Finally, I get to share more about The Cornettes – Advocates for Urban Agriculture thanks to a Midwestern panic (and now a two foot reality!) about snow. Here is our back yard and front yard this afternoon. Bring it on! Firstly, I am going to finally give credit to Phyllis Gilmore for naming The Cornettes. [...]
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The Cornettes – Advocates for Urban Agriculture Part II
Posted in art, chicago, IL, Corn, Events, The Cornettes: Advocates for Urban Agriculture, tagged Ana Beleval, Department of Cultural Affairs, Great Performers of Illinois, The Cornettes, WGN on February 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Cornettes: Advocates for Urban Agriculture
Posted in art, chicago, IL, Corn, Events, Lillstreet Art Center, The Cornettes: Advocates for Urban Agriculture, tagged The Cornettes - Advocates for Urban Agriculture on January 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We had Summer Sweet completed for our Corn Celebration at Lillstreet Art Center in 2006. Many thanks to Jennifer Dotson and Mary Zehnder, the first women to don the husks of Summer Sweet to an adoring audience. Well, I started off this blog entry to talk about and share images of The Cornettes. But, back [...]
A post from the Driftless Region
Posted in art, Corn, On making, tagged art, corn, Grains, wormfarm on August 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Women in Grains, an exhibit of women responding to grains from coast to coast, is all packed up. A bittersweet day with a lot of help from husband Paul. We drove through Madison, WI, saw family and did up the acclaimed Farmer’s Market. We then headed towards Reedsburg and The Woolen Mill Gallery for the [...]
Take Me Back: An exploration of Water, Local Clay, and Time
Posted in art, Art Residencies, colorado art ranch, Corn, salida co, water, tagged Artposium, Botanical Interests, corn, Salida, Wade in the Water, Water on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the Artposium Wade in the Water, I planted corn in the center of the piece with Corn Sister Carol Ozaki (pictured third from left below). Pictured too are Carol’s husband Ron-L and Ed Berg-second from R. We planted Corn Sweet (se) Luscious Zea mays var rugosa. “Luscious is a bicolor corn that matures in [...]
