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2013 The Dinner Parties: Art and AgricultureDescription
Award winning and leading chefs and artists in the Bay Area come together to expose the link between art, agriculture, community and experience. The Sesnon Gallery will feature an exhibition of artists’ installations and documentation reflecting this trend between food and art. Jerome Waag, (Chef of Chez Panisse and artist) and Chris Sollars (award winning SF based artist and teacher) will feature the documentation and relics of Melt the Pot, a participatory dinner party. Jim Denevan, an international artist, will expose the connections between the 14 year long project that he founded, Outstanding in the Field, and his personal journey as an artist, who draws on the earth. E.G. Crichton, a UCSC professor of art, uses a range of strategies to explore social issues by presenting and documenting social vignettes around the dinner table with collaborator Susan Working. Chelsea Wills brings her experience between Mexico and the United States into a monochromatic dinner, specifically created for this exhibition. Leif Hedendal will connect the community through one of his Dinner Discussions in Santa Cruz. The Sesnon Gallery will present an overview of the international movement around food and art coming together and forming a greater sense of community.