Water Is Life

Photo galleries and reflections from the Water Is Life Art Exhibit Series, October 28-December 23, 2017.

Water Is Life Art Exhibit Series – Full Project Gallery

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by Francisco G. Gómez Water is Life Presentation – Highland Park, New Jersey – October 28, 2017 Time is always a great factor when doing an arts installation show, and I was at the mercy of the clock! I briefly gave a rushed adaptation from the Ifá corpus at our […]

Water is Life Exhibit – Post Presentation Reflections

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Raíces Cultural Center, along with more than a dozen community collaborators and co-sponsors and over fifty local and international artists, is gearing up for this weekend’s Water Is Life Art Exhibit Series Opening Reception. The Okeanos Foundation for the Sea team recently installed their model of a vaka, a Polynesian […]

Water Is Life Update – Okeanos Indigenous Sailing Canoe

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On October 7, 2017, Red Bank Artist Lisa Bagwell led a River Clean Up and EcoArt Workshop as part of the Raíces Cultural Center Water Is Life Project. Check out the photo album of the eco-warriors in our community who give us a little glimpse of hope in a sea of plastic despair...

Our Plastic Waters – Lisa Bagwell’s River Clean Up and ...

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On March 10, 2017, Raíces EcoCulture participated in the Native Nations Rise March on Washington. We do not have many words to share about this march, we were there as allies with and for those whose land was stolen. It was a sad and somber gathering, the pain of centuries […]

Native Nations Rise March on Washington, March 10, 2017

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by Francisco G. Gómez Last Sunday, January 22nd we attended a wonderful ceremony at the Split Rock Sweet Water Prayer Camp in Mahwah, N.J.. It turned out to be a real treat because of the unexpected presence of Sophia Wilansky, the young woman who was severely injured after she was […]

Split Rock Sweet Water Prayer Camp Ceremony

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Learn more about the Split Rock Sweet Water Prayer Camp on Ramapough Lunaape sacred grounds, and what you can do to get involved and help.

Local Spotlight: Split Rock Prayer Camp

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