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Volunteers - Water Is Life Opening Reception
Volunteers and visiting artists encouraged guests and attendees to support the efforts of Raíces Cultural Center's EcoCulture program and the endeavors of the featured guest artists Christie Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch as they traveled throughout…
Volunteering
A Rutgers exchange student from China expressed that he had never seen anything like the amount of garbage that was strewn along the Raritan River waterfront during the clean up portion of the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
Volunteering
Student volunteer cleaning along the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop in the Water Is Life Initiative.
Visiting Artists
Visiting artists and some friends check out the group show before the opening reception begins. Some of the artists featured in the group show traveled from as far as Vermont, Oregon, and Ottowa, Canada to attend the opening reception event.
Veronica Winford
Veronica Winford, owner of Tiger Art Supply, and collaborator on the Water Is Life exhibit series. Veronica also contributed her own version of Thunderbird Woman to the group art show.
Turkey
Turkey made out of recycled presciption pill bottles, corks and other plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Trash or Art Supplies?
Garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters program in the pre-workshop river clean up. These plastic bottles were separated from the garbage collected during the clean up to be used as materials for a community eco-art sculpture project.
Thunderbird Woman Flat Bag by Julia Marden.
Thunderbird Woman Flat Bag by Julia Marden, on display at the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show.
Thunderbird Woman by Isaac Murdoch
Thunderbird Woman by Isaac Murdoch. Print on display in a storefront window in Raritan Ave. in Highland Park, NJ. Storefront window displays such as this one were integrated into the Water Is Life art exhibit series organized by Raíces Cultural…
Throw Away Consumerism
Raíces EcoCulture Intern Kira Herzog finds a full bottle of soda amongst the plastic bottle debris along the Raritan River during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop and river clean up.
The Gift of Water by Jeff Cohen
Local artist Jeff Cohen with his submission "The Gift of Water", on display in the group art show of the Water Is Life exhibit series.
The Ancestors are with us at All Times
More prints of original artwork by Christie Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch on display at Chamber 43 in Highland Park, NJ as part of the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Tale of Two Waters
Raíces Director and co-found Francisco G. Gómez tells a story about the waters from the Cuban Orisha tradition. This story was later expanded upon for the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble presentation "Tale of Two Waters"
Student Volunteers
Student volunteers from the Highland Park High School Environmental Club took part in the Our Plastic Waters cleanup and eco-art workshop during the Water Is Life initiative.
Storytelling - Tale of Two Waters
Raíces Director and co-found Francisco G. Gómez interpreted a story from the book of Ifá, an oral tradition preserved and practiced in Cuba, originating in modern-day Nigeria. This story was about the two waters (salt and sweet) and the forces of…
Storytelling - Introduction
Featured guest artist Christie Belcourt introduces Isaac Murdoch, who gave an Ojibwe storytelling at the Water Is Life opening reception event.
Spreading the Message of Protection for our Waters
Featured guest artists Christie Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch speak to Highland Park Councilman Phil George and HP Arts Commission member Amee Pollack about the urgency of acting to protect, defend and restore our waters, earth and ecosystems.
Sorting Garbage
Sorting garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop to separate the materials that would be used for making sculptures from the garbage that would be hauled away for the landfill.
Sorting
Volunteers sorting litter cleaned from the Raritan River waterfront during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Snail
Snail made out of plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Singing for the Water
Members of the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble presented sing for the waters, adding a musical and cultural component to the Water Is Life opening reception.
Silent Chimes by Patsea Griffin
Pieces like the Silent Chimes submitted by Patsea Griffin from Ottowa, Cananda, added a special touch to the group show. Patsea also traveled all the way from Ottowa for the opening reception and she donated one of the drum heads used for these…
Silent Chimes by Patsea Griffin
Silent Chimes by Patsea Griffin, an artist from Ottowa, Canada who traveled to Highland Park, NJ for the opening reception of the exhibit. Patsea then donated one drum head chosen by the Raíces crew for the Raíces Cultural Center's permanent…
Shells
Shells made out of plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Setting Up
Organizing the art work that was submitted for display in the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show.