Beneath Land and Water: A Project for Elkhorn City

Supporting investment in the land, the rivers, and the heritage of Appalachia
2000-2005
Website for this project

An art and environment project by
The Elkhorn City Heritage Council
The American Festival Project at Appalshop

Artists:
Suzanne Lacy, Susan Steinman, Yutaka Kobayashi

Sponsored by the Creative Capital Foundation
Between Land and Water takes place in a landscape surveyed when standing on the south beach of the Russell Fork River in the center of Elkhorn City. It focuses on townspeopleÅfs personal experience of their landas a site of heritage and as a generator of regional wealthand their river as an indicator of ecological health and as a moving force that connects them, upstream and down, with the rest of the country. This public art project sits between a need for collective stewardship of the regionÅfs natural resources and a dream of a tourist economy that preserves the natural environment.
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