mushroom extravaganza with farmer-in-residence amanda janney and artist sam shoemaker

FRIDAY, April 24, 5-7pm ?

Amanda Janney of KM Mushrooms and Artist Sam Shoemaker present a candid look at navigating the “mycoboom” as working mycologists. From a mushroom boat crossing the Catalina Channel to sustainable agriculture for food security in California, they trace the gap between utopian promise and lived reality.

Along the way are stories of burnout, scaling challenges, strange experiments, and occasional breakthroughs. Expect field notes and a light industry autopsy, with detours into mushroom burial suits, space architecture, and oddities from the beautiful world of decay. This is not a pitch for mushrooms saving the world, it is an attempt to reckon with what it actually means to work with them, learn from them, and consider what might come next.

This event is free & Space in the Art Barn is limited. Please RSVP below by April 22. Light beverages and snacks will be offered.