Wednesday July 9

Noon - 1:00 - Program Space
Brown Bag
Gallery Talk | Ways of Knowing Water

Rain Gardens: Beauty and Function in the Landscape

How can you reduce storm water runoff—and your water bill—while adding a touch of color to your own backyard? Stephanie Suter of CORGI (Central Ohio Rain Garden Initiative) will talk about the rain gardens springing up throughout the city, and how to get your plot started.

Thursday July 10

4:00 - 7:00 - Galleries
Exhibition Openings

Ways of Knowing Water and What Time Is This Place?

Wednesday July 16

Noon - 1:00
Brown Bag
Word Works | Ways of Knowing Water

Terry Hermsen—The River’s Daughter

Join Terry Hermsen as he reads from a new book of poems, The River's Daughter, forthcoming from Bottom Dog Press in August 2008.

Thursday July 17

5:30 - Program Space
Screen Works | Ways of Knowing Water

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot and the First Great Battle for Wilderness (2008 - 58 mins)

An exploration of the first national controversy about America’s wilderness: Should Hetch Hetchy, a valley in Yosemite National Park, be dammed and flooded to form a reservoir for San Francisco? The schism in American attitudes that emerged in the dispute to approve the dam still endures. (Blue Ribbon 1990 American Film & Video Festival winner)

Thursday July 24

5:30 - 6:30- Program Space
Gallery Talk | Ways of Knowing Water

George C. Anderson—Light on the River

Well-known professional photographer, George C. Anderson, has privately and passionately fished, canoed and photographed Columbus’ rivers for nearly 15 years. An exuberant font of historic and environmental information, George will share reflections on our changing waterways as witnessed on the Olentangy and captured in his images.

Wednesday July 30

Noon - 1:00 - Program Space
Brown Bag
Gallery Talk | Ways of Knowing Water

The Real Science of Water and Sustainability

Drink water from Fiji lately? Around the world, demand for water is growing, and supplies are being depleted. What’s it going to take to meet the worldwide freshwater crisis? Researchers from Battelle are on the front lines of the sustainability challenge, working to find innovative solutions. Come hear about tomorrow’s headlines from a crack team of Battelle scientists…

Thursday July 31

5:30 - Program Space
Screen Works | Ways of Knowing Water

Wild by Law: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Creation of the Wilderness Act (1991 - 60 mins)

In 1964 America became the first country in the world to create a Wilderness Act. Wild by Law is the story of the three very different men—a famed naturalist, a millionaire socialist, and an inspired bureaucrat—responsible for its passage. (Nominated for 1992 Academy Award–Best Documentary Feature)

Thursday August 7

5:30 - 7:00 - Program Space
Dialogue| Ways of Knowing Water

Ways of Knowing Water Artists' Talk

Join us for a lively exchange of ideas and insights among artists in the exhibition whose work reveals deep understanding of water as place or as alchemical element, or as a vehicle of memory that carries the viewer one step closer to the life of central Ohio’s rivers.

Thursday August 14

5:30 - 7:30 - Program Space
Dialogue| Ways of Knowing Water

Get With the Flow...Find Out How!

Learn from those who know! Representatives from MORPC (Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission), and local watershed organizations such as FLOW (Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed), FACT (Friends of Alum Creek & Tributaries), and other groups who work to protect our waters will be on hand to discuss creating a more river-friendly, greener Columbus. Become a river steward!

Thursday August 21

5:30 - Program Space
Screen Works | Ways of Knowing Water

Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time
(2001 - 90 mins.)

Renowned environmental sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy, works solely with the materials and elements of nature—wind, water, stones, ice, leaves—to produce art of exquisite beauty. Director Thomas Riedelsheimer follows Goldsworthy for more than a year as he collaborates with the “energy, breathlessness and uncertainty” of nature.

Thursday August 28

4–6pm
Dialogue

When Art Builds Bridges: Art, Environment, and Community

Reconnecting the natural and the built environment is an essential part of creating a sustainable future. Join in a community dialogue and brainstorming session—with artists, architects, educators, designers, scientists, arts and water advocates/activists and Ways of Knowing Water co-curators Rick Livingston and Prudence Gill—about the place of art and river ecology in the reinvention of civic identity.