Drinks and Dumplings

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90 minute Zoom Artist’s Talk and Cooking Lesson hosted by the VAC Clarington’s “Be My Guest” series on May 16, 2021 The VAC Clairington’s Be My Guest Series is a series of monthly casual conversations that bring together artists, writers, and curators speaking about notions of community, spirituality, and ethics through mediated engagements with food and drink pairings. Before each conversation, participants will receive a menu with instructions to gather affordable ingredients in order to prepare the recipes for each engagement in their homes.  In May 2021, Elaine Tin Nyo hosted a virtual visit to a rustic french cooking school (The…

The Fourth Leg: a lesson in pig butchery October 30, 3-7 PM

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The Fourth Leg a lesson in pig butchery on October 30, 2011, 3–7 pm. Join Elaine Tin Nyo for an afternoon with butcher, Gaetano Arnone. During the course of the performance, artist and butcher will discuss our complex relationship to pigs and pork while he teaches you how to breakdown half a pig. Utilizing the entire animal is just one way we show respect for the life of the animal. Since before the use of fire, butchers and cooks have been allies in this endeavor to feed ourselves mindfully. The performance coincides with the exhibition of The Three Legged Pig,*…