River care group, the Styx Living Laboratory Trust, invites Canterbury-based artists to apply for its upcoming 2024/25 Creative Communicator programme. In this funded role, the Creative Communicator will spend 12 weeks interacting with the Styx Pūharakekenui river catchment in the North of Christchurch. Interpreting fresh water values in a creative way, they will involve and inspire people through the art they produce to consider and care for their local awa environment. The Creative Communicators programme is part of the Styx Living Laboratory Trust’s Ministry for Environment-funded Project Kōtare, which encompasses eradication of significant areas of pest plants in the catchment, and replanting native vegetation. Find out more + apply:  https://www.thestyx.org.nz/workvolunteer-us.  

IMAGE:  Styx Living Laboratory Trust - Pūharakekenui (Styx) River catchment, a spring fed ecosystem on the northern edge of Ōtauahi Christchurch