Posted in museums on May 6th, 2008
Zhan Wang sculpted San Francisco out of cookware. Liz Hickok recreated the city of lights in Jello. I didn’t know about either artist at the time I wrote my post on art made of food. Both pieces had the right combination of strange and wonderful to make it to Boing Boing. You [...]
Architects, contractors & engineers create large sculptures made of full cans of food. Teams raise money to pay for cost of materials for their can sculptures. After the competition concludes, the cans of food are donated to organizations dedicated to fighting hunger. Since Canstruction first started in 1993, it has generated over [...]
Posted in museums on Mar 27th, 2008
How was I unaware of this? Check out the events calendar for the Farmers’ Museum in Upstate New York.
Spring Beekeeping A workshop offering an introduction to the fundamentals of beekeping!
Photo: TW Collins
From Udder to Butter?! Start by milking a cow and finish by eating the butter you finished churning! Gah!
Photo : Vicious Bits
They [...]
Table Manners
March 29 through September 14, 2008
The Arizona Museum for Youth
Table manners is at a museum in Mesa, Arizona. Mesa is Spanish for table. Coincidence? Not Very Likely. The exhibit will be very hands on. Kids will learn to use chopsticks, fold napkins, etc. They’ll use the food pyramid to plan meals [...]
Photo: Eskimo Dane
The Oceanside Museum of Art will be hosting a Culinary Cinema Series. The Union Tribune says they’ll be featuring menus too.
May 3: “Big Night”
Aug. 9: “Eat, Drink, Man, Woman”
Sept. 27: “Babette’s Feast”
Dec. 6: “Like Water for Chocolate”
Nice Choices. But for those who can’t make it to California, or [...]
Got Food? Creating a Hunger Free Community
- March 28 2008
Worcester Historical Museum
The exhibit chronicles three hundred years of hunger relief efforts in Central Massachusetts. It sounds like quite an experience, according to this Worcester Telegram article.
Marking the 25th anniversary of the food bank, the exhibit takes a broad look at poverty and hunger in [...]