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Creating with & for water

In 2023, the Source Water Protection Collaborative hired an artist-in-residence, Su Legatt, to engage members of a rural Minnesota community around protecting drinking water. Watch the video below to learn more about Su, the city of Little Falls, and how Creating With & For Water came to be.

Project photos

Su Legatt teaching a watercolor class using local water and handmade paper as part of the Creating With & For Water project.

Photo credit: Leah Rathe

Handmade paper made during the Creating With & For Water project.

Photo credit: Leah Rathe

Two of the finished broadsides, combining art, water prose, and handmade paper, exhibited at a final show in Little Falls in December 2023.

Photo credit: Leah Rathe

A Little Falls community member viewing one of the broadsides.

Photo credit: Leah Rathe

Su Legatt discussing the broadside exhibition with a Franciscan Sister of Little Falls who participated in the project.

Photo credit: Leah Rathe