Connect the Dots

CONNECT THE DOTS NETWORKING EVENT: WORKS ON WATER
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
5:00 – 7:00 pm

Join ArtsBergen in celebrating ten years of supporting the arts, artists, and creative placemaking in Bergen County at a special Connect the Dots event featuring the artist collective, Works on Water. In addition to connecting and strengthening the arts community and advocating for funding in the field, ArtsBergen has been producing and promoting public art projects that address community issues, such as downtown revitalization, gentrification, mental health, and environmental concerns. To help us celebrate this milestone anniversary, we have invited two artists from Works on Water, a collective that’s dedicated to making art on, in, and with water in response to climate change, increasing urban density, and other critical environmental issues such as flooding and pollution.

Join Emily Blumenfeld and Sarah Cameron Sunde from Works on Water for an interactive, informative and contemplative workshop to imagine a new artist-designed future for the Hackensack River in Bergen County. The event will include an overview of the evolution and growing importance of Water Art followed by an artist talk by Sarah Camerons Sunde about her global project 36.5 / A Durational Performance with Sea. The workshop will move out to the river’s edge to experience the tidal shift from an embodied perspective. Attendees will have the opportunity to work together to create concepts for public art related to water.

Why Attend?

Works on Water Presentation
Interactive Workshop Along the Hackensack River
Learn How to Get Involved with Creating Artwork on, in, around Bodies of Water
Connect with the Local Arts and Environmental Communities
Network
Refreshments

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Connect the Dots

What is Connect the Dots?

In 2015, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s ArtsBergen initiative launched Connect the Dots, an ongoing series of quarterly networking events of the arts and business communities that is open to the public. Connect-the-Dots meetings, held in different venues throughout Bergen County, present an exciting range of activities: exhibitions, speakers, interactive arts presentations, performances, and time to network and socialize.

The well-received program strengthens and connects the arts community through professional development presentations and sharing creative ideas, work, and talent. This interaction stimulates creative collaboration among artists, arts organizations, municipal governments, city planners, businesses, developers, educators, and healthcare leaders. Connect-the-Dots provides a forum for exploring possibilities for collaborative arts projects that use the arts and cultural programs to add value to residents’ daily experience and to civic and business enterprise.

Enjoy photos from the Connect the Dots event, “Brew and Song”, co-hosted by The Alementary Brewing Co. and Bottom of the Barrel Art in Hackensack, New Jersey!

Singer Alice Leon led the group in an interactive song writing process producing this tune, “The Irish Girl from Hackensack”. Listen and join in.

Our Connect the Dots Networking Event: “Lights, Camera…Network!” was both fun and productive! Particpants worked collaboratively to explore the benefits of the arts by creating videos. View their creative productions here!

“Art Matters”