A collaborative, multidisciplinary artwork and exhibit by the members of Repurposer Collective. Each member is creating a section in their own style and technique entirely from repurposed materials to create a 32 foot long multidisciplinary artwork that layers ocean-current maps with photographs of clouds and waves, weaving science and lived experience into a single, fluid tapestry and celebrates water as our ultimate connector.

LOCATION: UNISON ARTS CENTER, 9 Paradies lane, New Paltz NY

DATES: October 4th to October 26th, 2025

Open Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 1pm to 5pm, or by appointment.

In a culture that prizes self-reliance, Current(s) of Connection invites us to remember the elemental force that binds every life on earth: water. From the amniotic seas within our bodies to the tides that sculpt our coastlines, water links us across distances, languages, and circumstances.

This multidisciplinary project layers NASA and Britannia ocean-current maps with personal photographs of clouds and waves, weaving scientific data and lived experience into a single, fluid tapestry that recognizes both the fragility and the resilience of our shared waters. Melting ice and rising seas sit beside visions of renewal—cleanup crews, community science, and climate solutions already at work.

By foregrounding water as our ultimate connector, the work reframes unity as an ecological imperative rather than a sentimental ideal. Collaboration here is not merely a method, but the message itself. Each participant’s gesture—each scrap of fabric, bit of plastic, tear of paper, stitch, or stroke—will flow into a collective surface, just as every stream feeds the ocean. Together, we will map possibility: a future in which humanity chooses stewardship over extraction, synergy over isolation, and, like water itself, finds strength in perpetual movement and mutual embrace.