Sowing the Future is on exhbition at the Biblio Wakefield Library until April 2023
AN ARTS PROJECT ABOUT WOMEN FARMERS ENGAGED IN SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES IN THE OTTAWA / OUTAOUAIS REGION.
Please join us for a Community conversataion: Exploring the Intersection between Art and Our Relationship to the Land
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2023 AT 2 PM – 4 PM
Biblio Wakefield Libary, 1-38 de la Vallèe de Wakefild, Wakefield, Quebec
This event is free and there is no registration required.
Please join us for an open conversation hosted by Alice Irene Whittaker about sustainable farming practices as seen through the lens of the arts and how both can work together. The farmers of Sowing the Future have inspired painting, photography and poetry and we invite you to listen to and offer your perspective on ways the arts can support of the local food shed in a way that enhances our physical, emotional and mental wellbeing in this rapidly changing world.
Our Host, Alice Irene Whittaker, is a writer and environmental leader. She is the creator and host of Reseed, a podcast about repairing our relationship to nature. She has been published in national and international publications, including The Globe & Mail and Permaculture Magazine, and her book Homing will be published in Fall 2024. Recently she became the Executive Director of Ecology Ottawa.
Light refreshments will be served.
Sowing the Future is on exhbition at the Biblio Wakefield Library until April 2023
Biblio Wakefield Libary, 1-38 de la Vallèe de Wakefild, Wakefield, Quebec
Women play a vital role in agriculture worldwide, yet they are often not represented in the collective social image of farmers.
Les femmes ont toujours joué un rôle vital dans l’agriculture de par le monde entier. Cependant, elles brillent par leur absence dans l’imaginaire contemporain.
This creative arts project features seven women who are farming sustainably on the traditional Algonquin Anishinaabe lands of the Ottawa / Outaouais Region.
Participating Artists:
Barbara Brown – photo based artist
Jess Weatherhead – painter
Diane Perazzo – Poet
Barbara Brown 