Preservation Reading Room
Installation image of Preservation Reading Room (2023) at Welcome
September 23 - December 16, 2023
A collaboration between Cincinnati-based chef-artist Maggie Lawson and farmer-artist Lyric Morris-Latchaw this project transforms the gallery into a reading room (a space for reflection and conversation) and a kitchen for putting up the abundance of the season. The artists, who are both new mothers, strive to bring together the tension between preserving traditions and the desire for social change. As well as navigating the widening gap between urban and rural ways of living. Are homemaking, homesteading, and mothering inherently oppressive tasks, or is there room for liberation within these traditions?
The artists will draw on their networks of farmers and deep thinkers to create a performative and evolving food based installation of preserved goods using canning, dehydration, fermentation alongside Lyrics’ sumptuous murals and a library of texts.
Welcome (M)Art is a program that blurs the lines between art gallery, grocery, and dinner party; providing a unique opportunity for social discourse in Cincinnati.
The 2023 Welcome (M)ART program is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Welcome Project is located at 2936 Colerain Ave. and is open Wednesday – Saturday 11am - 6pm
Programming
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Day: Saturday, September 23rd
Time: 6-9 PM
Location: Welcome
Admission: FREE -
Day: Saturday, October 14th
Time: 2-4:30 PM
Location: Welcome
Admission: Register at Eventbrite - 10 participant capacity$5-$15 suggested donation
In this hands-on workshop learn to make sauerkraut in its many variations from scratch and take home your own creation to ferment over the coming weeks along with a recipe for future iterations. All supplies are included in the fee. -
Day: Saturday, October 21st
Time: 2-4:30 PM
Location: Welcome
Admission: Register at Eventbrite - 10 participant capacity$5-$15 suggested donation
In this hands on workshop learn how to make dill pickled green beans (dilly beans) and how to can them so they are shelf stable and don't require refrigeration. This same canning method can be used for all sorts of seasonal abundance!
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Time: 6-7:30 PM
Location: Welcome
Admission: FREENOV 2: Canning, Class and Co-opting Cottagecore
NOV 16: The Fermented Transformation of Motherhood and Building the Village
DEC 7: Making Friends with Plants and Making Medicine for the Aging Body
Email maggielawsonart@gmail.com to get readings ahead of time. They are also read aloud at the event. No need to prepare in advance. Free childcare and snacks!
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Day: Saturday, November 4th
Time: 5-7 PM
Location: Welcome
Admission: FREE, Registration Required
Chef: Kate Jesurun, Goosefoot Cook and Grow
Topic Expert: Meghan Henshaw, Ocotillo HerbalsEnter into the installation currently on view at Welcome, the Preservation Reading Room, created by artist-farmer Lyric Morris Latchaw and chef-artist Maggie Lawson, to enjoy an evening of discussion and reflection around how the plant world can support everyone as they age.
Enjoy a four-course, locally-sourced meal prepared by farmer-chef Katie Jesurun of the Cincinnati personal chef company Goosefoot Cook and Grow. Chef Katie's menu will be infused with delicious medicinal and culinary herbs that support the aging body.
Herbalist Meghan Henshaw of Ocotillo Herbals will lead us through a sensory experience of what many easy-to-grow plant allies have to offer on your dinner table and in your medicine cabinet.
While the Cincinnati Table Dinner events are focused on Camp Washington residents, we are looking for volunteers to help facilitate them, including cooking, serving, set-up and clean up. Volunteers will be invited to partake in the dinners as well if you’d like. Please email Olivia if you’re interested in volunteering.
The April - December 2023 Cincinnati Table meals are generously funded by Welcoming American’s Fund to Foster Belonging Grant. -
Day: Saturday, December 9th
Time: 1:30-4 PM
Location: Welcome
Admission: Register at Eventbrite - 10 participant capacity$5-$15 suggested donation
Who: All birthing people from people trying to get pregnant, currently pregnant, recently postpartum through decades postpartum.
Babies-in-arms are welcome. Please keep toddlers, older children, and partners at home.
All birthing people are welcome to attend whether to share or witness the stories 6 stories will be featured
All birth stories are welcome, which means some may share intense aspects of their birth story that could be triggering. We ask that you please listen to your heart and use your own discretion to determine if attending this gathering will align with your emotional needs.
Led by Mindy Schlechter
Perinatal Ayurvedic Coach
