The Catskill Water Discovery Center (CWDC) is extending its exhibit of an inspiring collection of children’s artwork addressing the many aspects of water, such as where it comes from and the importance of protecting it.
The winning work of NYCDEP’s 2023 Water Resources Art and Poetry Contest will be on display at CWDC during special open hours.
The work was created by students in second through twelfth grades attending public, independent, charter or parochial schools as well as home schooled children in New York City and in the City’s East and West of Hudson watersheds. The exhibit represents the winning entries among more than 1300 submissions to New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s 36th annual contest. More information about the contest is available at nyc.gov education programs - DEP.
Coordinator of the Water Discovery Center’s exhibit space, Don L. Myers, invites families to have fun when visiting CWDC by testing your wits and memory with “Find the Facts” and “Reservoir Knowledge” games. For kids of all ages there’s informative coloring book: “Drippy’s Water Adventure” produced by NYCDEP’s Education Department.
Also featured is the Center’s anchor exhibit “Of Rivers and Reservoirs: The NYC Water Story,” a timeline history of freshwater in the Catskills and its supply of one billion gallons per day to New York City and environs. The exhibit tells the story of the sacrifices made by local residents, the extraordinary engineering project that provides naturally filtered water to nine million people and the cooperation that makes it all possible.
The Catskill Water Discovery Center is located at 669 County Road 38, Suite 3, the northwest corner of the Catskill Watershed Corporation building in Arkville. Look for the bear sculpture next to the center’s entrance.
Special holiday hours – noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday Sunday, Nov. 24 - 26; Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 2-3; 9-10; 16-17 and Saturdays, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30.
