blow off some steam and help them get to know each other a little bit more. We also wanted to focus on highlighting Muncie and the areas just outside the VP for them to visit. The main goal with the budget was to give back as much of the money as possible to the participants as a way to engage them in the event as well as get them out in the community.