This coming Sunday, June 14th 1PM-3PM, as part of the New Paltz Regatta, members of the ecological design collective @spurse01 including @matthewfriday68 and @iainkerr in collaboration with @carolannpaszek will host a natural dyeing workshop to build biodegradable origami boats that will carry seeds selected to stabilize eroded riverbeds. Come find us at the Carmine Liberata bridge in New Paltz!

Future Waters Commons reimagines rivers as shared ecological commons and sites of collective learning. Using a repurposed boat as a floating research platform and classroom, the project brings students, artists, educators, and community members into direct engagement with the Wallkill river through storytelling, creative practice, and ecological exploration. The boat will serve as a centerpiece for public engagement during the New Paltz Regatta and upcoming events in Kingston. 

This project is part of WALLKILL FUTURES, a series of participatory, experiential public art projects hosted by the Unison Art Center with and for communities along the 88-mile-long Wallkill River in New York’s Hudson Valley. As climate change sparks investment vehicles that extract value based on future scarcity or availability of water, this project is a platform for artist experiments in mobilizing social investment in water futures. Directed by @walking_the_watershed, and includes @stoishere, @matthewfriday68, @nancynowacek and Fictilis.