Do you own a cookbook you love but never use? Or cherished family recipes that could be creatively commemorated? What about that stack of old food magazines or restaurant menus you can’t seem to let go of? Join MOFAD for a community crafting workshop and transform those cookbooks and recipes into vibrant works of art. With guidance from multi-disciplinary artist and chef, Andrea Lekberg, we'll chat about our favorite recipes and lean into our creativity at this hands-on collage workshop.
We encourage you to bring physical cookbooks, recipes, food magazines, restaurant menus, or anything else you like! Don’t want to cut into a favorite piece? Bring a photocopy! MOFAD will also provide plenty of supplies for you to create your own cookbook collage to take home.
Ticket includes access to Flavor: The World to Your Brain from 6 to 7 PM, baked goods from The Artist Baker, and beverages.
ANDREA LEKBERG
has owned and operated The Artist Baker in Morristown, NJ, for sixteen years. Andrea is a multi-disciplinary artist, chef, and citizen of the Oglala Lakota Oyate (from her mother’s side). Her formal training in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studying pastry at The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago led to the opening of The Artist Baker in Morristown, NJ in 2009. Lekberg has blended her knowledge as an artist, business skills, and exceptional pastry talents to create a cafe that serves as a hub for connecting different communities, organizations, and artists.
Lekberg has been a featured chef at The James Beard House. The shop has been a recipient over the years as one of the Best Bakeries in New Jersey. A successful woman business owner Lekberg also manages to pursue her fine art career and has exhibited at the Sioux Indian Museum, Akta Lakota Museum, Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, The Briton Museum, and The Museum of the Plains Indian.
Andrea has spearheaded several community projects including the Bake for Good campaign raising the equivalent of 16,500 meals for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Ms. Lekberg started the Market Street Mission project in 2019. Collaborating with Market Street Mission residents who are in rehabilitation, they create original designs for Gingerbread Houses, then bake, decorate, and display in windows on Speedwell Avenue in Morristown.
Andrea has provided space within The Artist Baker to act as a launchpad for early career artists and business-owners, contributing to the growth of Morristown’s contemporary culture. In 2016 she was the recipient of the Morris Arts Creative Placemaking Award.