RIVERBOUND at River Fest, Newark, NJ | Saturday, August 6 | 12-4pm

[Milcah Bassel]

Dear friends,

How are you on this heat blasted day in early August? I hope you are near a glass, pool, or ocean of cold water.

What follows is an invitation to meet by the Passaic River tomorrow afternoon.

I've spent the last many months working towards this event with Amanda Thackray and countless others.

We would love to have your hands (and/or spirits) shaping the paper pulp into a fantastic image with us this Saturday. Details below.

You can follow us from afar on IG at @Riverbound_Newark.

cheers!

Milcah

Join the RIVERBOUND project this Saturday, led by local artists Milcah Bassel and Amanda Thackray, to collaborate on a large-scale image made of paper pulp.

Learn about the process of pouring sheets of paper using locally sourced materials, and partake in creating a community pulp painting.

Come build connections between the Passaic River and the people of Newark through artmaking!

All ages welcome, young children with adult supervision, no prior experience necessary.

RIVERBOUND is part of Green Fest

Riverfront Park, 709 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ

Saturday, August 6, 2022

12-4pm

* find our tents on Kite Hill not too far from the famous Orange Sticks

Riverbound is funded by a Newark Artist Accelerator Project-Based Grant through Project For Empty Space.

We are also indebted to Aferro Gallery, Green Fest Newark, Newark Riverfront Revival, Newark Public Library and their Charles Cummings NJ Information Center, Hackensack Riverkeeper, and to Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, for production and research support.

Special thanks to our team: Seth Goodwin, Jaz Graf, and Mila Cloidt.

We are grateful to numerous individuals across and beyond the Newark community with whom we have had the chance to share our plans and ideas, and eagerly await those who will join us on Saturday for the big papermaking event. Maybe you?