BSC Artist Fellow Bryant Terry will share his experimentation in arts practices over the academic year, which includes “Visual Food Data,” a series of research-based mixed media works, and “Sacred Larder,” a sculptural/social practice work that draws on the traditional food preservation techniques used by his ancestors to give us a glimpse into how they used food not just for sustenance but for medicine as well. The presentation will include a panel moderated by Terry with farmers Will Scott Jr., Kanchan Dawn Hunter, and Pandora Thomas as well as a live performance with Beatrice Terry, his mother, (as she embodies her mother singing) and Brooklyn-based artist Joshua Gabriel.

Following the presentation, there will be a reception in the BAMPFA Barbara and Gerson Bakar Atrium with a menu co-created by Terry and chef Lala Harrison. Please join us!

Panelists

Bryant Terry, Abolition Democracy Artist Fellow, Black Studies Collaboratory, Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley 

Will Scott Jr., Founder of African American Farmers of California

Kanchan Dawn Hunter, Former Co-Director of Spiral Gardens

Pandora Thomas, Founder of EARTHseed Farm

Beatrice Terry, Singer, Mother, and Grandmother

Joshua Gabriel, Artist and Musician