Photos from the installation of Broken City Lab’s project VARYING PROXIMITIES (Subtext: River Signs). This project was produced as part of the WATERSHED+ Artist in Residency program where collective Broken City Lab (Windsor, ON) spent parts of the past year researching and developing projects around Calgary’s watershed.

For more information please see www.asktheriver.info

The Artist in Residency program is part of The City of Calgary’s innovative and groundbreaking WATERSHED+ public art program, hosted by the Utilities and Environmental Protection (UEP) department. WATERSHED+ creatively renews the relationship between Calgarians and the Bow River watershed, embedding artists, and more specifically, their creative process within UEP core activities and the Calgary watershed.

We’ve just received confirmation that our Fire Hydrant Fountains and the WATERSHED+ residency with Rachel Duckhouse have both been recognized by the Americans for the Arts and selected for the Public Art Network – 2014 Year in Review.

Americans for the Arts recognizes outstanding public art projects in North America each year. This year PAN received 345 applications from public art programs and artists. A total of 37 projects were selected from the open call process. We feel very honoured to be recognized by the Americans for the Arts.

In 2013, the Forest Lawn Lift Station project was identified by UEP staff as an optimal WATERSHED+ initiative.

Some of the participants have generously agreed to share some of their experiences and here’s what they had to say…

Please join us on Thursday, June 19 as the Bee Kingdom artists share their experience of working on the project and unveil their new body of work, THROUGH THE BEE’S LENSE: Water Microbes in Glass.

A number of City staff graciously agreed to sit down and share their experience with Calgary’s Utilities & Environment Protection (UEP) Public Art Plan.

Here’s what they had to say…