Category: SEED disperse
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eco-conspiracies
eco-conspiracies promotes ecological awareness by fostering connections between urban communities and native plants. It emphasizes the importance of native flora in cultivating habitats, encouraging community engagement through events like seed packaging, plant exchanges, and workshops. Participants learn about wildlife conservation and develop deeper relationships with their environments. The upcoming exhibition showcases local artists’ contributions to…
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Re-inhabiting Conservation with Creature Conserve

The GALLERIES on DOWNING serves as a dynamic arts space where we envision how we may ‘Re-Inhabit’ Conservation through the first half of 2026. In collaboration with Creature Conserve, we offer a series of creative residencies and workshops to invite people to deepen their relationships with the natural world around us.
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Wildfire Restoration with the Colorado Native Plant Society
Retreats at the TAOS Distillery support the Colorado Native Plant Society Subsidized Art/Sci Native Plant Residency Program for CoNPS members underway
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STILES – MIGRATIONS
Explore the lasting cultural, political, and societal impact of the Great Migration through the life and work of artist Jacob Lawrence online through the Phillips Collection.
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STILES – HARVEST Tea featuring Barney Ford
Afternoon tea to celebrate the accomplishments of Barney Ford at the Stiles African American Heritage Center in historic Five Points, Denver
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Haïti: Mountains Beyond Mountains
Restoration Liberation2019 Ghetto Biennial Katelyn Alexis + Getho Jean Baptiste + Wesner Bazile + Rossi Jacques Casimir + Noel Edgard aka Papouche + Lee Lee + Mimi Sheller + moira williams We are exploring historic connections between Maine and Haiti with a series of workshops and performances; looking at the entangled mobilities between plant-human and…
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Sea Shanties and SEED Stories
Celebrating the new gardens designed and built by Lee Lee at the Pendleton House, the beds set the stage for a display of Haitian artworks and maritime paintings during first Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival. In consideration of the historic use of the building to house sailors who needed temporary housing between seafaring journeys, garden…
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In Memorium: Jean-Claude Saintilus – Part 3 Activating the Shrine
2017 Ghetto Biennial – Cartographies The theme of Cartographies for the 2017 rendition of the Biennial was in sync with the networks of gardens from which we had both sourced and dispersed plants. I was very happy to reconnect with moira williams. We met during the 2013 biennial, and she became an unanticipated but essential…
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Haïti: Lakou Basile
After visiting SAKALA, trees were planted in the Port-au-Prince woodworker community, utilizing compost from SOIL to enhance soil quality. Elder wood sculptor Basile Wesner helps steward these young trees, while wood shavings from local artisans serve as mulch. A young mango and moringa tree were planted as gratitude for their contributions.
