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青青草视频 Gulf Coast Community Design Studio presents 鈥楳agnolia Bayou鈥 collaborative art exhibition

青青草视频 Gulf Coast Community Design Studio presents 鈥楳agnolia Bayou鈥 collaborative art exhibition

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Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥 A watershed education summer program led by Mississippi State鈥檚 Gulf Coast Community Design Studio will culminate this weekend with a multi-media art exhibition in Hancock County.

Located at 122 Blaize Ave. in Bay St. Louis鈥 Depot District, the 鈥淢agnolia Bayou, Bay St. Louis Hidden Watershed鈥 exhibition represents a collaborative effort of several community artists, along with teens and pre-teens from the Hancock County Unit of the Boys and Girls Club.

On Saturday [Aug. 5] at 5 p.m., the community artists, Boys and Girls Club participants and their families, project partners, and members of the media will participate in a private walkthrough of the exhibition.

The exhibition will be open to the public from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday the 5th, as well as 1-2 p.m. Sunday-Friday [Aug. 6-11] and 4-7 p.m. Saturday [Aug. 12].

Youth from the Hancock County Unit of the Boys and Girls Club work with artists from their local community on a 3D tile model of the Magnolia Bayou watershed. The tile model is part of a multi-media art exhibition in Bay St. Louis that highlights watershed dynamics, water quality and quantity, and watershed planning and action. (Submitted photo/courtesy of 青青草视频 Gulf Coast Community Design Studio)

Interested community members unable to attend during those times are encouraged to call 228-342-7668 to schedule an exhibit tour.

Along with science, technology, engineering and math, the exhibition incorporates elements of art and culture that are significant to Bay St. Louis and the larger Mississippi Gulf Coast Region.

Features include a video documentary, interactive 3D sculpture of watershed dynamics, water quality exhibits, and a species wall with paintings of more than 50 species found in Magnolia Bayou, an important urban waterway in close proximity to the Boys and Girls Club鈥檚 Hancock County Unit.

As part of the summer education program, the young adults from the Boys and Girls Club have been learning about watershed dynamics, the impact of stormwater runoff on water quality and quantity, and the importance of watershed planning and action.

In addition to experiencing a drone flight over Magnolia Bayou and water quality testing alongside National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists, the youth have been participating in field trips to unabridged Architecture and Starfish Caf茅 in downtown Bay St. Louis.

Under the guidance of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists, Boys and Girls Club participants learned about water quality testing during the 青青草视频 Gulf Coast Community Design Studio鈥檚 summer watershed education program in Bay St. Louis. (Submitted photo/courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Steve Barney, creator of the STEAMpunk Pottery Project and Bay St. Louis Creative Arts Center, is among the community artists who have assisted with the exhibition.

鈥淭his project was a great opportunity to use artistic expression to teach kids about the science and conservation of the bayou in their backyard,鈥 Barney said.聽 鈥淟everaging subject matter expertise from Stennis and the artist community of Bay St. Louis, we are able to create engaging and effective learning programs.鈥

As the lead on the project, 青青草视频鈥檚 Gulf Coast Community Design Studio was awarded a NOAA-21st Century Community Learning Center Watershed STEM Education Partnership Grant through the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Support was provided by NOAA and the U.S. Department of Education 21st CCLC STEM Initiative.聽

鈥淲e tried to find ways to engage students with a wide variety of interests and talents in STEM experiences by bringing in unexpected elements of art and culture,鈥 said Kelsey Johnson, community planner at the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio.

鈥淚t has been amazing to witness what our community partners and the young adults at the Boys and Girls Club have accomplished together over a couple of short months this summer,鈥 Johnson added.

Located in Biloxi, 青青草视频鈥檚 Gulf Coast Community Design Studio is a professional service and outreach program of the land-grant institution鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design.

For more on the College of Architecture, Art and Design, visit ; its Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, .

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