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From farm to table, from fields and gardens, from land and sea – food sustains our bodies as art sustains our souls. For each person, food has a story and a history. Food can help define our community and sometimes our community needs help being fed. We work as a community to feed our neighbors. Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) asked artists to show us how food has shaped their story through art and this allowed us to dedicate 15% of all sales from this show to the Anne Arundel Country Food Bank (https://aafoodbank.org/). Entry was open to all artists residing internationally. All original 2D or 3D artwork in any media was eligible for this online show. Works selected by the juror will be on display in MFA’s online gallery, Curve Gallery, from October 15 – November 30, 2023. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth and Wil Scott.
Associate Professor, Department of Art, American University,
Hot Pretzels in Pershing Square from "Manhattan Nights"
Steve Ember
Epson Archival Print framed with Non-Reflective Art Glass
15"x12"
websiteFood Bank
Jim Mackey
Assorted empty food cans and labels, kitchen utensils, chain, and reclaimed tombstone crate lumber
26"x34"x6"
websiteI was thinking maybe cheddar.
Michael Gouker
Mixed Media
10"x14"
Happy Hour at the Tiki Bar
Susan Callahan
Mixed Media
80"x80"
Still Life with Yellow Vase
Laurie Tylec
oil on canvas
20"x16"
“Matisse in Marylandâ€
Cheryl Milligan
Ink, Colored Pencil, Water Color, Acrylic Collage
13"x17"
websiteoranges
janet ruth mikolajczyk
digital collage,
19"x13"
Still Life With Rose & Citrus
Roslyn Racanello
Mixed: pastel, metallic glazes, paint, wax, photography, other
26"x30"
websiteManitou Lounge Lizard
George Patrick Clagett
Mixed (watercolor and pastel)
10"x14"
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Jessica Packer Jackman
Acrylic
18"x24"
The Spice Market Geode
Bryan Hamilton CHADWICK
Multimedia construction for floor, pedestal or tabletop
29"x15"x29"
websitea mediation on the progression of absorption and consumption
Sean Patrick O'Hern
Photography
30"x10"
websiteAngel in Basil
KRYSTYNA E Rys-Sikora
Photography
11"x14"
waste/waist line
Christine Belton
Used, plastic takeout food containers and cutlery, jewelry findings, leather
22"x20"x21"
websiteServe
Carolyn Tillie
Vintage china and cutlery, 100 year-old cookbook words, plastic food
9"x3"x9"
websiteFood Wars
Norman Mark Aragones
digital photography
24"x16"
Naoco Wowsugi is a community-engaged artist who blurs the lines between being an artist and an engaged citizen. As a first-generation immigrant living and working in Washington, DC, Wowsugi’s cross-disciplinary projects—including portrait photography, participatory performance, sound healing, and horticulture—explore the nature of belonging and inclusive community building. In recent years, Wowsugi has closely collaborated with hyperlocal communities. Inspired by the ideas of bioregionalism, which examines how nature affects the livelihood and the relationships among local cultures and people, Wowsugi’s projects highlight and fortify everyday communal and interpersonal identities. Wowsugi’s notable exhibitions and talks include “How Can We Gather Now?” presented by the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC (2023); “Very Sad Lab: The Incubator” at Transformer, Washington, DC (2022); “Care Package” presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (2020); “Fungus Among Us” at Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC (2019); and “Open Engagement” at Queens Museum, Queens, NY (2018). The awards and fellowships include The Surf Point Foundation Residency (2022), Oak Spring Garden Foundation Residency (2022), Wherewithal Project Grants from the Washington Project for the Arts and The Andy Warhol Foundation (2022), and The Rauschenberg Residency (2017). See Wowsugi’s work at www.wowsugi.com.
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