Media contacts: Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
Sarah
McClure, Forecast Public Art, 651-641-1128, ext. 103
This exhibit includes 2- and 3-dimensional sculptures arranged
in vignettes, and features puppets from In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and
Mask Theatre. Each element is connected with a simple narrative, written in
various languages, designed to draw the viewer into deeper
considerations of their own relationship to water and our own best humanity in
protecting our water.
Themes portrayed in the exhibit include:
- How much water do we need and use?
- Is water a right, or a privilege?
- What is our relationship to the
surrounding watersheds?
- Where does our water come from, and
where does it go?
The exhibit is curated by Sandy Spieler, founder
and artistic leader at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater and founder and
director of the annual MayDay parade and ceremony.
Special events:
"Cabinets of Water Curiosities”
January 12, Noon - 1 p.m. Hennepin County Government Center Skyway
Level
This event will focus on the
sharing of water, and will feature five boxes of water curiosities that allow
people to open doors, peek in, and talk with each other. The audience will also
be able to “find each other” through the sharing of water.
“Nibi (Water) Walks – Taking Steps to Recognize,
Heal, and Protect Water at the Center of Life” Brown Bag Talk
Sharon
Day, Ojibwe leader of Nibi Water Walks and Executive Director of the
Indigenous People’s Task Force
Karen
Galles, Hennepin County Environment & Energy, Land & Water
Unit Supervisor
January 17, Noon - 1 p.m. Hennepin County Government Center Auditorium, A-level
"We walk for the water, and as we heal the water we heal
all of life."
Nibi (Water) Walks are indigenous-led, extended ceremonies where
every step is taken in prayer and gratitude for water, the life giving force.
Sharon Day has led Nibi Walks along the St. Louis, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio
and other rivers and will share photographs and stories from the walks as well
as wisdom around Ojibwe perspectives on the connection between water and all
life. This presentation will conclude with some concrete steps we can all take
to heal water from Hennepin County's Land and Water Unit.
This exhibition and
corresponding events are supported by the Hennepin
County Multicultural Arts Committee (MCAC). MCAC was created by the Hennepin County
Board in 1995 as part of the organization’s response to the Minneapolis
Initiative Against Racism. MCAC sponsors art displays, performances,
discussions and exhibits representing Hennepin County’s diverse cultural
canvas.
For this exhibition and corresponding events, MCAC is receiving support from Forecast Public Art, a
non-profit arts organization that activates people, networks and proven
practices to advance the transformational power of arts in public life.
The Hennepin
Gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6
p.m., at the Hennepin County Government Center, A-level, 300. S. Sixth St.,
Minneapolis. The exhibit is sponsored by Forecast Public
Art and the Hennepin County Multicultural Arts Committee.
The Gallery is a project of Hennepin County Communications.
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