Aqua Marooned! Game & Explore @ Delaware River Festival
Come enjoy a game of Aqua Marooned! at the Delaware River Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Wiggins Waterfront Park, sponsored by the Center for Aquatic Sciences. Aqua Marooned! is an environmental card game developed by Swim Pony specifically for the Center for Aquatic Sciences and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. CAS staff and AWE facilitators will be on hand to introduce you to the game through a guided exploratory activity. Everyone goes home with a prize! All players will receive their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Center for Aquatic Sciences and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs! The Delaware River Festival is a celebration of the Delaware River along the waterfronts of Philadelphia and Camden. This annual event brings people together for a day of family fun, educational activities, water-centered learning and free ferry rides between Wiggins Park and Penn’s Landing all day! Also participating: Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service South Jersey Land and Water Trust NJ Natural Lands Trust Sustainable South Jersey New Jersey American Water UrbanPromise Camden County Certified Gardeners Gloucester City Sail American Littoral Society Camden Collaborative Initiative CU Maurice River North Camden Community Gardens New Jersey DEP.
No advance tickets are needed to attend. Wristbands are required to ride the RiverLink Ferry and enter the Independence Seaport Museum. You can sign up for a free wristband at the Information Table in Philadelphia or Camden during event hours.
Getting There:
By Public Transit: Buses that go to the Waterfront: 452, 453 Bus Stations near Camden Waterfront -Delaware Ave & Cooper Street: (5 minute walk to Waterfront) -3rd St. & Market St. (10 minute walk to Waterfront) -Walter Rand Transportation Center (20 minute walk to Waterfront) **Can transfer to RiverLine to get to Entertainment Center at this location RiverLine Light Rail Station: Aquarium (6 min walk to Waterfront) PATCO: City Hall (15 minute walk to Waterfront)
By Car: Nearby Parking Lots: Aquarium Lots 7 and 8. Fee is $10.
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Aqua Marooned! at the Boardwalk
On Saturday 9/17 (1pm-3pm) play the Aqua Marooned! Card Game at the Boardwalk between the Schuylkill Trail and Boathouse Row and gain a closer look at the river and the wildlife native to this area. Participants will receive a participation prize and an Aqua Marooned Card Deck.
Aqua Marooned! Exploring Nature Through Art and Games
This event is part of Mural Arts’ Art & Environmental Justice Symposium.
Learn more and register: Mural Arts Philadelphia
Speakers:
Adrienne Mackey (Founder, Swim Pony Performing Arts and Assistant Professor of Acting, Directing, and Devising at the University of Washington
Tina Plokarz (Director of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education)
Chloe Wang (River Programs Coordinator at Bartram’s Garden)
Priscilla Bell Lamberty, MFA, Artist and Educator
Aqua Marooned! is a new card game that premiered in Fall 2021 across the Delaware River Watershed, commissioned by the Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River (AWE). The game is part of the region-wide art initiative Lenapehoking~Watershed and connects the three states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware through humor, wit, and nature exploration. Created by Philly-based immersive experience company Swim Pony and meant to be played outdoors, the game’s beautifully-illustrated cards cast players as extraterrestrial explorers sent to learn Earth’s mysterious “watersphere.” A super-sized Lenape expansion deck, created in collaboration with a circle of local Lenape advisors, gives players an opportunity to delve into the Indigenous perspectives. Using vibrant pictures of plants, animals, and the environment as well as a cast of playful alien characters, the game seeks to create a fun and engaging experience for players of all ages and experience levels. Come speak with the creators and contributors to this wonderful game, and learn more about its formation process and Indigenous knowledge in the Delaware River Watershed.
Game Night at the John James Audubon Center
It’s Game Night at the John James Audubon Center! Bring your favorite tabletop and outdoor games to play under the stars or in the Pavilion while enjoying the beautiful setting of Mill Grove.
While you’re here, you can also try something new. Audubon staff will be leading any interested guests in Aqua Marooned!, an interactive card game that explores nature using quick wit, physical activity, and creative invention, while stimulating dialogue between players and the natural world.
Aqua Marooned! was developed by Swim Pony specifically for Alliance for Watershed Education Centers like the John James Audubon Center, and even comes with its own deck specially designed for playing at Mill Grove. Guests can take home their very own Aqua Marooned! deck along with the John James Audubon Center and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
You’ll have some great fun with friends and family when you join this community event.
For more information about Aqua Marooned! and the Alliance for Watershed Education:
https://www.lenapehoking-watershed-art.com/aqua-marooned
https://www.watershedalliance.org/
Getting There:
The John James Audubon Center is located at the intersection of Audubon Road and Pawlings Road.
*Many GPS systems are not accurate when bringing guests to Mill Grove. The best solution is to use the intersection for your destination address if possible. Also, many do not recognize Audubon as a town. Please use Norristown if this is the case with your GPS.
Parking spaces are available on site in front of the new John James Audubon Center museum.
Event Page:
Aqua Marooned! @ Pollinator Palooza
Pollinator Palooza is a family-friendly festival celebrating pollinators and the beautiful transformation of our Jackson Pond Preserve into a 4-acre pollinator meadow. The event will feature crafts, art sales, plant giveaways, live music, Kona Ice, food for purchase from The Vegan Table, and the Aqua Marooned! card game!
Developed by artist collective Swim Pony specifically for Alliance for Watershed Education Centers like the Heritage Conservancy, Aqua Marooned! is perfect for teens and young adults, encouraging players to get outside and explore nature. Event attendees will have the opportunity to play and take home sets of Aqua Marooned! along with Heritage Conservancy and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
Come to Pollinator Palooza and enjoy nature walks throughout the day:
10:30 AM – “Walk and Talk” – Get your questions answered on how to install your own native plant garden/meadow.
11:30 AM; 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM – General Nature Walks
Several local partners will also be in attendance to provide interactive activities.
Bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the summertime beauty of Jackson Pond!
Cost: $5 per person / $15 per family up to four members
Register here: https://heritageconservancy.org/our-events/pollinator-palooza-2022/
Cash payments are also accepted at the event entrance.
A special thank you to our event partners: Ed Hawkey, Bucks County Audubon Society, Delaware Canal State Park, Bucks Students for Climate Action and Protection of the Environment (BSCAPE), Forest Grove Presbyterian Church, The Art of Ecology, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, Bird Town Pennsylvania, and Kona Ice.
For more information about Aqua Marooned! and the Alliance for Watershed Education:
https://www.lenapehoking-watershed-art.com/aqua-marooned
https://www.watershedalliance.org/
Parking is available at the Forest Grove Presbyterian Church, 1856 Forest Grove Rd, Forest Grove, PA, 18922
Community Game Day with Aqua Marooned!
This event is part of Mural Arts’ Art & Environmental Justice Symposium.
Learn more & register: Mural Arts Philadelphia
Join the Mural Arts Institute at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education for a live play-in of Aqua Marooned! as you hike the trails. This event is a family-friendly way to explore the 340 acres of land dedicated to environmental education, wildlife rehabilitation, land stewardship, and art in Philadelphia. Join the Aqua Marooned! extraterrestrial characters as explorers are sent to learn Earth’s mysterious “watersphere.”
Aqua Marooned! is a new card game that premiered in Fall 2021 across the Delaware River Watershed, commissioned by the Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River (AWE). The game is part of the region-wide art initiative Lenapehoking~Watershed and connects the three states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware through humor, wit, and nature exploration. Created by Philly-based immersive experience company Swim Pony and meant to be played outdoors, the game’s beautifully-illustrated cards cast players as extraterrestrial explorers sent to learn Earth’s mysterious “watersphere.” A super-sized Lenape expansion deck, created in collaboration with a circle of local Lenape advisors, gives players an opportunity to delve into the Indigenous perspectives. Using vibrant pictures of plants, animals, and the environment as well as a cast of playful alien characters, the game seeks to create a fun and engaging experience for players of all ages and experience levels.
Nocturnal Wonders & Aqua Marooned! @ Berks Nature
Take a walk in the dark with Berks Nature staff to explore Angelica Creek Park's own brand of nightlife.
Participants will have the chance to play Aqua Marooned!, as a group as they explore the park. Aqua Marooned! is an environmental game developed by Swim Pony specifically for Berks Nature and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. Participants will be able to take home their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Berks Nature and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
End the night by swapping stories around the campfire over s'mores.
FREE!
All ages welcome!
Register here!
https://support.berksnature.org/product/nocturnalwonders/august-17th-nocturnal-wonders
Parking available on site.
All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
For questions about this event or Berks Nature, call 610-372-4992 or email info@berksnature.org
Aqua Marooned Family Adventure Hike @ Pocono Environmental Education Center
Come explore PEEC and learn about our watershed and natural resources as you take on the role of an intergalactic explorer discovering our planet. The Aqua Marooned card game is an adventure based role play mission designed to engage players with the environment around them. Packed with fun and informative tasks and challenges, crew members are scored by their captain on how well they complete each mission. All participants will take home their own Aqua Marooned Card deck, provided by the Alliance for Watershed Education.
Cost: FREE
*Lead Support Provided by the Alliance for Watershed Education*
All ages welcome! Call (570) 828-2319 to register
For questions about the Pocono Environmental Center, call (570) 828-2319
All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
Aqua Marooned! Game & Explore @ Heinz Refuge’s 50th Anniversary
Come celebrate John Heinz 50th Anniversary Celebration with a game of Aqua Marooned!
Aqua Marooned! is an environmental card game developed by Swim Pony specifically for John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. Members from the Swim Pony team will be on hand to introduce you to the game.
Everyone goes home with a prize! All players will receive their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with John Heinz and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
The celebration will also include free archery, history walks, fishing, food, and an introduction to TrailOff, an audio storytelling app that puts YOU in the center of the drama! Get out onto a trail and let a 360° world swirl around you. Also, created by Swim Pony and the PA Environmental Council (PEC), this FREE app aims to diversify the stories we imagine when we think about nature.
FREE! All ages are welcome.
All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
Transportation
Parking is available on-site.
Accessible by the SEPTA 37 Bus Line.
For questions regarding Aqua Marooned! please contact Ricky Yanas at ryanas84@gmail.com.
For questions about the John Heinz 50th Anniversary, call (215) 365-3118
Aqua Marooned! Game & Explore at Heinz Refuge
Come enjoy a game of Aqua Marooned! At John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Aqua Marooned! is an environmental card game developed by Swim Pony specifically for John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. Members from the Swim Pony team will be on hand to introduce you to the game through a guided exploratory activity.
Everyone goes home with a prize! All players will receive their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with John Heinz and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
Guided game play will take place between Bird Walk with Debbie Beer and Healthy Walk with WeWalk PHL. So come early and stay for a enriching and healthy day!
FREE! All ages are welcome. All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
For questions regarding Aqua Marooned! please contact Ricky Yanas at ryanas84@gmail.com
For questions about John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, call (215) 365-3118
Getting There
Parking is available on-site Accessible by the SEPTA 37 Bus Line. More information at the Facebook event here.
Aqua Marooned! Game & Explore + Friday Night Movie @ Bartram’s Garden
Come enjoy a game of Aqua Marooned! and a family-friendly film at Bartram’s Garden on Friday, June 24.
Aqua Marooned! is an environmental card game developed by Swim Pony specifically for Bartram’s Garden and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. Members from the Swim Pony team will be on hand to introduce you to the game through a guided exploratory activity.
Everyone goes home with a prize! All players will receive their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Bartram’s and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
Participants will have the opportunity to experience “TrailOff”, an audio storytelling app that puts YOU in the center of the drama! Also created by Swim Pony and the PA Environmental Council (PEC), this FREE app aims to diversify the stories we imagine when we think about nature.
The evening will include a screening of sci-fi classic film Fifth Element from 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM. Bring your own picnic blankets, bug spray, and snacks. There will be plenty of popcorn, lemonade, and water to share!
FREE! All ages are welcome. No registration required. All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
Getting there
Visitors are encouraged to enter and park at the Garden’s 56th Street entrance and parking lot. Accessible by the SEPTA trolley line #36
For questions regarding Aqua Marooned! please contact Ricky Yanas at ryanas84@gmail.com.
For questions about the John Heinz 50th Anniversary, call (215) 365-3118.
Aqua Marooned! Memory, Play and Exploration @ Tacony Creek Park Block Party
From Tuesday, June 14 to Thursday, June 16 the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is hosting its annual Block Parties at Tacony Creek Park, a critical Philadelphia green space for neighbors in zip codes 19120 and 19124.
Block Party attendees will enjoy activities including a Story Trail walk, nature arts & crafts, bike rides in the park, and games with the Creekmobile (to learn about Tacony Creek and clean water issues) and will be able to access community resources, take home a recycling bin, and more!
Each day, artist Heidie Mojica will lead a guided walk incorporating the “Aqua Marooned!” card came and her own reflections on Tacony Creek park. Aqua Marooned! is an environmental game developed by Swim Pony specifically for Tacony Creek Park and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. Participants will be able to take home their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Tacony Creek and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
This event is FREE and all ages are welcome. All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
Transportation
Street parking is available and accessible by SEPTA Bus route 57
Rain Dates: June 21, 22, 23
For questions, call 215-744-1853 or email info@ttfwatershed.org
Aqua Marooned! Memory, Play and Exploration @ Tacony Creek Park Block Party
From Tuesday, June 14 to Thursday, June 16 the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is hosting its annual Block Parties at Tacony Creek Park, a critical Philadelphia green space for neighbors in zip codes 19120 and 19124.
Block Party attendees will enjoy activities including a Story Trail walk, nature arts & crafts, bike rides in the park, and games with the Creekmobile (to learn about Tacony Creek and clean water issues) and will be able to access community resources, take home a recycling bin, and more!
Each day, artist Heidie Mojica will lead a guided walk incorporating the “Aqua Marooned!” card came and her own reflections on Tacony Creek park. Aqua Marooned! is an environmental game developed by Swim Pony specifically for Tacony Creek Park and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. Participants will be able to take home their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Tacony Creek and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
This event is FREE and all ages are welcome. All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
Transportation
Street parking is available and accessible by SEPTA Bus route 75.
Rain Dates: June 21, 22, 23
For questions, call 215-744-1853 or email info@ttfwatershed.org
Aqua Marooned! Memory, Play and Exploration @ Tacony Creek Park Block Party
From Tuesday, June 14 to Thursday, June 16 the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is hosting its annual Block Parties at Tacony Creek Park, a critical Philadelphia green space for neighbors in zip codes 19120 and 19124.
Block Party attendees will enjoy activities including a Story Trail walk, nature arts & crafts, bike rides in the park, and games with the Creekmobile (to learn about Tacony Creek and clean water issues) and will be able to access community resources, take home a recycling bin, and more!
Each day, artist Heidie Mojica will lead a guided walk incorporating the “Aqua Marooned!” card came and her own reflections on Tacony Creek park. Aqua Marooned! is an environmental game developed by Swim Pony specifically for Tacony Creek Park and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. The game encourages participants to creatively explore their natural surroundings using playful and engaging prompts. Participants will be able to take home their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Tacony Creek and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
This event is FREE and all ages are welcome.
Accessibility
All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed. Transportation Street parking is available and accessible by SEPTA Bus route 89.
Rain Dates: June 21, 22, 23
For questions, call 215-744-1853 or email info@ttfwatershed.org
Zootopia Movie Night @ Gateway Park w/ Storytime and Aqua Marooned!
The Camden Community Partnership, NJ Conservation Foundation, and Connect the Lots Camden invite you to a special screening of the Disney classic Zootopia, with food, storytelling and games!
The Movie Starts at 8:00 PM.
From 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM the Camden County Library will have story time while staff from the Center of Aquatic Sciences will be leading any interested guests in “Aqua Marooned!” an environmental game developed by Swim Pony specifically for Gateway Park and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. Participants will be able take home their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Gateway Park and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs!
Guests are encouraged to arrive early for free BBQ from Big Swerve’s BBQ food truck from 6:30pm until supplies last.
All are welcome! Great for the whole family! Free! No registration is required.
Text “CTLCAMDEN” for event text alerts
Accessibility
Parking is available on-site. Accessible by NJ Transit Bus route 409.
All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed.
Discovery Nights @ The Discovery Center - Community Game Night with Aqua Marooned!
Enjoy outdoor play as the sun goes down. Photo by Damien Ruffner.
The Discovery Center invites you to bring your tabletop and outdoor games to play here on-site! If you have a card game, a roleplaying game, or an outdoor game that you love to play, bring it up to The Discovery Center on this night to have some great fun with our community. Audubon staff will be leading any interested guests in “Aqua Marooned!” an environmental game developed by Swim Pony specifically for The Discovery Center and other Alliance for Watershed Education Centers. Guests can even take home their very own free Aqua Marooned! deck along with Discovery Center and Lenni-Lenape Expansion Packs! All are welcome! Free! Great for the whole family!
Accessibility
The Discovery Center and facilities are all ADA compliant. All local, state, and federal guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed. Contact damien.ruffner@audubon.org with any questions.
Transportation
Parking is available on-site
SEPTA bus routes that connect nearby are 3, 32, and 49
Naturepalooza
Your Aqua Marooned! adventure starts from the Schuylkill Center for
Environmental Education
The Schuylkill Center’s signature FREE Earth Day event returns with live music, activity tables, nature hikes, food trucks, and more, all centered around their Year of Restoration. As the Billy Jonas Band performs their energetic percussive music on recycled and found objects, engage in a participatory art project and help unveil the new Restoration Station Loop, a self-guided educational hike along our trails. Registration is required. Rain date will be Sunday, April 24.
Schedule of Events (subject to change)
Welcome – 10:15 am
Storytime with the Andorra Library – 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm
Nature Hikes – 10:45 am, 12:30 pm
Concert with the Billy Jonas Band – 11:00 am, 1:00 pm
Gaming Hike with card game AquaMarooned! – 11:30 am, 1:15 pm
Craft and Activity Tables – 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Food Trucks – 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Pond Exploration – 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Restoring Jubilee Grove – 10:00 am–2:00 pm
For more information: https://www.schuylkillcenter.org/news/event/naturepalooza/
Swim Pony at the Office of Sustainability's Earth Day 2022 Event
Swim Pony is going to participate in the Earth Day event at Cherry St. Pier. on April 22nd to promote Aqua Marooned! and give out card decks.
The Office of Sustainability is hosting an Earth Day event to celebrate the release of the latest edition of the Greenworks Review at the Cherry Street Pier! Featuring storytelling, interactive activities, vendors and more, join us as we celebrate another year of sustainable progress while getting the first look at the latest edition of our Greenworks Review magazine. The Greenworks Review features the voices of residents, students, teachers, activists, artists, and everyone in between. Combined, their efforts make our city a better place by keeping our communities safe, healthy, and inspired!
As we’ve seen this past year, sustainability is about making connections and working together for the benefit of all. Join us on April 22nd from 5:00 – 7:00 PM to reflect on the many ways Philadelphians are working towards a more just and environmentally friendly future. Special guests include Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, local community leaders, and more!
Aqua Marooned! a Trek-n-Game event
Your Aqua Marooned! adventure starts from the Tulpehaking Nature Center. Photo by Jenn Rogers.
Come hang out, laugh, play, have fun, and explore nature in a new, exciting way! Aqua Marooned! is a new game that challenges you to get outside and get curious as you explore the outdoors. At this Trek-n-game event, staff from Tulpehaking Nature Center will be on hand to introduce you to the game. Everyone goes home with a prize. Free. Ages 12 and older, groups of 3 or more players. Free! Registration required. Contact Alexandria at natureprograms@mercercounty.org or call 609-888-3218.
Reconnection – A Healing Hike
The Iraqi art installation and sanctuary at the Schuylkill Center. Photo by Ricky Yanas.
How can nature help Black women heal from the traumas that are unique to their experience? To explore this question, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is partnering with Hike+Heal, a hiking group in Philadelphia dedicated to creating a community of women who want to prioritize their self-care. Join a small group and hike trails towards the Schuylkill Center’s art installation and sanctuary, Al Mudhif. The walk will be followed by a tea ceremony, meditative stretching and breathing exercises, inviting you to harness the power of nature to heal traumas that are unique to the Black experience.
This hike is about one mile long on unpaved trails.
Space is limited; registration is required. $10/person or $5/person for SCEE members. Free to ages 3 and under.
Cultural Roots: Jewish-Iraqi Food and Conversation
Hospitality service in the mudhif. Photo courtesy of Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
Enjoy the aromatic and spicy fusion in Iraqi Jewish cuisine with chef Annabel Rabiyah of Awafi Kitchen (Boston), and discover the rich history of the Iraqi Jewish diaspora in the United States. Chef Annabel will demonstrate traditional recipes, and participants will taste a hearty Iraqi style beet stew (Kubba Schwandar) with optional meat dumplings, served with tea. While breaking homemade Iraqi-style bread in our Iraqi guesthouse, we’ll talk with Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz, cook Annabel Rabiyah, and artists of Al Mudhif Yaroub Al-Obaidi and Sarah Kavage, together exploring food, culture, and belonging.
Space is limited; registration is required. $10 Schuylkill Center members; $20 non-members.
Opening Reception: Nature’s Long Memory at LEAP
Celebrate the exhibition and installation of Nature’s Long Memory at the LEAP STEM Puerto Rican Art Center at LEAP Academy! Nature’s Long Memory is a pop-up sculpture that is part of the Water Spirit series, designed and built by Sarah Kavage and the Camden Crew, a team of young Camden, NJ artists composed of Adriana Amador-Chacon, Priscilla Rios, and LEAP alumnus Breiner Garcia.
Nature’s Long Memory was designed as a mobile devotional structure to be installed at Watershed Alliance partner sites in and around New Jersey. Made of locally harvested Phragmites reed (an invasive, yet robust species of plant), the sculpture has been placed at various public spaces throughout Camden including Cramer Hill Nature Preserve, Pyne Poynt Park, Von Nieda Park, Bethel AME Church, and RCA Pier. With each installation a new design has been employed by the Camden Crew, including a series of prompts designed to engage those who encounter the work. The prompts asked participants to reflect on their role in nature and their own impact on their community. The LEAP installation will be its final stop, showcasing its many different forms and variety of interactions and scenarios it has generated in its travels.
The installation will include a variety of original artworks, informational presentations and programming engaging themes of nature, culture and how art can connect them all. By highlighting the larger Lenapehoking watershed in general and Nature’s Long Memory in particular, the exhibition offers LEAP students and visitors from the general public an opportunity to consider how, working symbiotically with each other and with nature, we can begin to make a better and collectively resilient future.
DIRECTIONS & ACCESS: LEAP is accessible from Philadelphia via the Patco train stopping at Lindenwold Station; in Camden via NJ Transit Busses 404, 405, 406, 407 and 451 and the Patco train stopping at City Hall. Parking is available on 6th and Cooper Streets.
This is an ADA accessible indoor event; masks are required. Open to the public. All ages.
Nature's Long Memory installed at Cramer Hill Nature Preserve, Camden, NJ. Photo by Ricky Yanas.
Día de los Muertos Ofrenda
An ofrenda: a home altar with a collection of objects placed on a ritual display during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de Muertos celebration. Photo by Las Artivistas.
Las Artivistas de CCATE, in collaboration with the Aztec Dance Group Kalpulli Tlalhuitzilli (Earth’s Hummingbirds), invites the all ages to witness a sample of pre-Hispanic culture and honor, celebrate and defend indigenous peoples with a traditional Día de los Muertos Ofrenda (Day of the Dead collective offering) celebrating ahead of Indigenous People’s Day (10/15). The event is free to the public and will be bilingual in Spanish and English.
Las Artivistas is a growing art collective that creates a space for women to express their creativity, reflect on their identities, and creative pacifist revolution through art and activism, intuition and love, and solidarity, equity and justice. Their event will activate Liquid Landscape, the braided meadows installation created by Sarah Kavage and assistants (part of the Water Spirit sculpture series throughout the AWE network).
Fun fact: Día de los Muertos is considered an “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity'' by UNESCO!
All programs will follow COVID-19 preventive protocols and measures.
Location & Accessibility: The John James Audubon Center just north of Valley Forge National Historical Park. It is ADA accessible and has plenty of parking for guests. It is also a 20-minute walk from the Egypt Road stop of the #99 SEPTA bus that runs from King of Prussia Mall.
ARC Reed Boat Dedication and Float
ARC in progress with Aymar Ccopacatty. Photos by Sarah Kavage.
Join artists Aymar Ccopacatty and Sarah Kavage as they float ARC, their reed boat, in the boat basin at the Independence Seaport Museum. The two have been working on the vessel in ISM’s maker space since September. The artists will host an informal conversation and Q&A about the boat's origins, inspiration, and construction.
ARC is a modern adaptation of a traditional Aymara reed boat, built with local materials including invasive Phragmites reed and scavenged plastic bottles. In doing so, it connects materials and methods across space and time — contemporary and traditional, near and far — to prompt discussion about the movement of plants and people across the globe, climate change, environmental degradation, climate migration, colonization, and solidarity between peoples across the Americas.
Access notes: The boat basin at the Seaport Museum is wheelchair accessible via a ramp from the sidewalk. For additional location, accessibility, and transportation information on ISM’s website, click here.
Trek ‘n’ Game
A card from the Schuylkill Center’s Aqua Marooned! expansion pack. Illustration by Bri Barton and Meg Lemieur.
Ages 8+ are invited to come out and play! Aqua Marooned! is Lenapehoking~Watershed’s new nature card game, created by artist Adrienne Mackey and her creative team, Swim Pony. Stranded from the planet VoDA, aliens Pinny, Scuttle, Zan, and Coco explore their surrounding waterways and investigate nature on Earth. Trek around the Schuylkill Center and find the ponds, creeks and hidden tributaries that feed into the Delaware River watershed.
Refreshments are provided. Registration is required.
Harvest Festival at Capital City Farm
The cream of Trenton’s artist crop: Walter Roberts (top left), Raven George (top center), Pup Donald Bolding (right), Liz Amaral (orangey tree painting, lower center, next to aerial view of The Future is Open Ended)
Celebrate the harvest season at Trenton’s Capital City Farm with the cream of the crop! Taste foods prepared by chef Yvonne Mitchell made from Capitol City Farm’s own produce and enjoy live music and live painting with some of Trenton’s best artists, including Pup Donald Bolding, a songwriter, guitarist and producer whose talents have taken him from school and church ensembles in Trenton to touring and recording gigs with such hitmakers as Nelly, Case, Deborah Cox and Sarah Dash.
The live painting demonstrations will feature Raven George, whose work explores the concept of identity in infinite variations of divine beauty including natural elements of earth; Liz Amaral and her dreamy abstract works using acrylics and ink; and Walter Roberts, known for his pastel portraits featuring prominent Trentonians.
Artist Sarah Kavage will be on hand to discuss the straw bale sculpture/edible garden installation The Future is Open Ended and her work with the Lenapehoking~Watershed art project as a whole.
Plus, FREE PUMPKINS while supplies last!
Braiding Natures: A River Days Event
Grass braiding assistant Nola Latty takes a break in the Liquid Landscape installation at the Audubon Center. Photo by www.zverina.com
Join Lenapehoking~Watershed lead artist Sarah Kavage and local writer/organizer Swati Arun for a celebration of all-things-braiding at John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove!
Braiding and weaving have been vital elements in the larger Lenapehoking~Watershed project, bringing many different people from many different communities into contact with nature, art and the environmental centers that host these encounters. This event celebrates this interweaving of people and place.
Guests will be invited to enjoy interactive hair braiding activities, bracelet making, bread braiding, and grass weaving workshops with Sarah and her assistants. Music will be provided by Philly-based DJ Rana Ransom. Light refreshments available.
Location & Accessibility: The John James Audubon Center just north of Valley Forge National Historical Park. It is ADA accessible and has plenty of parking for guests. It is also a 20-minute walk from the Egypt Road stop of the #99 SEPTA bus that runs from King of Prussia Mall.
Aqua Marooned! at Tacony Creek Park Fall Festival
Tacony Creek’s Aqua Marooned! expansion pack will launch at this event! Illustration by Meg Lemieur and Bri Barton.
Location: In Tacony Creek Park at the big field off E Olney Ave where it intersects with Clarkson Ave (map)
Come to Tacony Park’s River Days Fall Festival and get your copies of the Aqua Marooned! game (as supplies last) and play the game! The Festival, a co-Production of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and Olney Culture Lab of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia, will also feature other games, arts & crafts, giveaways, and lots more!
At 3pm, Professor Randy J. Gibson and his Double Portion Ensemble will perform Gibson’s composition Tacony Creek Suite, music inspired by the landscape and underwritten by Olney Culture Lab with support from the William Penn Foundation.
Event is FREE and open to the public, you can RSVP here. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors at a location to be announced later. Attendees will be asked to observe all COVID safety policies regarding social distancing and mask wearing, especially if the event moves indoors.
Professor Randy J. Gibson and his Double Portion Ensemble. Photo courtesy of Olney Culture Lab.
Composer Professor Randy J. Gibson. Photo by Emma Lee/WHYY.
Access: Street parking can be found in the area, which is also accessible by SEPTA buses #18, 26, and 57.
Event partners: The Alliance for Watershed Education, Councilwoman Cherelle Parker’s Office, Fairmount Park Conservancy, Jazz Foundation of America, Joseph Roberts Foundation, Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture & Creative Economy, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, Philadelphia Water Department, and William Penn Foundation.
DYNAMO: re-generación en esperanza hacia el futuro
Dancer Ruben Chico. Photo courtesy of La Calaca Flaca.
DYNAMO: re-generación en esperanza hacia el futuro (re-generation in hopes of the future) is a performance organized by artists José Ortiz-Pagán & Mauricio Pérez with the Philadelphia based collective La Calaca Flaca in collaboration with Camden-area youth groups. The event interacts with Portal, Sarah Kavage’s dramatic phragmites installation that creates a gateway to the Cooper river. Reclaiming the river as a symbol of passage but also confluence, the event will articulate four different individuals's hopes and plans for their lives in the context of migration; featuring sound by Bennett Kuhn; and a solo performance by Aztec dancer Ruben Chico.
A gathering with food by chef Juan Carlos Marin will follow the performance.
All programs will follow COVID-19 preventive protocols and measures.