Hudson River Fish Prints

Artist and naturalist James Prosek, whose Eel Impressions watercolor is on view in Rivers Flow / Artists Connect, uses eels and other fish indigenous to the Hudson to create his artwork. He will lead a workshop inspired by gyotaku, a traditional Japanese fish-printing art form, for participants to create their own nature-printed works of art using rubber replicas of various fish.

Chris Bowser, Hudson River Education Coordinator at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, will join Prosek and discuss the eels native to the Hudson River, what is being done to protect them, and how we, as community scientists, can help. Examine live eels up close and get to know more about them first hand!

Image: James Prosek (American, b. 1975). Eel Impressions, 2014. Watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the artist and Waqas Wajahat, New York. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Waqas Wajahat, New York.

Support provided by Art Bridges.