Stories from the St Vrain
Stories from the St Vrain (2021-2023) was a Longmont-based art, science, and community health project celebrating the human and environmental stories of St Vrain Creek. In 2024, it grew into Colorado Water Stories.
Through innovative performances, art, science, and education, the project strengthened the connection between citizens and water while addressing important topics of water scarcity, protection, stewardship, cultural relationships, and community action needed to address the health and safety of our water and our people.
2021: Golden Ponds Pilot Project & Gallery Exhibit
Longmont &Boulder, CO
June 2021 (early post-pandemic): A guided walk through Golden Ponds Nature Area with music and dance performances, water education, and community participation. Also part of Global Water Dances 2021.
2023:
Community Launch Party
Global Water Dances
Flood Commemoration Event
Ditch Company Thank You
The 2021 pilot grew exponentially, with the addition of collaborators who helped create and direct multiple intergenerational, cross-cultural events across the community that were attended by over 150 people.
Community Launch Party
May 2023
UnaVida Niwot
Niwot, Colorado
We gathered with friends new and old to dance and raise money for this starter project. Silent auction, food, live music. Free.
Global Water Dances: Stories from the St Vrain
June 2023
Golden Ponds Nature Area, Longmont, CO
Free, family-friendly, outdoor event featuring over 25 artists, including local youth and regional professional artists. They brought ritual, original works, and personal expression across a variety of cultural forms to celebrate one of Longmont's primary local water sources. This event was part of the international initiative, Global Water Dances, that invites artists across the globe to dance for water. It was the 10th year of Global Water Dances in Boulder County.
Sep 2023: Flood, Fire, Friendship: Commemorating the 2013 Flood
Dickens Farm Nature Area in Longmont, CO
Free, outdoor, family-friendly event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2013 flood along the Front Range. Dance, music, and poetry artists performed on the river's edge, offering original works and personal expression on the cycles of a river, of life and death, of personal growth and nature connection. A community conversation with water leaders immediately followed the event. We concluded the day with a creek clean up.