Join us for a Presentation of Wool and Water during Adirondack Water Week at the Whallonsburg Grange.
Wool and Water is a data art project that blends fiber art with scientific data to create visual representations of changing water quality conditions in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin. In association with the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute has embarked on a collaborative fiber arts project supported by the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership and the Lake Champlain Basin Program to showcase the legacy of protecting clean water in the Lake Champlain Basin and beyond. The physical collection was created by Michale Glennon, who serves as the Science Director for AWI. She has conducted ecological research in the Adirondack Park for more than two decades and has been knitting for almost four.
Our project is participatory, and the collection is continually expanding. Join us to look at some of the pieces that have been created, talk about what they mean for water quality in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin, and hear from Michale how others can get involved in this project.
The historic Whallonsburg Grange is located in the heart of the Champlain Valley, 5 miles from Lake Champlain and the village of Essex, New York. It sits at the crossroads of NYS Route 22 and Whallons Bay Road in the hamlet of Whallonsburg. The beautifully restored, century-old building is home to concerts by regionally and nationally known performers, a bi-weekly film series, plays, lectures, classes and workshops throughout the year.
This program is funded by a grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership through the Lake Champlain Basin Program and it’s fiduciary agent, the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC). As per their requirements to support events that keep all participants as safe as possible and promote the well-being of our community, NEIWPCC requires all individuals who participate in NEIWPCC-funded events to be fully vaccinated in order to attend.