{"product_id":"the-art-of-corn","title":"The Art of Corn - 4 Jun 2026","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Art of Corn looks at imagery that takes corn as its subject, in the process showing how corn moves from material to metaphor. From ancient Aztec statues to high-fashion couture, art that depicts corn or uses it as a medium goes beyond the aesthetic to reveal larger societal and cultural concerns. This talk explores the sociocultural meanings of corn as represented in paintings, photographs, and other art forms, including handicrafts like corncob dolls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuest Speaker:\u003cbr\u003eDarra Goldstein\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian, Emerita at Williams College and Founding Editor of \u003cem\u003eGastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, named the 2012 Publication of the Year by the James Beard Foundation. She has published widely on literature, culture, art, and cuisine and has organized several exhibitions, including \u003cem\u003eGraphic Design in the Mechanical Age\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFeeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005\u003c\/em\u003e, both at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. In addition to serving as Editor in Chief of the James Beard-nominated \u003cem\u003eOxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets\u003c\/em\u003e, she is the author of eight cookbooks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"event-calendar-app","offers":[{"title":"Registration Fee","offer_id":45226028138687,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4723\/6799\/files\/unnamed_2d63796e-adc2-4e4d-a758-125e42fc6f5c.jpg?v=1772637662","url":"https:\/\/greenmtnacademy.org\/products\/the-art-of-corn","provider":"Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}