Penn State Plant Pathology Association wins at Kennett Square Festival
Posted: September 15, 2011
Painting the mushroom was quite a feat and took many late evenings of painting. The students chose a day and night theme for their mushroom that included a sun/moon, birds, insects, and mushrooms. Graduate students that helped with the mushroom were Maria Velez Climent, Yinfei Li, Hilary Cheesman, Steven Conaway, Misha Moschera (AEE), Emily Helliwell, Anna Testen, and Jill Demers. Kim Paley, Senior Research Technologist for Plant Pathology, transported the art work to the festival. The competition featured mushrooms by 13 different artists. A silent auction was held during the weekend of the mushroom festival and the three mushrooms with the highest bids would win $300 for their artists. After a weekend of bidding, the mushroom created by the PPA was one of the winning mushrooms! PPA won $300 and the department received an interesting piece of artwork to display.
