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EPA announces inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership with the
National Endowment for the Arts in New York and New Jersey
Arts and cultural strategies will support ongoing progress in treasured water
bodies across New York and New Jersey
NEW YORK (February 1, 2024) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s
Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox announced on Tuesday EPA’s
inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in collaboration with the National
Endowment for the Arts. Assistant Administrator Fox made the announcement at
Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities,
which was co-hosted by the White House and National Endowment for the Arts to
recognize the profound impact that arts and culture play in shaping our lives,
communities and nation.
By launching this program, EPA is investing in arts and culture to boost
engagement, awareness and participation in critical water challenges ranging
from aging infrastructure to climate impacts like flooding and storm surge to
investment in safe drinking water. The Passaic River and Bronx/Harlem Rivers
Urban Waters Federal Partnerships hosted within the New York-New Jersey Harbor
and Estuary Program are jointly one of the six chosen locations to participate
in this first-of-its-kind program.
“Across America, EPA is working hand-in-hand with local partners to ensure
drinking water is safe, and to restore and maintain oceans, watersheds and
their aquatic ecosystems. Incorporating arts and cultural strategies into our
work can reveal new ideas, unlock opportunities, and help us find new and
enduring solutions to pressing water challenges,” said EPA Assistant
Administrator for Water Radhika Fox. “Through this partnership with the
National Endowment for the Arts, local water leaders from the Puget Sound—to
the San Juan Estuary—to the Delaware River watershed, will have new tools
and resources to support water restoration and climate resilience.”
“EPA is proud to engage with our partners in developing innovative ways to
link the arts and our precious waters,” said Lisa F. Garcia, Regional
Administrator. “New Jersey and New York are centers for the arts of all
kinds.  This exciting new effort will fuse multiple creative disciplines in
highlighting our community’s relationship to our shared waters.”
Water is essential, yet the water challenges faced today are pervasive and
mounting. Many communities suffer from poor water quality, too much or too
little water, and aging water infrastructure that is in urgent need of
replacement. Overburdened water systems are further stressed by climate
change—unpredictable weather, sea level rise and flooding. These challenges
require engagement at every level.
Water leaders are increasingly turning to artists and culture bearers to help
bring visibility to water issues, create more inclusive planning processes,
and leverage infrastructure investments to provide additional benefits to the
communities they serve. EPA is establishing an Artist-in-Residence program to
continue and expand these efforts in the water sector. In 2024, EPA will
support artists and culture bearers in six long-standing National Estuary
Program (NEP) and Urban Waters Federal Partnership locations that are doing
critical work on water restoration and climate resilience.
“I believe that the integration of arts and culture can help to strengthen
many aspects of our lives and communities, which is why I’m excited by the
Environmental Protection Agency’s artist in residence program,” said Maria
Rosario Jackson, PhD, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. “This is
an opportunity for EPA to deepen its community engagement while also expanding
an understanding of how artists can contribute to multiple sectors.”
EPA’s Artist-in-Residence Initiative was developed in response to President
Biden’s Executive Order on Arts and Humanities, designed to spur investment
and alignment of arts and culture across the federal government, make art more
accessible to people from underserved communities, elevate new voices through
the arts and humanities, and expand opportunities for artists and scholars. 
EPA’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence program will focus on opportunities to
advance the goals of the National Estuary Program and the Urban Waters Federal
Partnership, long standing programs that have restored and protected treasured
water bodies across America.
“The arts are an essential way for people to see and feel their waterways,
and can help ensure that communities are engaged in decisions about their
future” said Robert Pirani, Director of the New York – New Jersey Harbor &
Estuary Program. “We are thrilled to be working with EPA, NEA, and our local
collaborators in the Bronx & Harlem and the Lower Passaic Urban Waters Federal
Partnerships to make these pilot projects happen.”
Public and community engagement, outreach, and education are vital components
of both the NEP and Urban Waters programs. Incorporating arts and cultural
strategies into EPA’s place-based programs will support innovative
approaches and create lasting impact.
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