Join Michale Glennon, and Adirondack Watershed Institute staff on Saturday, August 13th for a Wool and Water Workshop at the Innovation Hub in Lake Placid, NY.

Wool and Water is a data art project that blends fiber art with scientific data to create visual representations of changing water quality conditions in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin. In association with the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute has embarked on a collaborative fiber arts project supported by the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership and the Lake Champlain Basin Program to showcase the legacy of protecting clean water in the Lake Champlain Basin and beyond. The physical collection was created by Michale Glennon, who serves as the Science Director for AWI. She has conducted ecological research in the Adirondack Park for more than two decades and has been knitting for almost four.

This program is designed to allow attendees the opportunity to work on a data arts project of their own. Our project is participatory, and the collection is continually expanding. Join us to look at some of the pieces that have been created, talk about what they mean for water quality in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin, and hear from Michale how others can get involved in this project.

This workshop is particularly relevant for knitters and crocheters, though we welcome all media and interested makers!

This program is funded by a grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership through the Lake Champlain Basin Program and it’s fiduciary agent, the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC). As per their requirements to support events that keep all participants as safe as possible and promote the well-being of our community, NEIWPCC requires all individuals who participate in NEIWPCC-funded events to be fully vaccinated in order to attend.