Shared Imaginings: Local Plants Resource-Sharing
Saturday, May 17
1:00 – 4:00 PM
For All Ages
FREE! Optional RSVP*
*If you are planning to attend with a group of 10 or more people, you must notify us via email to info@bronxmuseum.org at least 48 hours in advance of the event to ensure we are adequately prepared to accommodate you.
Image: Installation image of Rooted (2024) by Mary Mattingly. Photo by Argenis Apolinario, 2025.
About Local Plants Resource-Sharing
Throughout the afternoon, artist, educator, and ecologist Kim Darling will facilitate fun activities exploring plant knowledge, foraging practices, and access to public food, including: 🌿 Aromatic Plants: Engage your sense of smell with natural scents; 🖍 Plant Rubbings: Make your own botanical print to take home; 🗣 Plant Stories Circle: Share memories or traditions tied to plants and growing food; 🍓 Harvest Visions: What foods do you want to grow and harvest in your community?
Darling collaborated with artist Mary Mattingly on Mattingly’s project Swale (2016–2020), a floating food forest in NYC. Mattingly’s installation Rooted (2024–2025), a sculpture of living plants that are likely to thrive as the environment continues to change due to human industry, is currently on view in the exhibition Working Knowledge.
You are welcome to drop by, but if you plan to attend, please consider letting us know with an optional RSVP.
About Shared Imaginings
Shared Imaginings at the Museum is a multi-part event centered around the interactive exhibition Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures, and exploring the practice of Social Sculpture, art that seeks to actively engage people in improving the world.
You are welcome to attend all of the activities or drop in for one particular part of the event. We recommend staying for as much of the afternoon as possible to get the most out of this program.
Shared Imaginings Schedule
SATURDAY, MAY 17
1:00 – 5:00 PM
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Local Plants Resource-Sharing
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1:00 – 2:00 PM
Sound Bath
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
Social Sculpture Discussion
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3:00 – 4:00 PM
Exhibition Tour
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4:00 – 5:00 PM
Catalogue Launch Party
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About Working Knowledge
ON VIEW: April 11 – July 6, 2025
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Zainab Aliyu + American Artist and the School For Poetic Computation; Black Quantum Futurism; Stephanie Dinkins; Melanie Hoff; Mary Mattingly; Ari Melenciano; Azikiwe Mohammed; Kite & Alisha B Wormsley; Lynne Yun
A Visions2030 Project in collaboration with The Bronx Museum. Curated by Vera Petukhova.
Inspired by Social Sculpture’s key concept that sees creativity as a force for social change, the Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures exhibition invites you to engage, explore, and contribute your knowledge and experiences through interactive elements.
Artist projects include an AI chatbot, an evolving collaborative dictionary, a dance-based game platform to write poetry, generative software for sharing dreams, and a plant system to explore foraging in The Bronx.