What do theater, poetry, farming, and horticulture have in common? Our panel explores how creativity, collaboration, and adaptability connect these seemingly different fields of work, creating spaces where community and passion thrive. Through multidisciplinary approaches, each member of our panel participated in acts that are not always celebrated publicly but are essential to the functioning of our society. Kate spent the summer interning at Springfield Community Theater of MA, Jasmine interned at The Poetry Society of New York, Victoria interned at the MHC Botanic Garden, Serynn spent the summer in Maine on Pine Root Farm, and Kae interned at Hampshire as a part of the vegetable crew. Our panel will discuss how creativity and care can foster stronger communities, emphasizing how the arts teach us to care for one another and how agriculture helps us to care for the broader world.

Moderator: Olivia Clement Finch, Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Media Theater

Presenters:

• Victoria Alliman '26 Environmental Studies
• Kae Delacorte '26 Psychology
• Kate Markowski '27 Film, Media, Theater
• Serynn Nowlin '26 Sociology/Law, Public Policy, Human Rights Nexus
• Jasmine Thomas '26 English/Film, Media, Theater