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We are seeking stories by and about mushroom foragers or cultivators in Oregon. If you love mushrooms – or know someone who does – please join our Community Reporters Project. We have questions; please...
View ArticleTony Migas and Ed Foy Grow Lots of Mushrooms
In late April, Ed Foy gave a talk on which mushroom can be cultivated and suggesting approaches for each. Photo by Lola Milholland For two weekends in April, I attended classes about how to grow...
View ArticleWe’re building a mycelia zoetrope!
I’m over the moon to share the news that artists Stef Choi and Tony Candelaria received a grant from The Celebration Foundation to build a mycelia zoetrope for our December 2-3, 2012 Oregon Mushroom...
View ArticleDec 2 – 3: Come see our exhibition
Artist collective Belly & Bones (Stef Choi & Tony Candelaria) is creating an interactive zoetrope sculpture that presents a fungi life cycle, from mycelia to mushroom. This larger-than-life...
View ArticleNov 29: Mushroom, Mold & Yeast Feast
Please join us for an intimate dinner prepared by Naoko Tamura of Chef Naoko’s Bento Café. We’ll explore and savor wild and cultivated mushrooms prepared with traditional Japanese ingredients that...
View ArticleEarly trials of the zoetrope
Tony and Stef have been hard at work the past two weeks building trial versions of the zoetrope to test out timing, design, mechanics and more. When Tony and Stef conceived of the zoetrope as a way to...
View ArticleHere is our KBOO radio interview. Check it out!
Here is the radio program, hosted by the wonderful Chris Seigel of Wealth Underground Farm and Farm to Artist Road Snacks podcast, about our mushroom fair and the zoetrope, which aired on KBOO (90.7...
View ArticleThe mushroom zoetrope on video!
Here is a first attempt at capturing our zoetrope – How Mushrooms Grow, an Interactive Sculpture, by Belly & Bones – on film. Many thanks to Matty Sidle for filming and Esquivel for the music....
View ArticleRecap of the Mushroom, Mold and Yeast Feast!
This is almost a year overdue! Here is our menu and what follows are photos from the Mushroom, Mold and Yeast Feast that we hosted in collaboration with the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art last...
View ArticleVideo: The Matsutake Hunter
I met Amy Peterson at an Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center matsutake hunt that my friend’s mother had invited me to join. Every year, members of Portland’s Japanese American community and their friends...
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