North Bay artist Kim Kitchen will make water come to life at her multimedia art show that debuts at the West Parry Sound District Museum this Friday.
The Movement of Water, which features photography projected through containers of water will be featured alongside the collected works from local group Artists Round the Sound to coincide with Earth Day 2009.
Kitchen's work reflects a recent visit to the parched landscape of northern Tanzania.
"We're facing so many issues: global warming, air pollution, water contamination and weather disruption," said Friends of the Museum chair Steven Duff, who had the idea of bringing Kitchen's work to town.
Normally, the museum features local artists, but for special occasions outside artisans are invited.
"We live in a community surrounded with (water) and yet there has been a certain amount of degradation," said Duff.
The West Parry Sound District Museum tries every year to run an environmentally-themed exhibit.
"The Movement of Water helps us appreciate the resources we already have," said WPSDM interim manager Darcy Yanni.
Friday's opening will also feature poetry about water read by members of the Parry Sound Writers' Group, commentary and editorials, and music from the Wasauksing drummers Min WeWe and Edward Armstrong.
"With music, art and writing you can relate to anything and so if you have more than one medium focused on this water issue, it makes it come so much more to life," said Duff.
The exhibition will run five weeks from Friday, April 17 until May 22. The opening on April 17 starts at 7 p.m.
There is no admission fee for the exhibit, but museum staff ask that you donate if possible. If any of the work is sold, 25 per cent of the revenue goes to the museum.