Opening January 24, 2025, A House Unbuilt’s Art & Water Space in Downtown Stillwater will host a unique exhibition featuring area artists. In collaboration with the Brown’s Creek Watershed District, this exhibition will provide a unique opportunity to area artists. In response to stories and descriptions of the unique organisms living in the watershed, artists will be asked to create new works on paper for exhibit over a 3-month period in the Art & Water Space. Each artwork will also be made into a postcard for distribution by the artists and BCWD.

An Opening Reception showcasing the artworks will be held on March 6, 2025, 4-7pm. Angie Hong will be a guest speaker at the event, speaking about her new book on the St. Croix River Valley.

The exhibit space is open Jan. 24 - April 18, Mon - Fri., 10am - 3pm or by appointment.

More about the exhibit: A selection of 13 works on paper will be created in response to stories and descriptions of the unique organisms living in the watershed, accompanied by a “first person” narrative of the organisms’ experiences moving through Brown’s Creek. The Art & Water Space will featured the artist’s responses as well as blown up versions of Washington County Conservation District’s Water Pollution 101 info cards featuring the impacts of bacteria, phosphorus, nitrogen, chloride, mercury, and sediment on our waterways and watersheds. Additionally, in the open area of the Art & Water Space, Artistic Director Victoria Bradford Styrbicki and other volunteers will host a “water bar,” featuring a tasting of regional drinking water sources, as an activity to spur awareness of our impacts on our waterways.