2024-26
The Water Where We Live invites us to look closely at the streams, wetlands, and hidden ecologies that shape our daily lives. In the wake of federal rollbacks that removed protections from vast stretches of America’s waterways, this exhibition asks us to consider what it means to care for the waters that care for us. Through a collaboration between A House Unbuilt, the Brown’s Creek Watershed District, and twelve regional artists, the project brings forward the often-unseen life moving through our watershed. Each artwork responds to the stories of organisms that inhabit Brown’s Creek, revealing worlds of resilience, vulnerability, and interdependence. Their “first-person” narratives remind us that clean water is not an abstract policy issue—it is a lived reality for every species that depends on it. By pairing artistic imagination with conservation science, The Water Where We Live cultivates awe as a form of advocacy. It invites viewers to slow down, listen, and recognize their role in protecting the waters that sustain our communities, now and for generations to come.
Date
A House Unbuilt Art & Water Community Space
321 Main Street S, (second floor)
January 24 – April 18, 2025
M-F: 10am-3pm
RECEPTION
March 6, 4-7pm
ArtOpener
A House Unbuilt Art & Water Community Space
321 Main Street S, (second floor)
June 6, 2025 – 4-8pm
June 7 & 8, 2025 – 10-5pm
ArtReach Mobile Art Gallery
August 23 – October 5, 2025
CURRENT:
Washington County Heritage Center
1862 Greeley Street, Stillwater, MN
January 21, 2026 – January 21, 2027
T-Sat: 10am-4pm
RECEPTION
March 25, 6-8pm
Online Gallery
Click HERE to bring home any one of these amazing works of art.
Participating Artists
Jennifer Anderson, Amy Clark, Mimi Exon, Deanna Grigus, Theresa Harsma, Brighton McCormick, Megan Miller, Jenny Elaine, Robin Stumbo, Amy Walsh, Jill Waterhouse, Wookiye Win
Collaborating Organizations
Brown’s Creek Watershed District (Karen Kill, Hannah Peterson, Mike Majeski/EOR), ArtReach St. Croix (Heather Rutledge), Washington County Heritage Center
Curator
Victoria Bradford Styrbicki
