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SUMMARY:Women with Green Thumbs: Celebrating the Creative and Curious 
 Gardeners of Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:\nHerstory Cafe and Means of Production Artist's Raw Resou
 rce Collective (MOPARRC) present:\nSenior artist and accomplished gard
 ener Catherine Shapiro will give an illustrated artist talk focussing 
 on ways that gardening has inspired her painting, drawing, and sculptu
 re. This will be followed by facilitated\nHosted by Lori Weidenhammer 
 aka Madame Beespeaker, community-based performance artist and member o
 f the MOPARRC.\nFood & beverages for purchase. Come early and join us 
 for dinner. We have the whole cafe but seating is limited.\nMore info:
  www.herstorycafe.ca and moparrc.wordpress.com\nFurther information:\n
 Catherine Shapiro has been an artist and an organic gardener for forty
  years. As part of her art practise Catherine loves researching histor
 y, focussing on ethnobotany and family history. Her projects often spa
 n several years of digging into the archives in between digging in the
  soil. She has worked with a variety of materials and techniques, incl
 uding making paper from plant fibres from her garden and the natural e
 nvironment. She has worked with The Public Dreams Society, All Souls (
 Mountainview Cemetery), the Powell Street Festival, and has exhibited 
 in many galleries in the Pacific Northwest including The Pitt Gallery,
  the Simon Fraser University Gallery, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chines
 e Garden and the Burnaby Art Gallery. Catherine grew up in the Hollywo
 od Hills; having lived in San Francisco and the northern town of Wells
 , B.C. before moving to Vancouver, she has experienced gardening in a 
 variety of climates. She was the first head gardener at City Farmer De
 monstration Garden in Vancouver, with a passion for permaculture. Cath
 erine is truly a lifelong learner and a vivacious story teller.\n\"Sto
 ry Circles\" where gardeners can socialize, inspire and share their ow
 n gardening stories.\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevanco
 uver.org/events/women-with-green-thumbs
DTSTART:20110513T020000Z
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CATEGORIES:vancouver, talk, celebration
LOCATION:Rhizome Cafe
WEBSITE:http://www.herstorycafe.ca
URL:http://www.herstorycafe.ca
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ORGANIZER:Lori Weidenhammer
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