New work by artist Jean Schmitt that casts a spotlight on the urban tree network in Kansas City!
Jean Schmitt is a Crossroads-based visual artist deeply committed to how art and design can convene and support diverse, resilient, and sustainable communities. For the Pop Up, she has created a sculpture based on a botanical drawing of a Hornbeam root system and node-link diagram. Entitled Hornbeam Hub: Nodes, Roots, and Rhizospheres, Schmitt’s piece will be installed on a wall facing the location where a tree - an American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) - will be planted. This planting is part of a climate resilience initiative that aims to raise the tree canopy in the Crossroads. Hornbeam Hub is a celebration of the many people and organizations behind the seemingly simple act of getting a tree into the ground.