Learn more about Brooke's work and the other Indigenous farmers growing maize for their communities in #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld before it closes Monday, March 31 @mobotmuseum.bsky.social!
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Last day to see this feature and the exhibition @mobotmuseum.bsky.social is March 31!
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See all of Megan's art at mobotmuseum.bsky.social's #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld exhibition, open now through March 31st.
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#NationalTamaleDay YUMMY TAMALES by Caylee, who writes: "My artwork is about a food I really like from my Mexican culture. It has chicken, vegetables, and masa (made from corn). I like to eat my tamales with tortilla chips. I love corn!"
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Maize place setting, Noritake Company, Inc., Japan; Ceramic, gilding, polychrome; ca. 20th c.; Courtesy @mobotgarden's The Little Shop Around the Corner
Introduced by the Portuguese in the 16th c., maize has been a staple crop in Japan since the late 19th c.
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#TheSacredCrop #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld THE SACRED CROP, a painting/poetry series by Waleska Font on the significance of corn in Pre-Columbian Latin America looks at the Venezuelan creation symbolims of maize in VII, OSSEMA. Get the zine and watch her performance at the link in bio.
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… ain’t nothing but a corn dog … #NationalCorndogDay
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A CORNDOG RESTING ON A PLATE by Esther from Emily Hemeyer’s class ArtscopeStL/Cabrini Academy features this favorite American fair food, half-eaten enjoying its last moments as a corndog.
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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld In the 19th c. and before mechanization, field corn was harvested by letting it dry on the stalk, breaking the husk open and separating it from the cob with a simple tool called a husking pin or hook. Pix: Virginia Harold
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🌽🖼️: Andi Kur
Welcome to the Maize Genetics Meeting attendees in St. Louis right now! Thanks to scientists Dr. Sherry Flint-Garcia and @kmurphyphd.bsky.social for their generous contributions to the exhibition @mobotmuseum.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social
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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld How do you make popcorn? In the 19th century, popcorn gained popularity as a go-to snack in the United States--it was affordable and very tasty! Wire basket poppers were developed to make the process of popping popcorn over open flames or stovetops easier.
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It's a bug's life ...
The colorful bee (Augochlora pura) in the center of this image is a part of the Sachs Butterfly House insect collection, which the team shared with @mobotmuseum.bsky.social in #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld. They are known to collect 🌽 pollen!
#bugs #insects #maize
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thirteen multicolored corn cobs laid out in a spectrum from blue, black, red, pink, white, green, brown, yellow, and orange from left to right.
The technicolor kernels of maize 🌈
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These corn cobs are lent courtesy of the Flint-Garcia lab, USDA-ARS at University of Missouri and highlight the team's work on growing hundreds of varieties of maize for research--including different colors!
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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld Colorful corn cob pipes can be found in the exhibition @mobotmuseum.bsky.social! Thanks to Missouri Meerschaum and one of the student community artists (8th grader David), the visual diversity of these objects made from maize highlight their aesthetic forms.
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#TransposableElements A Homage to Barbara McClintock and Hopi Zea mays, artwork series by Megan Singleton in #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld
This artwork commission is sponsored by Nancy Ridenour.
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Pix: Hopi Purple and Hopi Turquoise photograph series and art book
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#TheSacredCrop #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld THE SACRED CROP, a painting/poetry series by Waleska Font on the significance of corn in Pre-Columbian Latin America looks at the Aztec meaning behind maize in VI, SPROUTING HEART. Get the zine and watch her performance at the link in bio.
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#NationalCornChipDay Some of the student community artists in #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld love maize in the form of corn chips the most! What's your favorite way to enjoy corn, or do you have several?
1: CORN CHIPS by Zaniah
2: PRINCESS CORN CHIP by Lyric
3: GIANT CORN CHIPS by Justice
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“This gorgeous Pearl Corn Cob was designed and created by jewelry artist John Nels Hatleberg. Made from historic Peruvian pearls, opals, 24K gold leaf, 18K gold wire (ca. 2024) and on view in #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld @mobotmuseum.bsky.social.
More on the artist, johnhatleberg.com
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🌽💛💍 #KernelsOfCulture 😍😍😍
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#TheSacredCrop #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld Artist Waleska Font presents THE SACRED CROP, exploring of spiritual significance of 🌽 in Pre-Columbian Latin America.
V, NAKAWE is the 5th painting and poem in the series focused on the Huichol creation story. Download the zine in the bio.
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Oh thank you! If you'd like to check out the #KernelsOfCulture virtual tour, here's the link kuula.co/share/collec...
And the exhibition booklet is downloadable in the linktree in the profile bio too
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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld This ceramic maize cob tureen was made in the United States ca. 20th c. Courtesy of @mobotgarden.bsky.social Little Shop Around The Corner. Maize shaped vessels symbolize prosperity from the earliest Central & South American cultures, continuing to today.
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Abstracted yellow popped corn on multicolored background
golden popped corn kernels scattered around red and white popcorn box filled with yellow popcorn and silver and gold corn cob with yellow and green husk at top
Corn cob with green husk split together with red and white popcorn box filled with yellow popcorn
Featuring all the steps to make popcorn with five sections; lower left individual kernels in circular field of red; upper left melting butter in popcorn machine; center features large glass popcorn machine filled with popcorn and shovel; upper right has field of blue with two corn stalks; and lower right has small child sitting on gray chair eating popcorn
More student art for #NationalPopcornDay🍿 #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundThe World
5: POPCORN FIESTA by Josselin at Willow Brook
6: HOPPIN' POPPIN' POPCORN by Tilly at Clark
7: KERNELS OF CULTURE by Quinn at St. Ambrose
8: POPCORN by Brock at Harvest Ridge
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Yellow and white popcorn in central red circle laid on top of red and white striped popcorn bag
Corn cob shaped with corn kernels in body and top with popcorn and leaves made from green fuzzy pipecleaners; multicolored paper sun in upper left corner
Red and blue striped rectangular movie popcorn box filled with multicolored collage popped corn kernels; POPCORN written on side in pink field on blue background
Multicolored popped corn kernels in a jumble of kernels and colors
Happy #NationalPopcornDay🍿! Some of the student art #KernelsOfCulture featuring popcorn
1: POPCORN by Kadence at Troy Buchanan High School
2: MAGIC MAZE POPCORN by Ansley at Harvest Ridge
3: POPCORN PARADE by Olivia at Willow Brook
4: PRISM OF POPCORN by Dalin at Willow Brook
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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld Thanks to all the visitors who have come to see the special exhibition on maize @mobotmuseum.bsky.social! For those not able to visit in person, we have digital options! You can download the publication and visit our virtual tour in our linktree in bio.
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This gorgeous Pearl Corn Cob was designed and created by jewelry artist John Nels Hatleberg. Made from historic Peruvian pearls, opals, 24K gold leaf, 18K gold wire (ca. 2024) and on view in #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld @mobotmuseum.bsky.social. More on the artist www.johnhatleberg.com
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Maize is a symbol of plenty, may your new year abound in only good things! 🌽 #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld features the story of corn in the Americas. Read more @mobotgarden.bsky.social's Discover + Share blog discoverandshare.org/2024/09/23/k...
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Maize has been a domesticated crop in the Americas for thousands of years--it all started in south central Mexico, and spread around the world in the 16th century. #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld
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Maize agriculture spread eastward, out of the American Southwest ca. 1300 years ago. When Indigenous nations were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma in the 1800s, many were not able to bring their seeds with them, having to rely on new varieties in the new climate.
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Artist Waleska Font's THE SACRED CROP series' 4th painting IV, MEN OF CORN looks at the Aztec creation story. Download a PDF of the artist's zine at the link in bio. Artwork commission sponsored by Nancy Ridenour; pix by Virginia Harold.
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