The Lands We Share Exhibit Completes Tour at Madison Public Library
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The Lands We Share exhibit has been traveling the state of Wisconsin, has reached its final destination and celebration at Central Library in downtown Madison
Ongoing until May 18, 2019, The Lands We Share exhibit is presented on the first floor at Madison’s Central Library, the last location on a statewide tour. The exhibit features stories, histories, artifacts, images and sounds of six culturally and regionally distinct farms and farm sites in Wisconsin and invites visitors to share their own stories, insights, and questions.
This traveling exhibit will culminate in a Closing Gala event at Central Library on Thursday, May 16 which will include a tour of the exhibit, a presentation by the curators, and a community meal.
The Lands We Share program aims to bring together people and groups from diverse backgrounds who are often separated despite living and working in close proximity. Tour organizers hope that participants will identify common interests and discuss shared community visions by drawing on shared personal and family experiences on the land, in farming or with food. Each stop on the tour included a three-week exhibit showing at a community-based venue near one of the six sites and a farm-to-table Community Conversation.
The Lands We Share initiative is made possible by The Wisconsin Farms Oral History Project. Founded by UW-Whitewater’s Public History Program, this initiative connects University of Wisconsin campuses throughout the state and focuses on the history of food and farming in Wisconsin, particularly those that relate to race, ethnicity, and cultural diversity. This project employs a community-based approach through oral history collection and story sharing. (Read on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s involvement on this project)
The Closing Gala on May 16 will be an evening celebration of Wisconsin farming, history, and culture. Guests will include farmers, community leaders and thought-leaders representing the Oneida Nation, African American communities in Milwaukee, organic Hmong-led farms, dairy farms owned by operators of German-descent, and Hispanic farm workers throughout the state.
The evening will include a guided tour of the Lands We Share traveling exhibition at the Central Library (starting at 5:00pm), a presentation of the larger project by project leaders and curators (6:00pm), a panel discussion with featured guests (6:30pm), and amazing locally-sourced food prepared by prominent Madison chefs including Tory Miller. This event is free and open to the public, but reserving a seat is encouraged.
To reserve a seat at the Gala, go to landsweshare.org/sign-up-for-may-gala-in-madison or call (262) 472-5154.
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