Actor/Producer Adrian Grenier has lent his voice to Water Pressures. He is the narrator for the documentary, and appears on-camera to encourage young people to get involved in water issues. Watch the new WATER PRESSURES trailer on YouTube.

- September 2011 – Ann Feldman. PhD, founder of Artistic Circles, was awarded the YWomen Leadership Award by the YWCA Evanston/Shore for her ongoing work to empower women and eliminate racism. Read More

- April, 2010 – Andrea Hart’s Article about sanitation awareness published by circleofblue.org. Read More

-A Better Alternative – April, 2010 – Mert Hilmi Iseri and Yuri Malina’s Better Alternative contest for water projects that they created after the Rajasthan trip.

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Awards

“Water Pressures: A Documentary” Water Pressures premiered at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival in 2010. In 2011, it won merit awards for a video for social change from Indie Fest and Accolade.

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Events

Upcoming Events:

November 2011

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine – Ann Feldman to host Screening and Discussion to train faculty at the St. John’s Cathedral Church about global water awareness.

“The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is chartered as a house of prayer for all people and
a unifying center of intellectual light and leadership. Within this mission, the cathedral
hosts exhibitions, guest lectures, and opportunities for community engagement. Beginning
September 2011, the Cathedral will host “The Value of Water: Sustaining a Green Planet,”
an ambitious special exhibition that explores the importance of water through the visual arts.

“In support of “The Value of Water” exhibition, the Cathedral’s Department of Public
Education & Visitor Services will offer educational and art programming for adult, family,
and student groups. Public tours of the exhibition will introduce domestic and international
audiences alike to view the art and enter the global water conversation.”

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine is located at 1047 Amsterdam Ave at 112th St, New York, NY.

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Past Events:

February 10, 2011.Feinberg School of Medicine – Public Health Seminar

April 9, 2011.Water: Sacredness, Scarcity, & Sustainability – India Development Service – Loyola University Medical Center

October 2010.“Science and Health” Conference – University of North Carolina

March 2010. Artistic Circles film crew joins Northwestern and Grinnell  students in Rajasthan to experience first-hand rural water management practices.

January 2010.Design for America student members demonstrate a prototype for campus water conservation projects (Filmed Event)

January 2010.Patti Simon and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky present the “Paul Simon: Water For the World” Bill and lead student discussions at Northwestern University (Filmed Event)

January 2010. Artistic circles, Design for America and SEED meet at Northwestern University for an information session about he NU/Rajasthan Scholars Exchange Program.

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Water for the World Bill: Jan Schakowsky + Patti Simon

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Acclaim for “Water Pressures: A Documentary”

2011 Accolade Competition Winner.
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News and Events:

January 2013 – WTTW Chicago’s PBS channel 11 will be presenting “Water Pressures: A Documentary” to a national audience. More info to come about dates and times of Water Pressures broadcasts. Check out Channel 11′s website

April 2012 – Water Pressures Team to present the innovative new “water-pressures.org” at BEA conference in Las Vegas. Read More

December 2011 – Actor/Producer Adrian Grenier has lent his voice to Water Pressures. He is the narrator for the documentary, and appears on-camera to encourage young people to get involved in water issues. Read More

Water Pressures selected by One.org to be featured in March’s “One Campus Challenge” initiative.

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Adrian Grenier with the Water Pressures crew. (From left: Jordan Campagna, Dr. Ann Feldmen, Adrian Grenier, William Natale.)