Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Second Local Wonders Potluck Dinner

Date: Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Start: 6:00 pm

Location: Montebello Bed and Breakfast, Ames, Iowa

Contact: Xavier Cavazos, xcavzos@iastate.edu

Enjoy a relaxing evening over food to learn more about the intersection of the arts and agriculture. If you have an idea for an artistic project related to food and agriculture and you want some funding for it, bring your ideas and present them at the dinner.   Participants (farmers, students, etc. - NOT just artists) are encouraged to create projects that explore an agricultural/food theme or have a tie to the local community. Voting will take place during the dinner and awards will be given that evening. Interested participants should download and complete an application and bring to it to the Potluck.

Please contribute to Potluck in a creative way!  Nancy Levandowski of ISU Dining will be there to judge the most artistic food presentation and a prize will be awarded.

Tegan Swanson and Sue Jarnagin will discuss their recent eco-trip to the Yucatan Peninsula working on herbal medicine with a local women's social justice group.  Last year's grant winner Jeanie Kirkpatrick will also share info on her apron exhibit.

Related information

AgArts explores the intersection of the arts and agriculture. Founded at Iowa State University by Fred Kirschenmann and Mary Swander, the organization supports craftspeople, literary, movement, music, theatre and visual artists who reflect agricultural and food-related issues in their work. In turn, AgArts supports farmers, agronomists, chefs, gardeners, horticulturalists and others who strive to incorporate the creative arts in the cultivation of  growing things.

Anyone interested in gardening and farming, cooking and food, or in the visual arts, music, theatre, dance, or creative writing is encouraged to join.  We probe the creative expression of the farmer/gardener on the land and the representation of agriculture in the creative arts. We gather together several times a semester to share food and our responses to films, lectures, books, exhibits and theatre pieces.