[OKC] Sustainable Art & Local Food Create Perfect Pairing

[Shauna Struby]

Sustainable Art & Local Food Create Perfect Pairing

Artist & Local Food Challenge Winners Named

 

For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Lindsay Vidrine

405-802-5572

 

(Oklahoma City) May 26, 2011 - EVOLVE, a juried art exhibit and
collaborative fundraiser exploring sustainability, resilience & community,
closed in early May after a strong showing of community support for
sustainability. The exhibit opened on Sat., April 23, at Individual Artists
of Oklahoma (IAO) and was a fundraiser to benefit Sustainable OKC and IAO.
Proceeds from the event generated approximately $7,200 which both
non-profits will use for programs and opportunities that support Oklahoma
City's art and sustainable communities. 

 

Works from 30 artists were selected for the EVOLVE exhibition through a
juried process.  Jurors chose Todd Graham's Sawhorse Writer's Desk as the
first place, $500 cash prize winner.  Evolve or Dissolve, a recycled metal
sculpture by Ron Ferrell won second place and $250. The $125 third place
prize was taken by Stephanie Brudzinski for her two multi-media works,
Destroyed and Fragile.  Randy Marks of Groundwork, and Stephen Kovash of
Istvan Gallery served as art jurors for the exhibit. 

 

Transition OKC, a program of Sustainable OKC, hosted a local food challenge
during the opening reception which was well received. Local Food Challenge
participants included Chef Kurt Fleischfresser, Chef Kamala Gamble, Chef
Ryan Parrott, Prairie Gypsies, The Wedge and 105Degrees. Contestants were
tasked with creating a signature appetizer or non-dessert finger food using
as many locally-sourced ingredients as possible and local food professionals
then judged the entries.

 

The Local Food Challenge judges jointly issued this statement, "All the food
entries were amazing which made selecting a grand prize winner very
difficult. Every contestant outdid themselves." Judges for the challenge
were Chef Jonathon Stranger of Ludivine; Linda Trippe, The Lady Chef; and
Gail Vines, co-owner of Flip's Wine Bar & Trattoria.

 

Three prizes were awarded, including a $500 juried grand prize which went to
Chef Casey Marshall  of 105Degrees, and a runner-up prize of dinner for two
at Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy near Depew which was awarded to Chef Barbara
Mock with Kam's Kookery and Guilford Gardens, a two-acre organic garden
located in the heart of Oklahoma City. Chef Mock also received the People's
Choice award, selected by popular vote of the EVOLVE attendees, with Chef
Kurt Fleischfresser, Western Concepts Restaurants, receiving second place in
the People's Choice, and Chef Marshall coming in third. 

 

Educational programming for EVOLVE, organized by Transition OKC, included a
free screening of the film, "The Economics of Happiness," and a gallery
talk, "Permaculture and the Art of Transition," by Randy Marks, Groundwork,
and Shauna Struby, co-chair, Transition OKC.

 

Sustainable OKC and Transition OKC are run entirely by volunteers. EVOLVE
was made possible through the generosity of many financial and in-kind
sponsors, including OG+E, Oklahoma Carbon Initiative, Oklahoma Environmental
Management Authority, Sierra Club, The Spy, factor 110, COOP Ale Works,
Birdie, Enersolve and Summerside Vineyards. 

 

Photos from the event can be accessed on a Facebook photo gallery here
<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150237755015429.367936.51226510
428> . 

 

Sustainable OKC is a non-profit, grassroots organization working at the
crossroads of business, environment, and social justice in Oklahoma City.
For more information visit  <http://www.sustainableokc.org>
www.sustainableokc.org or the community blog at
<http://freshgreens.typepad.com/> freshgreens.typepad.com. Event and
community information are also shared through
<http://www.facebook.com/SustainableOKC> Facebook.com/SustainableOKC and
<http://twitter.com/sustainableokc> Twitter.com/SustainableOKC.

 

Transition OKC is part of an internationally renowned movement and offers an
ongoing slate of free or low-cost educational workshops, film screenings and
events focused on catalyzing Oklahoma City's transition to more sustainable,
resilient communities. For more info,  <http://www.sustainableokc.org>
www.sustainableokc.org and  <http://www.goinglocalokc.org>
www.goinglocalokc.org .

 

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Shauna Lawyer Struby

imagine, innovate, collaborate, transition

Co-chair, Transition OKC

Past-president, Sustainable OKC

www.goinglocalokc.org <http://www.goinglocalokc.org/> 

www.sustainableokc.org <http://www.sustainableokc.org/>  

Fresh Greens blog <http://freshgreens.typepad.com/> 

 

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