Vox Populi

Led by Tiny Farm Wagon / part of Teaching at the End of TimesDivine Seeds led by Tiny Farm WagonIn her essay, “Rootedness: The Ancestors as Foundation”, Writer Toni Morrison argued that because Black people were disregarded, our ways of knowing were disregarded. Because Black life is often depicted as pathological, we create rituals to honor the wellness practices inherent in Black culture. Join Tiny Farm Wagon for seed planting and collage activities. We’ll put our hands in the soil, set intentions, and create art with quotes from Black self-help/wellness gurus, and images from Black culture, Black history, and nature.

Led by Lizania Cruz / part of Teaching at the End of TimesMobilizing & Building Coalitions led by artist Lizania CruzIn this workshop participants will learn how to use story circles as a way of uniting, mobilizing, and honoring the histories of immigrant communities. And as a framework for creating coalitions based on different expressions of power: power within, power with, and power to. The goals of this workshop are to understand the framework of story circles and how to put it into praxis, to draw connections between the stories shared and how these could become tools of organizing by

Join us for this fundraiser-meets-garden party!Pistil & Stamen: A Vox Populi Pollinator PartyJoin us at Pistil & Stamen: A Vox Populi Pollinator Party on Sunday, June 9th! But what exactly is a “pollinator party,” you ask? We like to think of it as a celebratory gathering of Vox’s wider community aimed at raising critical funds to help us spread our mission. Picture a fundraiser-meets-garden party infused with Vox’s unique flair!Event Details:Date: Sunday, June 9thTime: 3-7pmLocation: Open Kitchen Sculpture GardenDress Code: Come dressed as your favorite flower, pollinator, or simply in your summer favorites. Let your creativity bloom!What to Expect:Unique performances

“What do you do?” - Networking Strategies for Artists“What do you do?” - Networking Strategies for ArtistsAs artists, we are often asked to talk about our artwork and these conversations can often have direct professional consequences. Whether it be a future collaborator, curator, a visiting artist, or someone who can directly support your work, there are crippling moments where you will have to not only introduce yourself, but discuss your work. These situations can lead to the most wonderful of collaborations, friendships, and often change our career trajectories. But, it can someimtnes be more difficult than creating the work itself.

Through discussion and producing fruit leather from salvaged fallen apples, this workshop ruminates on apples in mythical, cultural, andPomological: Poison Apples and Fallen Fruit presented by Biomaterials Working Group in partnership with The Philadelphia Orchard ProjectWe are eating apples in the end of times. Through discussion and production of fruit leather from salvaged fallen apples, this workshop ruminates on apples in mythical, cultural, and biological contexts. Apple leather is presented in simultaneous processing stages: cooking, dehydrating, and as a bioplastic material within art practices.This workshop explores apples as symbols of knowledge, tickets to (un)paradise, fairy tale poisons and folk remedies,