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Hungry Planet:
Local Food, Global View
August 20 – November 6, 2011“An educational and eye-opening exhibition. ”
“Fascinating”
“Very interesting and enlightening”
Explore local and global food cultures through art and horticulture displays, children’s interactives and a full menu of programs for all ages.
See what families eat around the world in large-scale photographs from the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio. Learn about global diets through a display of tropical fruiting and edible plants and a large children’s interactive area.
Reflect on American diets through a three-dimensional juried art show, featuring works by local artists. Wander through an outdoor fantasy garden of blown glass pumpkins, gourds, fruits and vegetables created by Michael Cohn and Molly Stone of Cohn-Stone Studios.
Tour the expansive edible garden displays at the ScottsMiracle-Gro Community Garden Campus. The live-fire cooking theater and demonstration kitchen are a hub of activity for classes and programs throughout the exhibition. Guided tours of the Campus are offered daily at 3pm, weather permitting.
An audio tour enhances the experience with additional information about many components of the exhibition. Visitors control what they hear, when and in what order by listening to prompts on their mobile phone. The tour is free, but cell phone carrier charges apply.
About Cohn-Stone Studios
Michael Cohn and Molly Stone have been making glass art pieces at their studio in Richmond, California, since 1980. Many of their pieces are inspired by nature and the horticultural world. Molly is an avid gardener as well as a glass designer/ blower and has created an art garden showroom as a part of the glass blowing studio. Their work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and South America; it is included in numerous museum, corporate, private art and botanical garden collections and has been featured in a variety of garden venues.
visit the Cohn-Stone Website HereAbout the Juried Art Show
Artists include: Jim Arter, Jesse Hemminger, Abram Kaplan, John McCutcheon, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, Andrea Myers, Ann Corley Silverman, Austin Stewart. Selected works include a “farming machine” and a robot powered by sauerkraut.Juror Michael Mercil lives in Columbus, Ohio where he is an Associate Professor and Chair of Graduate Studies in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University. Mercil’s art explores the realms of “the near, the low, the common” and includes public projects: Murmeration (with Ann Hamilton and Ben Rubin) Battery Park City, NYC (2009); Halos for New York City, Battery Park City (2009). In 2006, Mercil planted The Beanfield as an “agri/cultural” experiment and partnership with the Wexner Center for the Arts, the OSU Department of Art Living Culture Initiative and the Social Responsibility Initiative in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Among the awards and recognitions Mercil has received are a Harpo Foundation Visual Artist Award (2010); Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs Research Award (2009) and Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship (2009, 2005).
food for thought lecture series
Wednesdays, 6 – 8 pm
Free with admission
Columbus is exploding with thought provoking conversations about local food. Hear how local citizens and organizations are shaping the future through policy, public awareness and community activities. Free with admission.October 26: The important work of the farmer in the local food movement is often overlooked. Mike Hogan, OSUE Local Foods Coordinator and Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator with The Ohio State University Cooperative Extension Local Foods Network, will share the important role farm production plays in local food systems throughout Ohio.
