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The Community Project
In November of 2004, a group gathered at the Salina Art Center to consider the myriad ways that eating both reveals and reflects community concerns. As a result of this initial meeting and the others that followed, the community Eating project was born. The Salina Art Center anchors the project with a major exhibition of contemporary art exploring the subject of eating. A host of other organizations are participating in the exploration of eating as a community concern. Wherever you see the Pac-Man-inspired, open-mouthed logo embedded in the first letter of “eating,” you’ll know you’ve found a part of the Eating project.
Current Eating project programs and activities:
September
October
November
December
Ongoing projects
September
6-7 CLASS Wake Up: A Coffee Tasting Experience with Jason Ingermanson and Al Hinman, 6-7:30pm at Paradise Coffee at the Public Library
8 Epitaph for a Peach by David Masumoto book discussion, 7pm at Salina Public Library Prescott Room
10-25 Artist-in-residence Tania Candiani creates a “food quilt” throughout the community
13 Candy Bar Wrappers Workshop Computer design and production with Melanie Schreiber, 10am-noon at the Salina Public Llibrary Technology Center
13 Cactus Cooking with Elsa Ramirez, 4-6pm Trinity United Methodist Church kitchen
17 CLASS Growing Herbs and Vegetables in Containers with Ted Zerger, 9:30-11am at Salina Public Library Prescott Room & Zerger garden
18 Artist Tania Candiani in the gallery making “quilt blocks.” Open to the public, 1-5pm at the Salina Art Center
19 Why We Eat or Don’t Lecture sponsored by ComCare/WellPlan, 4pm the USD 305 District Office Conference Room
23 Raising Less Corn, More Hell Book discussion with author George Pyle, 6:30pm; reception for the author, 6pm at Salina Public Library Prescott Room
23-25 Prairie Festival Inspirational speakers, great food, good music – highlighting The Land Institute’s important work in sustainability. At The Land Institute
24 CLASS Growing Herbs and Vegetables in Containers with Ted Zerger, 9:30-11am at Salina Public Library Prescott Room & Zerger Garden
25 Opening of Eating: A Community Project Exploring What, How & Why We Eat Bring a snapshot of your open refrigerator for display! 3pm. Reception for new director Heather Ferrell, 2:30pm at the Salina Art Center
29 Artist Cindy Zimmerman performs. A part of Art Rush, 5-7pm at the Salina Art Center
October
2 Guided tour of Fritz Haeg’s Edible Estates with Jay Heiman, Art Center gallery manager, 2pm at 712 Custer
4 CLASS How to Build Community Through Gardening with Peace Garden founder Ted Zerger, 7:30pm at Salina Public Library Prescott Room
4 CLASS French-Mex Cooking with Elsa Ramirez, 4-6pm at Trinity United Methodist Church kitchen
8 Trail Bites Edible hike with Lori Hall and Michele Clark, meet at Red Coach Inn, 1:30pm, travel to Kanopolis
9 Superfoods – Flax Seed, Green Tea, & Sprouts with John & Bette Sue Wachholz. Learn about these highly nutritious foods, how and why to use them daily, 2pm at the Salina Art Center
11 CLASS Un Poco de la Cocina Mexicana (A Little Bit of the Mexican Kitchen) with Jesus Hernandez, 6:30- 8:30pm at Trinity United Methodist Church kitchen
13 Fat Girls Dish Discussion about food and eating with three Rubenesque, well-rounded women: Sandy Beverly, Sharon Benson, and Lori Brack. Readings, audience participation, snacks! 7pm at the Salina Art Center
13 Secrets of the Tsil Café by Thomas Fox Averill book discussion, 7pm at Salina Public Library Prescott Room
15 Bus tours of local farms and gardens, starting at Edible Estates. Includes Whispering Cottonwood Farm and a wheat/sorghum mill in Assaria, 9am. Lunch included. Sponsored by Salina Food Policy Council. Details at whisperingctnwd@sbcglobal.net or 785-827-6276
19 You Are What You Eat Lecture sponsored by ComCare/WellPlan, 7pm at the Salina Art Center
20 CLASS Great Tailgating and Grilling with Dave Payne, 6-8pm at Propane Central
22 Pumpkin Carving Open house with performance by artist Cindy Zimmerman, 2-4pm at the Salina Art Center
27 Hatch Show Prints: Letterpress Posters Old & New with Salina native Jim Sherraden. Reception and sale, 5-7pm. Lecture, 7pm at the Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts
27 CLASS Women of Mystery Book discussion with June Fuentes, 7-8:30pm at Salina Public Library Prescott Room
30 Guided tour of Fritz Haeg’s Edible Estates with Jay Heiman, Art Center gallery manager, 2pm at 712 Custer
November
1 CLASS Mexican Desserts: Los Postres with Elsa Ramirez, 4-6pm at Trinity United Methodist Church kitchen
3 The Better to Eat You With My Dear (part 1 of 3) Writer Lori Brack leads a discussion about eating and food in fairy tales, 7pm at the Salina Art Center. Sponsored by Salina Art Center/Salina Public Library/CLASS
6 Whole Foods with John & Bette Sue Wachholz. Learn about the power of whole foods in the prevention of disease, 2pm at the Salina Art Center
9 Cooking on the Web Recipe searching and printing with Nancy Jo Leachman, 10-10:45am at the Salina Public Library Technology Center
9 The Better to Eat You With My Dear (part 2 of 3) Writer Lori Brack leads a discussion about eating and food in fairy tales, 7pm at the Salina Art Center. Sponsored by Salina Art Center/Salina Public Library/CLASS
10 Tablescapes by local artists and designers, part of Art Rush, 5-7pm, at the Salina Art Center
10 Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan book discussion, 7pm at Salina Public Library Prescott Room
12 Grape Expectations Annual fall fundraiser featuring Tablescapes (see above), 7pm at the Salina Art Center
14 Childhood Obesity Lecture sponsored by ComCare/WellPlan, 4pm at USD 305 District Office Conference Room
16 The Better to Eat You With My Dear (part 3 of 3) Writer Lori Brack leads a discussion about eating and food in fairy tales, 7pm at the Salina Art Center. Sponsored by Salina Art Center/Salina Public Library/CLASS
19 Erika Nelson's "World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest Things" Traveling Roadside Museum, tours from 11am-2pm, "World's Largest Food Monuments, Festivals, and Edible World's Largest Things" slide lecture at 3pm, Spam carving contest at 4pm, all at the Salina Public Library
19 Open House Mulled cider and food tasting, 10am-5pm at Prairieland Market
19 Book illustration workshop for kids with Priti Cox and Kristin Van Tassel. Includes preview of their new book about Midwest agriculture, 10am at the Salina Art Center
24 Thanksgiving Dinner sponsored by the Salvation Army at Applebee’s Restaurant
December
1 Cooking on the Web Recipe searching and printing with Nancy Jo Leachman, 11-11:45am at the Salina Public Library Technology Center
3 Holiday Open House Activities for all ages, 2-4pm at the Salina Art Center
4 Discussion of Sacre Rappresentazioni I by artist Jonathan Stevens with Fr. Frank Coady and Rev. Michael Nelson, 2pm at the Salina Art Center
6 Candy Bar Wrappers Workshop Computer design and production with Melanie Schreiber, 1-3pm at the Salina Public Library Technology Center
7 The Art of Eating Lecture sponsored by ComCare/WellPlan, 7pm at the Salina Art Center
10 Artmaking workshop focusing on artist Peter Bruegel. Art history lecture with Heather Ferrell, plate-painting with Cindy Zimmerman, 10am-4pm at the Salina Art Center
25 Christmas Dinner sponsored by Bill Fekas
Ongoing projects
CLASS
Community Learning And Skill Sharing is a vibrant lifelong education program offering courses that promote personal growth and community discourse. Instructors are mostly volunteers who are interested in sharing their special skill or knowledge in a casual atmosphere at the library and a variety of places around Salina. Enrollment and tuition may be required for CLASS programs. For details check online at www.salpublib.org or call 785-825-4626.
Community Recipe Collection
The Salina Public Library will coordinate the community recipe collection – pages will be designed and printed at the library and a public notebook will be provided for collecting pages. People may come in and read and/or copy pages from October through December.
Food TV
Look for a new Access TV 3-part series, Food for Thought. Host Paul Archer from Kansas Wesleyan University will film three programs in restaurants around the area with guests discussing the importance of food and its role as nourishment, gift, culinary art and cultural tradition in celebrations of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Food Quilt Documentary
Lauren Hendrick, Central High senior and intern at Community Access TV, will be documenting Tania Candiani’s residency at the Salina Art Center. Tania will share meals and conversation with students, factory workers, and homemakers throughout the community, and then with the general public on September 18 from 1-5pm at the Art Center. Tania will assist participants in preserving their favorite foods in vacuum-sealed bags, to be attached together and made into a translucent “quilt” to be hung in the Art Center’s front windows.
Hatch Show Prints: Letterpress Posters Old & New
If you follow country music history or the culture of the American South, sooner or later you’re bound to run into the unmistakable “look” of Hatch Show Print in Nashville. A selection of Hatch posters, including some with eating-related subjects, will be on display October 27-December 8 in the Watson Gallery at the Stiefel Theatre. Hatch has a local connection: manager Jim Sherraden is a Salina native, and will be present on October 27 for a reception and sale, 5-7pm. At 7pm Sherraden will give a presentation about the creative and archival work he and his staff do at Hatch Show Print.
From Miniatures to Metaphors
Salina artist Becky Hyberger’s recent work in her continuing theme “From Miniatures to Metaphors” is on display at three area churches. The two main exhibits are located at the west entrance of St. Elizabeth’s Church and on the west wall of the gathering space of Sacred Heart Cathedral, with an additional single piece at St. Mary’s New Parish Hall. The work reflects on the Eucharist and Scripture as a way of nourishing the soul through life’s spiritual journey, and will be on view through December.
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