The three-year initiative KEEPING WATCH enters its second year with “KEEPING WATCH on WATER: City of Creeks.” Events begin with an art exhibition, for which there is an opening reception scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, March 27, at the Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Works by artists Lauren Rosenthal, Stacy Levy, Marek Ranis and Nancy Pierce explore waterways in diverse media and from a range of perspectives – geographic, scientific, aesthetic and spiritual. A vast and elegant cut-paper map by Rosenthal shows the entire watershed of Mecklenburg County. Levy’s “Watershed Pantry” exhibits jars of water from local creeks. Stunning photography by Pierce documents the beauties and the troubles of the massive creek system. “STEWARDSHIP,” a video installation by Ranis, with Tina Katsanos, examines how spiritual beliefs define one’s perceptions and actions toward the natural environment.