Mapping Our Watershed

Mapping Our Watershed is a participatory art and community science project, led by artist Rebecca Schultz in partnership with the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and Cheltenham Center for the Arts, that aims to connect residents with the complex ecology of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania. Mapping is about creating a visual representation of a place; it is also a process of documenting the relationships and experiences of that place. Local residents will map their experience of the watershed by learning about its interdependent elements and translating their impressions of those elements into art. The project will culminate on August 24th with a community celebration and pop up exhibition featuring the mixed media piece Schultz has created, combining her series of experiential map pieces with community-created artwork.