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WATERS OF THE FUTURE
Water and Environmental Center, Walla Walla, Washington

EXHIBITION:
February 18 – March 8, 2025
Solo exhibition
An installation of 160 mokuhanga prints, hand-printed with U.S.A. color responses to the water in the future question. Hand-written answers stream from paper umbrellas.

EVENT:
Saturday, February 22, 2 – 4pm (MT)
Mokuhanga woodblock printing demonstration & public engagement with the project.
Free and open to the public.
 
What is the Color of the Water of the Future?
Florence Neal invites the public to think about their environment and answer the question.
Answers to the question are made visible using special hand-carved woodblocks that are hand-printed using water-based pigments (mokuhanga) onto Japanese paper (washi). The artist is using the 17th century Japanese water-based printing technique (ukiyo-e), known today as mokuhanga.  Participants receive a "Waters of the Future” button created by the artist. You are invited to participate in the Waters of the Future!

Walla Walla is located on an aquifer system. The Walla Walla Basin has both surface water sources and groundwater from aquifers. This aquifer system is replenished by precipitation, snowmelt, and river infiltration, but concerns about overuse and declining groundwater levels have led to conservation efforts and water management strategies. Launched in 2019, this 30-year strategic plan aims to enhance streamflows and water supplies in the Walla Walla River Basin. It's a collaborative effort involving Washington and Oregon state agencies, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and local stakeholders. The plan focuses on balancing the water needs of communities, agriculture, and ecosystems.

The Water & Environmental Center is a center where public and tribal institutions and agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses use collaborative dialogue to educate, address issues, and build pathways for problem solving through partnerships.

WATER & ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
www.watereducationcenter.org
Walla Walla Community College
500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla, Washington

The exhibition and demonstration are sponsored by Mokuhanga Project Space.
www.mokuhangaprojectspace.org

The artist wishes to give special thanks to Mokuhanga Project Space and the Water & Environmental Center for the exhibition invitation and for supporting Waters of the Future.
The artist is grateful for the support of Sacatar Foundation to realize this project in Bahia, Brazil (2018), The project "As Águas do Futuro" (The Waters of the Future) envisioned at Sacatar, continues to travel internationally today.