U Students Encourage Watershed Awareness with Project Exhibition

Watershed Art Exhibit. Photo by Adam Fondren.Students of the Art, Action and the Environment Honors course at the University of Utah have an important message to share about Red Butte Creek, a natural watershed that runs through Red Butte Canyon and under the University itself: humans affect nature through their actions, no matter how big or small.

An exhibit on display in the ART building was created by the course and aims to bring awareness to the watershed. Turning into the exhibit’s hallway felt like walking along the creek. Stark white pages cascaded down the dark, wood-paneled wall imitating the shape of Red Butte Creek with little blue “currents” tacked among the students’ works to…