Downloadable Images for Shaped by Water: Past, Present & Future
On exhibit October 8, 2011 - April 22, 2012
Click on the image to view the full size photo. Accompanying captions are to the right of each photo.
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Theme graphic for exhibition. |
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Spring postcard |
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Entrance to Shaped by Water: Past, Present & Future at the Los Altos History Museum. |
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Recreation of the native landscape of the Santa Clara Valley with mural by Ann Thiermann. |
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Children enjoying the experience of pumping water by hand through a display of permeable concrete. |
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Visitors walking the labyrinth of river stones during opening reception of Shaped By Water. |
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Children inside playhouse with living green roof. |
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Visitors can place plates of food on the "Hidden Water Scale" to discover how many gallons it takes to produce a pound of that food. |
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Large outdoor display of 153 one gallon water bottles shows how many gallons of water are used on average per person per day in the Santa Clara Valley. The display is color coded by category of use such as landscape, laundry, showers, toilet flushing, etc. |
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Displays of water conserving devices, recycled water pipes, rainwater harvesting barrels and a fish ladder show visitors ways in which we can conserve water and take better care of our watersheds for a healthy future. |
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Visitors press buttons on interactive map that shows you where your water comes from. |
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Child observing aerator display demonstrating a step in the wastewater treatment process. |
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Artist Kathleen Egan poses with her sculptural installation of a surfboard surrounded by a wave made from plastic bottles to raise awareness about the plastic garbage that ends up in our creeks, the bay and the ocean on a daily basis. |
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Art installation by artists Judith Selby and Richard Lang made from washed up plastic they collected on Kehoe Beach in Point Reyes. Some objects are easily recognizable such as combs while others have already broken apart into fragments. |
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Completed Watershed Sculpture at Adobe Creek by Daniel McCormick and Mary O'Brien. Volunteers from the community were invited to build this sculpture with the artist in January 2012 as a program of the Shaped by Water Exhibition. |
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Artist’s conceptual drawing of sculpture on the stream bank for Adobe Creek. |