Catherine Schwalbe’s art explores aging, agriculture, nature and science, the concepts of plenty and want, reuse, food systems, and being human through a variety of media including high-fired clay, artist books, events, growing, installation, found objects, relational works, fiber and cast metal. Why sometimes corn and corn culture? Because it is solidly Midwestern, like the artist, who has found through the deep exploration of corn, more than its history and imagery, but the fundamentals of humanity itself.