EDUCATING ARTISTS
Columbia University School of the Arts
The Year of Water
Columbia University School of the Arts. 2019–20
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Year of Water Collaborators
The Year of Water was produced in collaboration with:
Arts Initiative
Barnard and Columbia College Architecture Department
Center for Climate and Life
Center for Ethnomusicology
Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Center for the Study of Social Difference
Columbia Aquanauts
Columbia Business School
Columbia Global Centers
Columbia Law School
Columbia Maison Française
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Columbia University School of the Arts
Columbia Water Center
Columbia Wellness Center
Columbia World Projects
Data Science Institute
Department of Music
Digital Storytelling Lab
The Earth Institute
The Forum
Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science
Institute for Latin American Studies
International Students and Scholars Office
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
MA in Modern and Contemporary Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies
Mailman School of Public Health
Miller Theatre
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Office of Communications and Public Affairs
Office of Government and Community Affairs
Office of the President
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
School of International and Public Affairs
The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities
Sustainable Columbia
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture
World Leaders Forum
It’s the Year of Water
by Eve Glasberg. Columbia News, September 26, 2019. [Link]
Columbia University Launches Year-long Programming on Climate Change
by Gabriela Angeliti. The Art Newspaper, September 16, 2019. [Link]
WATERLICHT
An immersive installation by Daan Roosegaarde, produced by Columbia University School of the Arts for the Year of Water.
Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University, October 22, 23, and 24, 2019. [Link]
The Today Show
Al Roker interviews Carol Becker and Daan Roosegaarde about WATERLICHT on The Today Show. NBC, October 22, 2019. [Link]
Meet the Artist: Daan Roosegaarde
The Forum, Columbia University. New York City. October 23, 2019.
Daan Roosegaarde discussed WATERLICHT and other visionary projects such as Gates of Light, Van Gogh Path, Smog Free Project, and Space Waste Lab with Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts.
Plastic Bottle-Free Pledge
During the Year of Water, the School of the Arts pledged to stop using single-use plastic bottles at its events and facilities, and encouraged other Schools and Departments across the university to do the same. [Link]