Survival cooking demo at High Desert Test Sites workshop
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Artists Danielle McCullough and Gabie Strong will lead a sun-print cyanotype-process workshop, ‘Blast Site: A Workshop for Conjecture,’ on Nov. 12 at the High Desert Test Sites headquarters in Joshua Tree.
The workshop explores survival in the high desert, primarily grounded in post-apocalyptic science fiction, plant guides, archaeological archives and 20th century art history. The day’s itinerary includes a guided hike through Blast Site, a cyanotype-process printing demonstration using sunlight and materials gathered from the desert floor, a survival cooking demonstration and a barbecued vegetarian lunch.
The lunch is part of an overall arts experience, incorporating native vegetation. Mushrooms marinated in a homemade vinegar and desert aromatics will be seared on hot rocks in a fire pit and served on mesquite flour flatbread, with pickled nopalitos, homemade yogurt and pinion seeds. Alcohol-based tinctures and teas derived from an assortment of local desert plants will be served to workshop attendees too.
Registration for the workshop is $120 per person. Highdeserttestsites.com.
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