It’s very much a living, breathing exhibit.
It’s filled with water collected from every
tributary in and around Towson, so it’s
this whole watershed.
So far we’ve filled up about 160 buckets,
and then that gets filled with the actual
water of the tributary.
So if you see the shape of a tributary, you
also see the liquid that would be in that
tributary too—over 4,000 jars.
Towson has been great.
They’re super supportive, and the interdisciplinary
aspect has been really important.
This exhibition is STEAM in action.
Our little tributary became a bigger stream,
became bigger, bigger, bigger in terms of
collaboration all across campus.
What was really wonderful is that everybody
was in.
They were all in.
I, of course, believe that the arts of transformative,
that the arts play a really important role
in how we relate to each other as human beings,
how we think about our world.
There are opportunities for our students to
learn and grow on so many levels.
One is looking at the work and learning from
the work itself, attending the lectures, learning
and talking to the artists and then finally
doing.
They have an opportunity to do.
When you look at this map, you’re like “Oh
my God, everything’s interconnected,”
and I think it’s a great way for someone
in the community to come in and just experience
this visually and maybe, like, learn something
about sustainability and being environmentally
conscious.
I hope that people will see the beauty of
the Chesapeake watershed and will see the
part that they can play in protecting it.
It’s really important that you know where
you live in this world, and I think finding
out where your backyard stream is is essential
for understanding your existence.
So you should come down to see the map and
find your backyard stream.
