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It was an honor for Raíces Cultural Center to recieve the gift of visiting artists from around the US and Canada as part of the Water Is Life exhibit series initiative. Julia Marden traveled from Vermont to participate in the opening reception.

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My Mother's Children beaded moccasins by Jobena Petonoquot and Thunderbird Woman Flat Bag by Julia Marden on display for the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show opening reception.

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Veronica Winford, owner of Tiger Art Supply, and volunteer Kira Herzog hanging artwork for the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show.

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Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez and his son, artist Gabriel Gómez, setting up the group display for the opening reception.

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Attendees of the Lembranças art exhibit had the opportunity to create and contribute artwork by participating in an interactive painting station.

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Attendee of the Lembranças solo exhibit working at the interactive art/mural station during the opening reception of the exhibit.

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Featured visiting artist Christie Belcourt interviews Nicole Wines, one of the organizers of the Water Is Life exhibit series initiative.

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Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez introducing the program coordinator for Water Is Life, Nicole Wines, along with volunteer and student Kira Herzog, who was instrumental in helping to set up and organize the Water Is Life initiative.

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Featured guest artist Isaac Murdoch shares an Ojibwe story with attendees of the Water Is Life exhibit series opening reception.

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Julia Marden is an artist who creates traditional handcrafts, like the flat bag featuring Thunderbird Woman that she crafted for this group show. Julia traveled from Vermont to be a part of the opening reception.

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Opening reception for Lembranças: A Recollection, a solo exhibit of original artwork by Amy Garas.

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Selection of artwork from the Lembranças solo exhibit featuring original artwork by Amy Garas.

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Artist Amy Garas speaks with attendees of the Lembranças solo exhibit at Raíces Cultural Center.

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Flyer for a solo art exhibit “Lembranças - a Recollection” created and curated by Amy Garas.

EVENT DESCRIPTION
Raices Cultural Center Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception – Saturday, February 26th, 2010
Exhibit Open February 26, 2010 – March 19,…

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Local resident Karlos Subverses recording interviews and reflections from some of the organizers of the Water Is Life initiative on a livestream of the opening reception event.

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Featured visiting artist Isaac Murdoch, whose doodles inspired the theme of the project, being interviewed by local resident Karlos Subverses, while in turn focusing his own camera on the interviewer and livestreaming the interview.

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This exhibit series brought together local community members and visiting artists from around the US and Canada. Here a local Highland Park, NJ resident who stopped into the reception when passing by sits with visiting artist, Patsea Griffin and her…

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This series of miniature paintings was created as an accompaniment to the book "Words for a Wedding: A Dialogue Between Two Lovers" by Neil R. Selden.

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Model sea vaka on display as part of the Water Is Life exhibit series. Okeanos Foundation for the Sea shared their model sea vaka as well as a video about Okeanos and its work on sustainable sea transportation and climaate change awareness at the…

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Prints on display in Chamber 43. These prints feature the artwork of Christie Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch, whose art was the inspiration for the Water Is Life exhibit series. These prints stayed on display October-November 2017.

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Flyer for a group art exhibit “New World Border”

EVENT DESCRIPTION
NEW WORLD BORDER

ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE US RESPOND TO THE BORDER WALL NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THE US AND MEXICO

EXHIBIT DATES June 3-July 5, 2011
OPENING…

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Noah's Flood, by Joseph Ursulo, a found object sculpture on display at the reception for the Water Is Life group exhibit.

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Interns from The Okeanos Foundation constructing a sea vaka model, which was the first major piece of art to be put on display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries during the Water Is Life exhibit series..

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Okeanos sea vaka model on display in the window of 431 Raritan Ave. in Highland Park NJ for the duration of the Water Is Life exhibit series project.

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This model vaka, an indigenous sailing vessel from Polynesia, submitted by Okeanos Foundation for the Sea stayed on display for a full month at 431 Raritan Ave., bringing awareness to the need for sustainable sea transportation.
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