the Ripple Project
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THE RIPPLE PROJECT, the winning Great Art for Great Lakes submission for the Owen Sound area, celebrates the magnificence of Lake Huron and the community living within its basin. Sculptor Julia White conducted ‘Ripple Maker’ community engagement workshops over the summer of 2017 where visitors contributed to the installation by drawing water, making waves, doing water doodles and sharing stories about our Great Lake and the feelings it inspires. For this Canada 150th Legacy Project commissioned by Greatness, an element from each participant’s creative water offering was incorporated into the final flowing design and laser-cut out of steel panels. The resulting ‘Water Columns’ are lit from within with watery blue light, and will remain on permanent display at the Grey County Municipal Offices in Owen Sound as a source of inspiration, hope and vision around all aspects of water, for all to enjoy.
Thanks to all who made it such a great success!
NEWS! The Ripple Project has been relocated from the Roxy Theatre and is now on permanent display within the newly-renovated Great County Municipal Offices in Owen Sound, Ontario.
(below- view looking down into the Water Columns from the walkway above)
The Ripple Project- Great Art For Great Lakes
Click on the link above to view the official page for the Ripple Project on the Great Art For Great Lakes website (now called Greatness – The Great Lakes Project)
“It has truly been an inspiring experience” says White, “to work with my community and gather and weave together diverse voices and perspectives about what water and our great Lake Huron means to us. I hope that our collaborative installation continues to be a source of inspiration, hope and vision for my community around all aspects of water and our Great Lake. It is such a treasure.”
Interview with artist Julia White about the Ripple Project
click on the link above for the Ripple Project in the Spotlight, a conversation with Great Art for Great Lakes
Great Art For Great Lakes Projects 2017
Click on the link above to learn about the seven other wonderful collaborative art projects that all celebrate our Great Lakes and our communities! It also speaks clearly to the power of making art together as an effective tool for social change.
EVENT PHOTOS!
Owen Sound Farmers’ Market ‘Ripple Maker Event’ Photos!
Meaford Farmers’ Market ‘Ripple Maker Event’ Photos!
Community Water Offerings
Thank you Ripple Makers !
The Owen Sound and area community was invited to participate in this Great Art for Great Lakes project and to submit creative “water offerings” that celebrate water and Lake Huron and the feelings it inspires. Many people came out to join local artist Julia White at the ‘Ripple Maker Events’ to make and add their ripple! We gathered inside the sculptural environment of White’s WATER Shadows, an installation of sound sculptures made of steel and old bicycle inner tubes, that features field recordings of local watery soundscapes. Participants drew water, made waves, did water doodles and shared stories about what Great Lake Huron and magnificent Georgian Bay mean to us. In this way we made ripples in our community and our world as we connected to what makes our lake so special! An element from each participant’s creative water offering was incorporated into the final flowing design and laser-cut out of steel panels. The resulting ‘Water Columns’ are lit from within with watery blue light, and will remain on permanent display at the Grey County Municipal Building in Owen Sound as a source of inspiration, hope and vision around all aspects of water, for all to enjoy.
(cutting the ribbon with local dignitaries, MPP Bill Walker and Owen Sound mayor Ian Boddy)
(Past) FREE PUBLIC WORKSHOP DATES & EVENTS:
Ripple Maker Session 1 Friday, August 11 Meaford Farmers’ Market
Ripple Maker Session 2 Saturday, August 12 Owen Sound, Farmers’ Market
Ripple Maker Session 3 Sunday, August 13 Tom Thomson Art Gallery
-artist talk about The Ripple Project, WATER Shadows, and into a 15 min. Water Listening Meditation, into creative expression through drawing, painting, printmaking
2:00 pm -4.00 p.m.
-(family drop-in) a fun day for all ages, a journey of discovery through celebrating water, making art together, and being inspired by listening to water speak for itself
Ripple Maker Session 4 August 13- 26 Tom Thomson Art Gallery
-ongoing, self-guided creative ‘Ripple Maker’ stations in the Community Engagement Studio next to sound sculpture from WATER Shadows into which creative “water offerings” can be deposited for use in project and display on the ‘Ripple Wall’
