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EVENING PROGRAM: THE STORY OF CORN with author Betty Fussell
On the eve of the harvest at Not A Cornfield, Betty Fussell, award-winning author of ‘The Story of Corn’, will speak to the history, science, poetics and politics of one of our most ancient food staples. From its role in Hopi language and rituals, to the history of popcorn (2000-year old poppers have been found in Peru), to the present moment of this abundant urban harvest, Dr. Fussell will unfold the multi-faceted stories of this genetic marvel, rich symbol, and subject of multiple myths.
About Betty Fussell
Shakespearean scholar, memoirist, nationally known expert on food systems, food policy and the history of corn, Dr. Betty Fussell is the author of ten books, including the award-winning Story of Corn. A long-time journalist of food, travel and the dramatic arts, her essays have appeared in, among many others, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, Saveur, Connoisseur, Food Arts, Metropolitan Home and Gastronomica. She has taught writing at Columbia University and food writing at the Greenbrier in West Virginia.
About Not A Cornfield Artist Lauren Bon
Lauren Bon resides in Los Angeles and holds a Masters of Architecture degree from MIT and a BA from Princeton. Ms. Bon is a trustee of the Annenberg Foundation and President of Not A Cornfield, LLC. Her recent urban, public and land art projects in the U.S., Hong Kong, Belfast and Northern Ireland, as well as her role as a trustee, make her uniquely poised to build the capacity of the Foundation in the area of site based philanthropy, serving communities through education, civic, health, artistic initiatives and programs. Not a Cornfield art project is being developed through a grant by the Annenberg Foundation.
About the Not A Cornfield Project
Growing in the historic center of Los Angeles, the Not Cornfield project transforms an industrial brownfield site into a cornfield for one agricultural cycle. Now the Los Angeles Historic State Park, the site popularly known as 'The Cornfield' had remained derelict for more than a decade. The project serves as a potent metaphor that provides a focus for reflection and action in a city unclear about the location of its energetic and historic center.
About Not A Cornfield Salons
The Story of Corn is one of the ongoing Not A Cornfield Salons that bring people together in order to share, engage, energize, and enhance the organic nexus that is this project.
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