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!
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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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#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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#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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#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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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld #NationalMaizeDay These photos are by artist Martin Akwiranoron Loft born in Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory (Kanata). Martin has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. Brooke Rice's Kahnawake harvest of Tuscarora White Corn, October 2023.
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Artist Waleska Font's THE SACRED CROP is an exploration of the cultural & spiritual significance of corn in Pre-Columbian Latin America. SISTERHOOD portrays the sacred trinity of 🌽 in Aztec culture: Huixtocíhuatl, Chalchiuhtlicue & Chicomecóatl.
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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld Ca. 9,000 years ago, humans began cultivating populations of wild Zea mays subsp. parviglumis in the Balsas River Valley of Mexico, and was later hybridized with Zea mays subsp. mexicana (wild grasses: teosinte); both contributed to maize domestication.
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The Diné (Navajo) Nation is in NE Arizona and maize is one of their sacred plants—a primary food staple and a symbol of sustenance; Holy People made the first humans from corn. Maize pollen is widely used in ceremonies, for blessings, & offered during prayer. #KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld
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