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Public Network of Seed Stewards = Preserving genetic
diversity |
| Amy Franceschini, Lead Artist |
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www.futurefarmers.com
Amy Franceschini’s
art practice questions and challenges social,
cultural and environmental systems through
interdisciplinary and collaborative practices
manifested "on" and "offline" in
the form of dynamic websites, installations,
open-access laboratories, and educational
platforms that encourage new formats for
engagement and production. Often taking form
as long-term engagements with the public,
Amy's projects interrogate the politics of
space and ways that globalization affects
the natural and built environment. The images
of growth pervading her work invoke an appreciation
for finite resources and function as a metaphor
to value and nurture our own creative resources.
Amy founded Futurefarmers in 1995, and Free Soil in 2004. Her solo and collaborative
work have been included in exhibitions internationally including ZKM, Whitney
Museum, NYMOMA and SFMOMA. She is the recipient of the Artadia Award, Eureka
Fellowship and SFMOMA SECA. BFA, San Francisco State University; MFA, Stanford
University. |
| Matt
Gonzalez, Collaborator/ Liaison |
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www.gonzalezleigh.com
www.mattgonzalez.com
Matt
Gonzalez graduated from Columbia College
in New York City in 1987 where he studied
Political Theory and Comparative Literature.
In 1990 he received his J.D. from Stanford
Law School where he a member of the Stanford
Environmental Law Journal. In 2000, Gonzalez
became the first member of the Green Party
to win elective office in San Francisco.
He was elected to the San Francisco Board
of Supervisors, representing District 5,
which includes the Haight, Western Addition,
and Inner Sunset neighborhoods. Gonzalez
is also a strong supporter of the arts and
hosted a monthly art opening in his office
at City Hall. Matt
is an important part of this collaborative
constellation, as he understands the role of
the artist as cultural worker and the importance
of art and civic engagement and he will serve
as the liaison with city agencies and development
of VG2007+. |
| SFMOMA,
Presenting organization + educational
support |
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www.sfmoma.org
The San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art has commissioned an exhibition of
VG2007+ as well as providing
programmatic support and publicity. |
| Arcangelo
Wessells, Gardener/ Botanist |
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www.weedwalk.com
Arcangelo Wessells is the inaugural
VG2007+ gardener. |
| Garden
for the Environment |
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www.gardenfortheenvironment.org
Garden for the Environment, through its nationally
acclaimed one-acre urban demonstration garden,
offers environmental education programs about
organic gardening, urban compost systems and
sustainable food systems. Since its founding
in 1995, the garden has operated as a demonstration
site for small-scale urban ecological food
production, organic gardening and low water-use
landscaping. Today, GFE ’s programs include
four central educational elements; a three
month intensive Gardening and Composting Educator
Training program, monthly Compost Education
workshops conducted at the garden and community
gardens throughout San Francisco, the Resource
Efficient Landscape Education series, and the
School Education program offered in partnership
with San Francisco Unified School District
and San Francisco’s Department of the
Environment. GFE provides a physical
garden site and integration of VG2007+ into
their existing educational programs, horticultural
expertise and administrative support. |
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Shaggy
and Nathan of the Big Blue house on Balboa- first
Victory Gardeners taking an oath to tend, harvest
and save seeds.
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