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TALKING PLANTS: Making Kin with Our Rooted Relations

Garfield Park Conservatory 300 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

English language positions humans and nature as very separate entities. How do we talk about the natural world in a way that recognizes our interdependence on an entire living system? How do we acknowledge plants specifically as our kin?

Come have a conversation with two specialists on plants and language!

PLANTS: Listening and Writing

Garfield Park Conservatory 300 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

A reading and a poetry writing workshop with Anishinaabemowin speaker and poet Margaret Noodin. Bring paper and a writing implement of your choice! This event is part of our Artist in Residence Program’s lecture series.

The Persistence of the Unsorted

Garfield Park Conservatory 300 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

An exhibition of new work by Garfield Park Conservatory's Artist in Residence, Claire Pentecost.

Being Together in Place

Garfield Park Conservatory 300 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

Please join us for a free and public discussion with Garfield Park Conservatory’s Artist in Residence, Claire Pentecost, and guests Jay T. Johnson and Soren C. Larsen. This event is presented as part of the exhibition, The Persistence of the Unsorted, on view April 26, 2018 – October 31, 2018 at the Garfield Park Conservatory.

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