Wool and Water: Gallery Talk and Artist Reception

Please join AWI Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Michale Glennon for a gallery talk and artist reception in the Folklife Gallery on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from 5-7 PM.

Wool and Water is a collaborative project that blends fiber art with scientific information to tell the stories of our waterways in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin. Originally created for the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act in 2022, the aim of this project is to showcase the legacy of protecting clean water in the Champlain Basin and beyond.  Knitting, crochet, weaving and other fiber arts are used to illustrate concepts and trends related to our waterways, and to provide inspiration for their protection.  

Wool and Water features more than 70 works that highlight water-related concepts ranging from the basics of lake stratification and turnover to the impacts of pollutants, invasive species, and climate change on aquatic life. Michale Glennon, Senior Research Scientist for the Adirondack Watershed Institute, organized the project and created many of the pieces, but the growing collection now includes works by more than 30 additional artists and makers.  

The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library is an award-winning program created in 1993, charged with the mission to research and present the cultural traditions of the upper Hudson Valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York. Its core programs–Special Collections, Exhibitions, and Cultural Events–are largely supported by grants, and have attracted a large, diverse regional audience to its gallery, research room, and cultural programs. Programs are funded in part by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts supported by the Governor's Office and the New York State Legislature.