MEET YOUR CREEK
Meet Your Creek is a participatory public art project. It connects public art, place-based learning, and ecological literacy. A series of participatory community events unfolded around Longfellow Creek over the course of two years. The project continues in various forms.
The project website is here at www.meetyourcreek.com/
People, particularly young people, created unique, hand-made Postcards from the Creek. Participants made their postcards based on their own observations and understanding of Longfellow Creek. They were then invited to either mail the postcard to a friend or loved one, or to donate it to the postcard archive, which was exhibited at a local library. When contemplating the act of sending a postcard, individuals typically conjure images of breathtaking natural landscapes, evoking a sense of wonder found in national parks or renowned locations. Crafting postcards originating from participants' immediate surroundings provides an opportunity to observe the ongoing processes in their vicinity closely. Sending the postcard through the mail and sharing the images online provides an avenue for disseminating information about the local environment and its denizens.
Funding for this project is provided by Seattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Funds, administered by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
The project website is here at www.meetyourcreek.com/
People, particularly young people, created unique, hand-made Postcards from the Creek. Participants made their postcards based on their own observations and understanding of Longfellow Creek. They were then invited to either mail the postcard to a friend or loved one, or to donate it to the postcard archive, which was exhibited at a local library. When contemplating the act of sending a postcard, individuals typically conjure images of breathtaking natural landscapes, evoking a sense of wonder found in national parks or renowned locations. Crafting postcards originating from participants' immediate surroundings provides an opportunity to observe the ongoing processes in their vicinity closely. Sending the postcard through the mail and sharing the images online provides an avenue for disseminating information about the local environment and its denizens.
Funding for this project is provided by Seattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Funds, administered by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
