Edward Burtynsky: Water at CMA

On view through September 22, 2019
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Gallery

As part of Cuyahoga50, a citywide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the last Cuyahoga River fire and celebration of the progress made since toward clean water for all, the Cleveland Museum of Art will present two exhibitions that highlight the impact of human behavior on the environment. Featuring the work of renowned contemporary artist Edward Burtynsky (Canadian, b. 1955), Water: Edward Burtynsky draws attention to current threats to clean, sustainable water and encourages visitors to reflect on individual actions that can impact the future of our planet.

Burtynsky’s global portrait explores humanity’s increasingly stressed relationship with water, the world’s most vital natural resource. Thirteen monumental color photographs survey locales from the Gulf of Mexico to the shore of the Ganges. Offering both aesthetic abstraction and concrete data, these hauntingly beautiful images encourage us to ponder whether current water-management strategies are among humankind’s great achievements or its most dangerous failures.

Learn more at clevelandart.org

CSU Urban Affairs Water Photo Contest

Summer on the Cuyahoga, by Amanda Vargo

To celebrate the Year of Clean Water, the Levin College of Urban Affairs is hosting a photo contest. This contest is open to all photographers. The theme is “What Water Means to You” and we are looking for images that convey the role that water plays in your life and the life of your city and region.

The winners of the contest will be chosen by a group of water-enthusiasts who are currently helping to organize a two-day conference in April 2016 entitled Water Resilient Cities Conference, focused on how cities in the Great Lakes Basin are planned and managed to increase water resilience to the disruptions of climate change.

The contest entries will be displayed on a special page on the Levin College web site and in the Thomas Campbell Gallery at the Levin College during the Water Resilient Cities conference. The top 5 photos will be considered winners and will be prominently displayed in the Gallery and featured at the conference. The Gallery is open to the public.

For more info click here.