Mycophilia

Chicken of the Woods

Fly Agaric

Residents visit the Mushrooms Culture Lab at Agriculture Canada

Inky Caps

mushroom dye
Residents dye wool with Dyer's Polypore

Honey Mushrooms

lichen
Residents look at lichen

Destroying Angel

fungorium
Residents visit the Canadian Fungorum

Turkey Tail

forage
Residents hunting for mushrooms

red banded polipore
Red Banded Polypore

reishi
Residents finding reishi in the cemetery

SEM
Fungal Rust spores under the Scanning Electron Microscope

MYCOPHILIA

Mycology is the study of mushrooms.
Mycophilia is the love of them.

Sept 2020
Deadline to apply: July 15

Mycophilia is the love of mushrooms.

Mycophilia 2020 is an online course for artists to learn about mushrooms and fungi. The program will offer daily video chats with amateur and research mycologists from distinguished clubs and laboratories around the world. It will take place over 2 weeks on Zoom.

Ayatana residencies are designed to facilitate research that will enrich visual and conceptual artists' practice within a group of like minded creative people. Artists, writers, musicians, film makers and dancers are invited to apply. The jury will select seven international artists based on their portfolio rather than how they fit into any description of an artist.

Outline
All activities are subject to change depending on expert availability and other uncontrollable variables.

Artist Talks – You are invited to introduce yourself and your practice to the group in a 10-15 minute presentation

Mycophilia 101: What is mushroom, what is mycology? Lecture and Q & A

Mycodiversity: Intro to wild mushroom identification using keys, books and apps Lecture and Q & A

Symbiosis: Mycorhyzal relationships and plant signaling

Symbiosis: Fungi-Animal relationships Lecture and Q & A

Slime Mold Artist talk/studio-lab demonstration

Live Mushroom Artist Collaboration Artist talk/studio-lab demonstration

Tethered mushroom hunting field trip. Set up zoom on your phone, take us with you on your walk. Show us the mushrooms in your area. If you cannot do this try setting up your computer on the deck, or bringing samples back to the computer. Or show us things you found at the market. Let’s Id mushrooms together with the help of a taxonomist.

Mushroom Medicine & Poison Lecture and Q & A

Spore printing workshop

Spores & reproductive strategies Lecture and Q & A

Microscopy Workshop - look at your spore prints and samples with your digital microscope (included in Residency fee) hooked up to Zoom with the guidance of a micro-mycologist.