The weather must be getting warmer because the testing of the Hydrant fountains has started! We will be launching the first of the season at the Calgary International Children’s Festival happening from the 21st to 24th of May. Watch for the fountains throughout the summer as they will be installed to provide drinkable water at festivals and special events.

Bee Kingdom will be spending the upcoming months visiting Calgary’s water treatment centres, meeting lab staff and learning the complex process of water treatment. Here is a chance to see their studio, experience live glassblowing demos, and check out their glass sale. Admission is free and open to the public.

Work from the project between WATERSHED+ and Bee Kingdom will be shown at several City facilities and in public exhibitions later this year.

Coming soon – Bee Kingdom open house in May.

Our latest initiative for WATERSHED+ has us collaborating with Bee Kingdom. The intent of this project is to convey the hidden world of water and the hard work that laboratory teams in Calgary’s water treatment facilities are doing. Bee Kingdom will be spending the upcoming months visiting Calgary’s water treatment centres, meeting lab staff and learning the complex process of water treatment. Through first hand observation, Bee Kingdom will create a unique collection of artworks made from hot sculpted glass that give creative expression to the fascinating world of micro-organisms. These bodies include the ‘activated sludge’ or ‘good guys’ that help clean our water to the problematic micro-organisms the City works tirelessly to keep out of the system.

The resulting work will be shown at several City facilities and in public exhibitions later this year.

A big thanks to ACAD and the Illingworth Kerr Gallery for inviting us to be part of the Panel Discussion following Jørn Mortensen’s fabulous talk on the 31st of March. It is timely conversation to be had and we found the discussion thought provoking and enjoyable. 

Check out the feature of WATERSHED+ in the Public Art Review!

An excellent article titled ‘Utility Centric’ by Jon Spayde in the December issue of the Public Art Review describes how a Calgary competition led to establish WATERSHED+ and its array of projects and initiates.

The article can be found in issue 49 of Public Art Review