Events, Walks, & Talks

Below you will find a curated list of past and future public appearances Aaron is a part of. They include workshops, live speaking events, fungi walks, higher education lectures, K-12 classes, Exploring the Mycoverse events, and more.

If you’re interested in learning more about Aaron’s events or for booking inquiries, reach out.

Exploring the Mycoverse: Third Anniversary Celebration
Jul
22

Exploring the Mycoverse: Third Anniversary Celebration

Join us in celebrating the community we have grown together & the world's fungi make through a workshop on creating fungi-inspired pottery!

Exploring the Mycoverse Presents...

Our Third Anniversary Celebration – A Clay Sculpture Making Workshop!

Organized and hosted by Aaron Tupac
Sponsored by Arlington Garden

Exploring the Mycoverse came into existence three years ago amidst a challenging time for all of us during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when community was scarce. 80+ events later, reaching a community now over 1,000 myconauts, we want to celebrate and create a space for us to reflect on how the Mycoverse has inspired us.

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of fellow myconaut Alice Zhang, she has volunteered to help teach us how to make mini-fungi sculptures out of clay that participants can take home after firing and painting. Alice has generously donated a significant amount of clay for us to donation of clay for us to use, as well as a considerable amount of time to dry and fire the clay sculptures.

This will be a two-part series:

  • The first part will be centered on creating mini-fungi sculptures together out of clay.

  • The second part will be focused on painting our sculptures together (August 26th, Eventbrite TBA)

Before our discussion, we invite you to:

  • Bring a relection to share with the group on how Exploring the Mycoverse has inpsired you!

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Fungi Talk with Aaron Tupac @ The Huntington Gardens, Museum, and Library
May
9
Public, Free

Fungi Talk with Aaron Tupac @ The Huntington Gardens, Museum, and Library

Free and open to the public tickets available!

Mycologist, educator, and community organizer Aaron Tupac (they/them) invites you to explore the wondrous world of fungi in this Second Thursday Garden Talk.

In addition to the essential roles that fungi play in ecosystems, Tupac has discovered that these fascinating organisms have much to teach us about mindfulness, interconnection, and relationships. They will share what they’ve learned about how to love mushrooms, mushrooms found in LA, and how to contribute to the science of fungi. They will also discuss becoming a mycologist, queerness in biology, and the ways that fungi appreciation fosters community and connection. A plant sale follows the talk in the Plant Sale Nursery.

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