This is an archived event from Culture Days 2020.
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Garden Relations: Plants + humans; Gardens + communities
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Agriculture Interdisciplinary Nature & outdoorsDate and time
Location
Richmond, BC
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Lois Klassen (Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, Canada), with artists Amanda White (Toronto, Canada) and Chrissie Orr (Santa Fe, New Mexico), will discuss how growing gardens make relationships grow.
Amanda White is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher who works at the intersection of art, environment and culture. Her PhD, Talking Plant focused on human-plant relationships and her project, Plant Radio for Plants, is featured in the book, Why Look at Plants: The Botanical Emergence in Contemporary Art (Giovanni Aloi, 2018, Brill).
Chrissie Orr is the co-founder of SeedBroadcast Collective, which explores the interconnections between people, seeds and agri-culture through performance, listening and sharing of stories, resources and seeds. She is presently the Creative Practice Fellow of the Academy for the Love of Learning and grows ancient varieties of corn.
Lois Klassen is a participating artist in the Victory Gardens for Bees residency. Her art and research focus on participatory art in sites of high ethical demand. She is host of Reading the Migration Library and a small-scale backyard gardener.
Links
- Victory Gardens for Diversity Blog victorygardensfordiversity.blogspot.com
Organizer
City of Richmond Public Art Program
The City of Richmond is a leader in creating opportunities for public art and is committed to building the cultural health and well being of the community now and in the future. Public art animates the built and natural environment with meaning, contributing to a vibrant city in which to live and visit. By placing artwork in our everyday environment, the Public Art Program sparks community participation in the building of our public spaces, offers public access to ideas generated by contemporary art, celebrates community history, identity, achievements and aspirations, encourages citizens to take pride in community cultural expression and creates a forum to address relevant themes and issues of interest and concern to Richmond's citizens.