The Rowen Foundation is partnering with Center for Global Health Innovation and Georgia Research Alliance to host the Convergence Summit: AgTech Innovation at the Intersections, which is devoted to collaboration among key industry sectors and the many interwoven priorities that bind them together—such as workforce, research and innovation—on Thursday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Cisco Auditorium at Georgia Gwinnett College. Free tickets are available to the general public on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Rowen Foundation President and CEO Mason Ailstock says: “In a world that is so often defined by clear boundaries, we are excited to provide a space for leaders from various industries to come together and present ideas that are beneficial across the board. As Rowen prepares to be a bridge for cross-industry collaboration in the years ahead, the Convergence Summit is the catalyst to bring this unique concept to Georgia.”
In addition to Ailstock, the Convergence Summit will feature Tyler Harper, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, with a panel of well-established industry leaders moderated by Maria Thacker-Goethe, president of Life Science Georgia. Panel guests include:
- Marianela Rodriguez-Carres, Global Indication leader, Pest and Disease Control, Global Strategic Marketing at BASF;
- Kim Nicolson, vice president of AgTech and Innovation, Strategy and Growth at The Mosaic Company;
- Connor Seabrook, vice president and managing director of GRA Venture Fund; and
- Katherine Lynch, principal of Trammell Crow Company.
Seabrook says: “The Convergence Summit is one of those points. As the Georgia Research Alliance has seen, time and again, Georgia benefits when enterprises cross boundaries to work together. Agriculture in our state stands to benefit by all of us doing just that in the name of ag-tech.”
- For more information and to reserve a seat, visit www.rowenlife.com/events/convergence-summit-2023.
Handweavers Guild presents juried show May 6
The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild (CHG) will have its biennial juried show on May 6 at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. There will be a reception from 2-4 p.m., with a juror talk by Tommye McClure Scanlin at 3 p.m. Following will be a presentation of awards. There is no cost to attend the reception.
The Guild’s entries will be on display at the Hudgens Center from May 6, 2023, through July 15, 2023.
The Guild was established in 1955 by five women drawn together by a common interest in weaving. CHG drew 30 like-minded individuals to their first meeting and the guild was off and running. Membership in CHG has grown to its present size of over 150 members. Today, CHG offers a wide variety of weaving and other fiber arts classes that are taught throughout the year on a quarterly schedule.
This year 38 works from 29 fiber artists are featured in the exhibit. The pieces include various types of woven items, tapestries, and works created from a variety of fibers and other mixed media. They range in size from 10” x 10” to 60” x 60” and are sure to entertain and inspire you.
Tommye McClure Scanlin, professor emerita, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, has been weaving for over 40 years and has explored many different techniques for creating images with woven structures. In 1988 she left most other weaving methods behind as she began her journey in tapestry weaving. Her tapestries have been exhibited nationally and internationally since 1990.
Scanlin is a Fellow of the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and of the Lillian E. Smith Center. She is the author of two books, The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver and Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Planning and Weaving with Confidence.
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