On Friday March 25, noon to 1 PM EST the LRWP will join our No Water No Life partners for a special conversation on how “Mentorship Goes Both Ways.”
No Water No Life writes:
“DIVE IN” is a new No Water No Life round-table event with our partners, advisors and NextGen bloggers discussing their views on freshwater resources, watershed issues and the value of mentorship.
Our first event will feature Heather Fenyk, Founder and President of the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and Rachel Rebello, environmental law student at Georgetown. Facilitated by the NWNL team, Heather and Rachel will be in conversation about the importance of mentorship and sharing their personal conservation journeys.
Please register via eventbrite
One of many Raritan River-adjacent landfills/Superfund sites at-risk of flood impacts
Photo by Alison M. Jones, No Water No Life – taken during a LightHawk flight, April 2019
On Tuesday May 12, 5:30-6:30 pm join Heather Fenyk with the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Alison M. Jones with No Water No Life, and Joe Mish (aka Winter Bear Rising) author of the LRWP series “Nature on the Raritan, Hidden in Plain View” for a virtual tour of the Raritan Basin.
During this hour long tour Heather, Alison and Joe will share and discuss images taken during a LightHawk flight on April 2019. With many thanks to LightHawk, Inc. for the experience – we look forward to sharing some the experience with you.
This was a very special flight. We expect it to be a very special conversation.
Registration required.
You are cordially invited to join us for our 3rd annual Watershed Sculpture Project Opening at RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center in New Brunswick Tuesday, December 6, 2015 from 7:000 pm- 9:00pm!
Tickets are $25. Enjoy a meet-and-greet with the artists, light refreshments, and more!
To purchase advance tickets. All proceeds benefit the Watershed Sculpture Project.
2016 Watershed Sculpture Project Themes
In Spring 2016 the LRWP and coLAB Arts worked with Sarah Grunstein’s Highland Park High School sculpture class, using interdisciplinary strategies to match in school art and science curricula with Next Generation Science Standards for innovative project based learning. At our gallery opening we will showcase student work.
HPHS Student work created from trash gathered during stream clean-ups
Also on display will be new commissioned pieces that incorporate the theme of “frames” into sculptures that frame the landscape and can be installed semi permanently along the Raritan River Waterfront at Boyd Park in New Brunswick, and photograph prints from the Raritan River Basin series by No Water No Life‘s Alison M. Jones.
We will discuss the Watershed Sculpture Project in the context of Environmental Health and Community Wellness, focusing on how public art installations along the Raritan River might prompt visitors to interact in more positive ways with New Jersey’s largest major waterway.
About the Watershed Sculpture Project
The Watershed Sculpture Project is the result of a partnership between coLAB Arts and the LRWP. Our organizations seek to create awareness of the maturing visual arts scene in the Lower Raritan Watershed as well as the need for community involvement to restore its health. coLAB Arts and LRWP coordinate volunteer clean-ups of area streams and from the refuse collected we identify objects to give to commissioned artists who then create original sculptures for public display.
With thanks to Johnson & Johnson, the Highland Park Educational Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Wellness & Fitness Center for their support for this project.
