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Haïti: A Visit to SAKALA
The SAKALA garden team, under Moringa trees, teaches urban nursery cultivation from seed, focusing on Moringa’s adaptability to shallow, saline soil. They utilize raised beds in recycled tires for herbs and plan to plant mangoes in the Grand Rue Gardens, reinforcing the project’s community impact and promoting this vital dietary supplement for locals.
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Haïti: Lakou Jean Claude Saintilus
The 2017 Ghetto Biennial nurtured collaboration between Haitian and foreign artists through a communal feast and seed preservation. Neighborhood women prepared food while children engaged in observational drawing of local pollinators. The event emphasized the importance of connecting urban youth with nature, culminating in an ecology-themed shrine enriched with community art and collected seeds.
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OCHO | Printmaking with Plants
The ¡Pollinate! series by LEAP featured a printmaking workshop at OCHO Art Space, focusing on native plants that support pollinators. Participants created textured prints using native seeds, guided by Jan Simonsen Martenson. This event complemented the ¡Pollinate! Art Show and culminated in the NeoRio 2016 festival celebrating art and nature.
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SEED :: disperse – TJ Mabrey
The sculpture “Seed Carrier” by TJ Mabrey, crafted from Italian marble, symbolizes the transportation of seeds. It features an empty wisteria pod floating on water, representing how seeds like rice and wheat travel globally. The artwork highlights the natural dispersal of seeds and critiques modern agricultural practices.
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SEED :: disperse – Stephanie Lerma
The artwork “In the Air, A Seed Cloud” by Stephanie Lerma explores the connection between air, water, and seeds. Using handmade cotton paper and other materials, the piece reflects on the hopes of a gardener for rain and the natural process of seeds drifting through the air to land in the yard.
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SEED :: disperse – Viviane Le Courtois
Viviane Le Courtois created collaborative art during Saturday coffee gatherings at Processus in Denver, using fruit pits placed on paper as a medium. She expanded the concept of shared tables to urban wildlife, collecting nibbled seeds from a compost pile to transform into sculptures, illustrating broader communal connections.
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SEED :: disperse – Stephanie Hilvitz
Stephanie Hilvitz’s artwork ‘Vessel’ features a plaster body cast adorned with milkweed pods, exploring themes of life, death, and survival through the monarch butterfly’s migration. Her work, inspired by mythology and science, aims to raise awareness about the endangered milkweed populations, inviting viewers to participate in conservation efforts by scattering seeds.
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SEED :: disperse – Rian Kerrane
Rian Kerrane’s installations, “House Home” and “Seed Wallpaper,” explore themes of domesticity and cultural critique through various materials and performances. “House Home” uses molten iron to symbolize spiritual cleansing, while “Seed Wallpaper” reflects on female roles in society and the symbolic nature of décor. Both works address identity, memory, and social constructs.
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SEED :: disperse – Linda Melvin-Graham
Linda Melvin Graham, inspired by biology and geometry, explores celestial mysteries through monoprints on acrylic sheets at Processus Art Life. She marvels at how the material interacts with light and reflects on the beauty of seeds as genetic carriers. This work is part of Denver’s 2016 Month of Printmaking.
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SEED :: disperse – Gretchen Ewert
Gretchen Ewert’s “Germination” explores the theme of growth through ceramic miniatures and drawings. Initiated in 1982, her “ceramic pollen” reflects botanical forms, inviting interaction. The accompanying drawings, created with pen and ink on altered textile scans, aim for a light, ethereal feel, emphasizing the concept of dispersal in art.
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