Brooks Geenen - describes his b&w photo exhibit documenting man's impact on ag land
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Brooks Geenen’s black and white photos are dramatic and stark. His large-scale frames invite us to look at agricultural land – and how man’s shaped it – through his high-resolution lens.
In this day and age of smartphone selfies and Instagram immediacy, Geenen uses large 5-inch by 5-inch exposures taken through old bellows-camera technology. His approach and equipment requires a deep understanding light, photo exposure, depth of field, exposure, composition, image development, and a great deal of patience and planning. It is anything but point-and-shoot.
I hope you enjoy this Deep Roots Radio chat with Geenen. His exhibit, called Continuum of Will, is on display from Dec. 7, 2018 to February 1, 2019 in the Farm Table Foundation gallery space in downtown Amery, Wisconsin. This exhibit is free and open to the public.
Brooks Geenen and his exhibit, Farm Table Foundation, Amery, WI
Mike Schut audio interview: The deep connection between food, farming, social justice and spirituality.
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The relationships between farming and food, health and nourishment, people and spirituality are tightly woven. They are interlaced and as old as time. Unfortunately, these deep connections have been ignored or denied in recent decades – much to the detriment of human and environmental health, local economies and community connections.
In this Deep Roots Radio broadcast, Mike Schut, Senior Program Director and Events Coordinator for the Farm Table Foundation, describes these linkages and their impact on food, sustainable farming, social and economic justice and spirituality in the United States.
Amery 3rd-5th graders use scientific research to build art exhibit featuring Wisconsin bugs, bats, bobcats and more
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In this Deep Roots Radio interviewed, Jessica “Turtle” Manderfeld describes the pictures and skills displayed by 3rd, 4th and 5th graders excited by the insects, animals and birds of their native Wisconsin. The exhibit, which runs until the end of April, is sponsored by the Farm Table Foundation in partnership with the Amery School District’s Amery Inquiring Minds program, the Natural Heritage Project, and the local Power Up 4 Kids effort. The young artists used this project to develop their research skills, work in teams to create their art works, and then learn how to describe their work to a small jury, and well as to all the adults who attended the exhibit’s opening night reception at the Farm Table Foundation.
I hope you’ll enjoy the interview, and urge you to visit the exhibit. I’m really glad about this collaboration to connect activities and values that make learning fun.
Jessica Manderfeld - about sensory exhibit of bees in art, food, drink and agriculture
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Bees – a hot topic in agriculture, food and in art.
Bees are essential to the pollination of hundreds of crops all across the United States. Bees’ critical role is why scientists, farmers and food lovers are alarmed by hive collapse and environmental threats to these pollinators.
Bees’ contribution to food, cosmetics, and beverages, like mead, are on display at the gallery space of the Farm Table Foundation in Amery, Wisconsin. The exhibit was developed by, and features the detailed artwork of, Jessica “Turtle” Manderfeld, the foundation’s marketing and creative director.
With extensive formal training and experience in art and cooking, Jessica’s paintings are reminiscent of the detailed botanical drawings of yesteryear.
For information about similar exhibits focusing on wildlife and habitat conservation, visit www.naturalheritageproject.org.
I hope you enjoy this Deep Roots Radio interview and plan a visit to the exhibit:
