In, A Botanist’s Dilemma: The Defiant Nature of the Banana Plant, artist Faye Pamintuan uses the lens of plant movement, adaptation, and the deep relationship between humans and plants to examine her own diasporic experience. With the banana plant 's journey as a starting point and through the manipulation of abaca (a banana tree indigenous to the Philippines) as paper pulp material along with paintings, ceramics, and installation, she creates imagined landscapes that trace, question, and challenge the relationship between the Philippines and the United States.

Guided tours of these exhibits will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2026 from 3 - 4:30 pm and Friday, April 10, 2026 from 3 - 4:30 pm. Click here for details and to register.

Exhibit Dates and Location: One part of this exhibit will be on display at the Cornell Botanic Gardens' Nevin Welcome Center from April 6-26, 2026. The other part of the exhibition will be displayed at Olive Tjaden Gallery from April 6-10.

Artist Faye Pamintuan will be hosting a postcard art printing with gel plates acitivity at the Nevin Welcome Center on Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 10 am -12 noon. Drop in anytime between 10am -12 noon. More information here.