Sonoma County Preserves 2006
Hybrid Field: Artists Exploring our Food Systems, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California
Group exhibition curated by Patricia Watts

Temescal Amity Works was invited to participate in exhibitions, panels, and group shows circulating in both art and urban lifestyle contexts. For Hybrid Fields, we staged a preserved-food contest that brought local residents into the museum who might otherwise never have visited. Contestants were asked to enter both a preserve and a related story for consideration in the competition. A team of judges included a local radio show host, an antiquarian cookbook dealer/conceptual artist, and an SF Art dealer/multiples collector. The judging and tasting event was open to the public and contestants. The winning preserve was acquisitioned into the museum's permanent collection.