By Susan Wallner, JerseyArts.com
originally published: 05/19/2019
!["The Shared Meal" at Artworks](https://www.newjerseystage.com/events2019/SharedMeal.jpg ""The Shared Meal" at Artworks")
In the age of Instagram, food is a visual obsession. “The Shared Meal,” an exhibition at Artworks in Trenton, dives deeper, exploring the meaning of food through the work of nine visual artists. Two paintings by renowned Trenton painter Mel Leipzig are included. The first pictures his family around the kitchen table in 1975, the second, his daughter’s family around her own kitchen table over 30 years later.
The curator is Lora Marie Durr, an artist/educator who’s received awards at both the state and national levels. Durr began her series of placemat-size paintings titled “What’s for Lunch?” when she was faced by the difference between the free lunches her students were receiving and her own organic, locally-sourced meals. Artworks kicked off “The Shared Meal” exhibition with an actual shared meal: Chef Joe Mooney of Princeton’s renowned restaurant Mistral prepared a multi-course dinner that raised money for both the community education program at Artworks and the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
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About the author: Susan Wallner is a principal of PCK Media, an independent production company. She is the co-series producer of the public television program 'State of the Arts,' a job that has introduced her to a wealth of talent and artistic diversity over the years. Susan's documentaries and performance specials have aired nationally. Most recently, her profile of the writer, aviator and celebrity, 'Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You’ll Have the Sky,' won the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Best Feature Writing (it was Susan's 15th regional Emmy win). Narrated by Judith Light and Lily Rabe, it aired throughout the country on PBS and PBS World, and is available on DVD. Currently, Susan is working on a documentary about the self-taught city planner, builder, and artist, Kea Tawana.
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