Community Reminder 2025
May 29th, 2025
WaterMarks Day Recap!
On May 10th, despite our National Science Foundation grant being terminated, our community partners came together to pull off an amazing city-wide event to celebrate WaterMarks. A huge thanks to Milwaukee Public Museum, the event Coordinating Committee, and all our partners who made this possible.
Photos taken by our neighbors and team:
Maria Beltran, Katie Avila, and Ryan Holifield
-Quick REMINDER-
During WaterMarks Day, our team and neighbors handed out free tickets for Milwaukee Public Museum. Those tickets expire at the end of the month, so make sure to use them before this Saturday, May 31st!
Photo by our partner: Michael Timm
Announcements
WaterMarks is currently working through many changes. Unfortunately, at the end of April we prematurely lost our National Science Foundation funding. We were one of seven hundred projects to lose their funding on that day. We are working hard to find other funding sources in order to accomplish the many initiatives that we are currently running and the programs we have planned for the future. In spite of all of that, we have been reminded of the power and commitment of community. Our community partners and neighbors were able to make an amazing event of WaterMarks Day, on May 10th. Thank you to everyone involved in making that day amazing, and to those of you that came out! We appreciate your support and continued encouragement during this uncertain time.
Although WaterMarks is going to look different moving forward, it is clear that the project is not going away anytime soon. Our goals of providing informal science learning that is gained through art, and is centered on community knowledge, engagement, and care are the same and stronger than ever!
Partner Events
WaterMarks isn't building an atlas of water alone. We work with countless organizations and individuals on this endeavor. WaterMarks Community-University Working Group is a collective of residents, artists, community-based institutions, and researchers who assemble to guide the future of water in Milwaukee.
Here are some upcoming events that our partners are hosting:
Lindsay Heights 3rd Annual 5K event
Come participate in some fitness classes to promote physical activity!
5K Walk 10:30 AM
Zumba 11:30 AM
Total Body Fitness 12:30
Fit Bodies
Yoga
Tai Chi
A fun and engaging kickball game with Milwaukee Police Department, District #3
Location: Johnsons Park 1919 W. Fond Du Lac Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53205
Date/Time: Saturday, May 31st, opening at 10:00 A.M., 5K Walk at 10:30
Images all sourced from our website or with permission from the owner. Featured WaterMarks content was completed by Corrigan Eckert.
If you would like to see something included in our next newsletter, please send a request to: watermarksmke@gmail.com
with the subject line "Future Newsletter Content"
Find more events on our Website, scroll to the bottom of our home page to see our calendar!
