ART: Opening Reception- Dish - works by Laura Tanner

Description

Opening Reception / Meet the Artists: Friday, June 7 / 5-8pm Exhibit runs June 7 - July 28 | Artist statement: “Who prepares the food and who sits at the table?”

Dish uses drawing and community engagement to explore how local foodways can define a community's identity and reflect contemporary challenges that community is facing, like food insecurity and climate change. Laura Tanner gathers oral histories from farmers, chefs, restaurant patrons and home cooks. Using their stories as inspiration, her drawings present a visual archive of the rituals, recipes, and traditions of different communities. Tanner's project began in the Southeast, and continues in a new iteration along the East Coast. By examining a community’s foodways, we can better understand a group of people, and in turn, their current economies, social structures, political leanings, and needs as a community.