land grant, this saturday & sunday!
There have been some updates to the schedule, see below.
20 & 21 april 2012
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
@ broad art museum, michigan state universtiy
the land grant: join us for the launch of the land grant, a new residency program by the broad art musuem for artists working around the topics of land use, food, and urban development with a focus on sustainability. learn about politics & land grants; eat, drink, gossip, flirt; and consider the intersection of art, ag and a dynamic new economy for one of the most fertile states in the union! co-presented with the broad art museum by the greenhorns and the michigan young farmer coalition.
see who else is going on the facebook event page here.
download the press release here.
april 20
@ 107 south kedzie hall, msu campus
7pm - screening of the greenhorns documentary
april 21
@ vacant former barnes and noble*, 333 east grand river, east lansing
3-5pm - town hall discussion & kids craft session
5-7pm - local food, drink, music, and mixing at an indoor farmers' market
*the vacant barnes and noble building on grand river avenue is a major economic development site in east lansing. we will "activate" this now very raw space for a day as a model of the ways these kinds of projects and ideas can grab a moment in the history of a place and change its meaning for a brief time