Apple Grafting Master Class with Sam Van Aken

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Sam Van Aken's famed conservation work, Tree of 40 Fruit, contains multiple varieties of apples, peaches, plums, apricots, and cherries that blossom and produce fruit sequentially. In this hands-on master class, explore the basics of grafting different varieties of apples, and hear how old and new grafting technologies allow Van Aken to create public art that also serves as environmental preservation. Prerequisite: Intro to Plant Science

To support local community gardens, most trees grafted in this special master class will be donated.

Please note: This class counts as an elective toward the Gardening Certificate Program.

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Schedule:	Saturday, April 22, 2023
	Only 25 days left to register!
Times:	02:30pm-04:00pm EDT
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Saturday, April 22, 2023 02:30pm 04:00pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Saturday, April 22, 2023 02:30pm 04:00pm
Instructor:	Sam Van Aken Sam Van Aken Sam Van Aken Sam Van Aken is a contemporary artist who work utilizes the techniques of grafting as an artistic medium to create multi-grafted trees that blossom in different tones and bear fruit from summer into fall. Focused on preserving heritage fruit varieties, Van Aken is currently developing an orchard of these heirloom and antique varieties on Governors Island that makes these fruit and ways of growing them available to the public. Born in Reading Pennsylvania, Sam Van Aken grew up on a family dairy farm. He received his undergraduate education in Art and Communication Theory. Immediately following his studies he lived in Poland and worked with dissident artists under the former communist regime through the auspices of the Andy Warhol Foundation and the United States Information Agency. Van Aken received his MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and since this time his work has been exhibited and placed nationally and internationally. He has received numerous honors including a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, Association of International Curator's of Art Award and a Creative Capital Grant. Most recently, his work has been presented as part of Nature at The Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial and the Cube Design Museum, Netherlands; and was recognized as a Cultural Leader, exhibiting and presenting at the 2020 World Economic Forum. Sam Van Aken lives and works in Syracuse New York, where he is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Art at Syracuse University
Location:	NYBG, Watson Room 102 2900 Southern Blvd Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number:	234HRT362
Price:	Price Non-Member : $205.00 Member : $185.00
Prerequisite(s):	Introduction to Plant Science

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