With Food in Mind is a nomadic social enterprise that produces projects at the intersection of food, visual culture, and http://clevertrading.qa/iq-option-for-pc-windows social change. Because food is relevant to every living person, we believe that it is uniquely capable of engaging many different audiences in learning about the arts. We work with a wide range of creative types—including visual and performing artists, architects, musicians, writers, chefs, cooks, farmers, and foragers—to create grade school curricula, adult workshops, exhibitions, publications, and events.
With Food in Mind was founded by Nicole J. Caruth, who has over the past 15 years worked as an arts administrator, art writer and critic, curator, community chef, and fitness instructor. With Food in Mind affirms her ongoing commitment to art, food, and health education. Caruth writes regularly about the intersection of art and food for the PBS-affiliated blog Art21. Phaidon Press, ARTnews, C Magazine, Gastronomica, and Public Art Review have also published her writing. Read her complete bio.
Artists in the Kitchen is a not-for-profit afterschool program that fosters learning and appreciation of the arts through the lens of food. With Food in Mind partners https://clevertrading.qa/iq-option-for-pc-windows with organizations in New York and beyond to bring this program to marginalized or underserved communities. We teach youth aged 6-16 about palettes and palates at a crucial time in their lives: when their tastes are still developing. Students gain knowledge of art history and artistic disciplines; understanding of different cultures and cuisines; basic cooking skills and nutrition fundamentals; and awareness of how and where food is produced.
Each course in this program is unique to its teachers, a practicing artist and a food professional, who create curricula collaboratively in our residency program. By bringing together teachers from a range of different disciplines and cultural backgrounds, Artists in the Kitchen provides students with a dynamic, multisensory learning experience. Teachers encourage them to look at art in new ways; view themselves as artists in a range of different contexts; make good food choices; and forge deeper connections to their communities through cultivation, cooking and eating.
Artists in the Kitchen is a not-for-profit afterschool program that fosters learning and appreciation of the arts through the lens of food. With Food in Mind partners with organizations in New York and beyond to bring this program to marginalized or underserved communities. We teach youth aged 6-16 about palettes and palates at a crucial time in their lives: when their tastes are still developing. Students gain knowledge of art history and artistic disciplines; understanding of different cultures and cuisines; basic cooking skills and nutrition fundamentals; and awareness of how and where food is produced.
Each course in this program is unique to its teachers, a practicing artist and a food professional, who create curricula collaboratively in our residency program. By bringing together teachers from a range of different disciplines and cultural backgrounds, Artists in the Kitchen provides students with a dynamic, multisensory learning experience. Teachers encourage them to look at art in new ways; view themselves as artists in a range of different contexts; make good food choices; and forge deeper connections to their communities through cultivation, cooking and eating.
With Food in Mind’s residency program is tied to the youth program Artists in the Kitchen. Youth are taught by our residents, a practicing artist and a food professional, who develop curricula collaboratively during a four-week paid residency. With Food in Mind works http://www.clevertrading.qa/iq-option-for-pc-windows with them to merge their individual ways of thinking and creating into dynamic lesson plans.
Residencies are offered by invitation. There is no formal application process. Letters of interest are reviewed on a rolling basis. To be considered for the program, please email a one-page letter and resume to info [at] withfoodinmind [dot] org. Residents are selected based on the quality of their work, demonstrated interest in arts and/or food education, and their abilities as communicators and facilitators. We actively seek residents from a range of different disciplines and cultural backgrounds.
With Food in Mind was founded on the belief that food is uniquely capable of engaging many different audiences, from childhood to adulthood, in learning about the arts. Our adult programs are designed to do just that: present people with opportunities to learn about art and food together or by way of one another. We currently offer in-person classes at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn and online classes via Skillshare. Sometimes, we pair instructors from different disciplines and ask them to teach collaboratively. At other times, we hire one instructor whose knowledge spans two or more disciplines. Either way, our adult classes are dynamic, informative, and lots of fun. Recent classes include: Read more →
With Food in Mind was founded on the belief that food is uniquely capable of engaging many different audiences, from childhood to adulthood, in learning about the arts. Our adult programs are designed to do just that: present people with opportunities to learn about art and food together or by way of one another. We currently offer in-person classes at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn and online classes via Skillshare. Sometimes, we pair instructors from different disciplines and ask them to teach collaboratively. At other times, we hire one instructor whose knowledge spans two or more disciplines. Either way, our adult classes are dynamic, informative, and lots of fun. Recent classes include:
Grow a Salad in Your Apartment – A joint farming and cooking workshop in which students learned ways to reduce their food budgets and beautify their homes by growing microgreens indoors. Through a companion cooking demo, they also learned different ways to use microgreens in healthy homemade dishes.
Playing with Your Food - General food lovers, avid home cook, and aspiring food bloggers learned to style, light and photograph food using a digital SLR camera. Given the theme of red, students were encouraged to shoot things like strawberries, licorice, and red velvet cake.
Still Life iPhoneography – iPhone-owning food lovers learned to style still life compositions using from fresh produce and baked goods. They also learned how to shoot them and achieve certain looks via popular apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic.
Our adult programming is ever-expanding. Want to participate or enroll in a class? Sign up for our mailing list or scroll down to “What’s Coming Up” for more information.
With Food in Mind’s core program, Artists in the Kitchen, aims to serve youth aged 6–16 living locally, nationally, and abroad. We can only do this with your support. Your cash donation will help us offer free and low-cost educational experiences to children of color, from low-income families, and/or underserved communities. By making a contribution, you are helping us to enrich the lives of children wherever our program may travel. Artists in the Kitchen is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Artists in the Kitchen must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Donate here.
You can also help us meet our goals (and reduce our budget) by providing in-kind and tangible donations, such as pro bono professional services, free access to meeting facilities, and art and cooking supplies. Our Amazon Wish List shows some of the materials we currently need. Please email info[at]withfoodinmind[dot]org if you require a receipt for your physical contribution. Thank you for supporting us.
With Food in Mind’s core program, Artists in the Kitchen, reflects many of the organization’s values and inspirations.
Artists in the Kitchen is motivated first and foremost by rising rates of childhood obesity. In the United States, nearly one in three children are overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in low-income areas and in communities of color. Nearly 40% of the children in African American and Hispanic communities are overweight or obese, placing them at greater risk for heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Artists in the Kitchen was created with the belief that increased food education is necessary to combat these statistics.
Also affecting young people’s well-being is the scarcity of arts education programs. National data repeatedly suggests that the child groups most afflicted by obesity are the ones who also suffer disproportionally from cuts to K–12 public school arts education. Years of research show that arts education is closely linked to social and emotional development, academic achievement, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity. By engaging youth in our dynamic art and food program, we are cultivating future generations of art enthusiasts and healthier eaters, too.
With Food in Mind’s core program, Artists in the Kitchen, reflects many of the organization’s values and inspirations.
Artists in the Kitchen is motivated first and foremost by rising rates of childhood obesity. In the United States, nearly one in three children are overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in low-income areas and in communities of color. Nearly 40% of the children in African American and Hispanic communities are overweight or obese, placing them at greater risk for heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Artists in the Kitchen was created with the belief that increased food education is necessary to combat these statistics.
Also affecting young people’s well-being is the scarcity of arts education programs. National data repeatedly suggests that the child groups most afflicted by obesity are the ones who also suffer disproportionally from cuts to K–12 public school arts education. Years of research show that arts education is closely linked to social and emotional development, academic achievement, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity. By engaging youth in our dynamic art and food program, we are cultivating future generations of art enthusiasts and healthier eaters, too.
Julia Cawley is a photographer living in Brooklyn. She photographs food and interiors. Born in Germany, her heart sometimes still resides in her hometown of Münster. She is Jewels of the website Liz and Jewels where she and cookbook author Lisa “Liz” Nieschlag share their love for design, food, photography and good ideas from two different continents. Together, they have published three cookbooks. On top of figuring out how to live in Brooklyn happily, healthily, and with style, Julia takes care of her puppy Lola and husband Mike. Visit www.juliacawley.com.
Melissa Danielle is a Health Coach, Yoga Instructor, Good Food Guide, and self-proclaimed Know-It-All intersecting food, farming, wellness, and community. Danielle co-teaches “Arugula! Arugula!” Visit www.melissadanielle.com
Cathy Erway is an avid amateur cook and author of The Art of Eating In. In 2006, she decided to purge her diet from restaurant or take-out food and began blogging about it on Not Eating Out In New York. Erway writes about food, sustainable farming and green living at The Huffington Post, Saveur.com and Edible Brooklyn, and has written for Brooklyn Based and The L Magazine. She hosts the weekly radio show, Let’s Eat In, on Heritage Radio Network on Mondays. She is co-founder of the Hapa Kitchen supper club, which creates local and seasonal food inspired by its members’ half-Asian heritage. Erway co-teaches “Grow A Salad in Your Apartment.” Visit www.noteatingoutinny.com
Valery Rizzo is a New York City based portrait, food and lifestyle photographer. Getty Images, Corbis and Alamy represent her work. Rizzo has exhibited her photographs at powerHouse Arena, Soho Photo, Edward Carter Gallery, Atlantic Gallery, Thomas Werner Gallery, Westbeth Gallery, The AOP in London, and Museum of Modern Art, New York. She shoots a monthly photo feature for the James Beard Nominated Group Blog, Nona Brooklyn, and publishes her own food photography blog, Eating Brooklyn. Presently, she is a Brooklyn Navy Yard artist in residence; and is working on Brooklyn, her first monograph shot entirely with plastic cameras. Rizzo’s MTA Arts for Transit photomural of urban agriculture is on view in Atlantic Terminal through December. Rizzo teaches “Still Life iPhoneography.” Visit www.valeryrizzo.com
Jenna Spevack is an artist living and working in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA in Painting/Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. Using drawing, installation, digital media, and permaculture design, her recent work focuses on resilience in the shifting natural and social-political environments. Her work has been shown by local art spaces, including Hendershot Gallery, White Columns, Art in General, Artists Space, Monya Rowe Gallery, and Mixed Greens; and at venues in Beijing, Budapest, and Zurich. Spevack is recipient of numerous grants, residencies, and fellowships. Her work has been recognized by the New York Times The Daily News, and New York Arts, among others. She is a tenured Associate Professor of Creative Media at the College of Technology at the City University of New York. Spevack co-teaches “Grow A Salad in Your Apartment” and “Arugula! Arugual!” Visit www.jennaspevack.com
We’re excited to announce our new partnership with Skillshare, the startup company that’s making education more accessible! To kick things off, we’re offering our first online class Food Photography: Playing with Your Food via Skillshare’s “hybrid” platform.
Read More →Eating well on a budget can prove challenging in New York City. Food prices are rising faster than local rents. Two steps that urban dwellers can take toward reducing their expenses are to grow and cook some of their own food.
Read More →Art meets technology in this three-hour workshop for iPhone-owning food lovers. Students will style and shoot still life compositions and learn the tricks to creating delicious photographs.
Read More →With Food in Mind’s director and founder will be a guest on the Heritage Radio show ”Let’s Eat In.” Tune in at 1pm EST to learn more about our upcoming classes and projects!
Read More →With Food in Mind launched with Arugula! Arugula! drop-in art and food workshop for children and families. Artist Jenna Spevack and community chef Melissa Danielle took children on an exploration of arugula from soil to stomach.
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