The Institute on the Environment (IonE), Weisman Art Museum, and Water Bar and Public Studio collaborate on establishing a community of artists, scientists, healing practitioners, poets, architects, scholars of culture, thinkers, craftsmen and others to learn together how to feel, think, know, read, and taste water. In a series of regular study sessions we are exploring the environmental, the indigenous, the experiential, the scientific, the poetic, the communal, and other aspects of water. The knowledge gained in the process will lay the foundation of a collaborative study (research and pedagogy) model that yields critical changes to educational curricula as well as new paradigms for research, artistic development, and public engagement. The communal experience of learning will be the foundation of future collaborations between the participating practitioners of all professions as the participants discover shared interests across disciplines and sectors. The documentation of the process and the transcribed conversations will provide materials for a book, shared in academic settings, as well as in art, public and community forums.

CONVENERS:

Boris Oicherman, Weisman Art Museum
Shanai Matteson, Water Bar and Public Studio