Projects: Overview
Photo: Joni Doherty
Photo: Joni Doherty
Art for Water projects activate communities – large and small, private and public. Together, we produce three-dimensional installations that serve as focal points for additional artistic and educational events – talks, readings, dance and musical performances, photography, film and video exhibitions.
Private communities – schools and institutions host Art for Water projects as a way to focus curricula and activities. Participants of all ages can find a way to express and create, contributing to the powerful effect of community-designed Art for Water installations and events. These events are directed by Christine Destrempes as Artist-in-Residence.
Public Art for Water projects generate enthusiasm and awareness around grand-scale endeavors that draw thousands of community members together. Mass cooperation on a simple but impressive project draws people who never otherwise meet each other, setting the stage for further cooperation.
Examples of Art for Water Projects
Private
with Christine Destrempes as Artist-in-Residence
Art for Water at Franklin Pierce
A multi-disciplinary installation and event addressing bottled water use on the campus of Franklin Pierce University
Photo: Joni Doherty
River of Words at Franklin Pierce
A second multi-disciplinary installation and event centered on global water crises.
Photo: Christine Destrempes
Public
13,699
A large-scale project that focuses attention on those who live without safe, clean water, and the environmental damage caused by buying bottled water.
Photo: Nancy Grace Horton
River of Words Stream of Conscience
A monumental visual and literary installation with multi-disciplinary events addressing global water crises.
Photo: Steve Hooper