Alison M. Jones: Upcoming Events

April 11, 2012: Alison will participate in African Rainforest Conservancy’s Artists for Africa Benefit. The Conservancy’s Artist Spotlight: Alison M. Jones interview was published in August.

April 22: Earth Day (United States), April 27: National Arbor Day (United States).

May: American Wetlands Month (United States).

June 5: World Environment Day, June 8: World Oceans Day.

June 14, 2012: Alison will participate in the 4th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference.

Jan. 5 – March 31, NWNL in Kenya: NWNL Director, Alison Jones, will follow up on issues raised in previous expeditions to the Omo and Mara River Basins and interview scientists and stewardship agency leaders. In the Mara River Basin NWNL will return to the Mau Forest to document reforestation and climate-change adaptation techniques; and in the Omo River Basin, NWNL will investigate both current and projected water-access issues around its terminus, Lake Turkana.

Alison Jones with Pat Awori, Jan. 2012

January 12, 15, 16, 20, 30, 2012: Interviews in Nairobi by Alison Jones with Kenyan watershed scientists and stewards: Louise Leakey, Nigel Pavitt, Dr. Dino Martins, Dr. Sean Avery, Joyce Chianda Scheuermann, James Isiche, Pat Awori.

January 23–26, 2012: NWNL’s 2nd Expedition to the Mau Forest, headwaters of the Mara River and 10 other major Kenyan rivers to follow up on documentation of the government’s reforestation efforts. See Expedition’s Purpose.

February 11, 2012: Lecture in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Game Reserve: No Forest – No Water – No Peace: The Mara River’s Future by Alison M. Jones to Rekero Tented Camp Staff. Focus included recent imagery and results from Jan 2012 NWNL Expedition to the Mau Forest, headwaters of the Mara River, as well as our 2009 Mara River Basin video.

February 22–23, 2012: NWNL will document education of Kenyan farmers by KickStart on climate change adaptation needed due to increasing water shortages. Alison will coach KickStart staff on photography.

March 2: Alison, as a guest of Kuki Gallman, will attend a UN Day at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi honoring ten years of The Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW). Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, will give the welcoming address to global environmentalists, peace-builders and other women working to heal our environment and transform our world.

March 6–9, 2012: NWNL’s 2nd Expedition to the Mara River Basin’s Mara Conservancy to document wildlife management in the dry season and interview Brian Heath, Chief Executive of the Mara Conservancy.

March 18–28, 2012: NWNL Expedition to Lake Turkana, terminus of the Omo River, to investigate implications of projected water level reduction due to extraction of water for sugar cane and cotton plantations in the Lower Omo River and a cascade of hydro-dams in the Upper Omo River. See Expedition’s Purpose.

Ongoing through February 27, 2012: Worldwide Photography Biennial Exhibition hosted by WPGA. The Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an awarded artist in the 2010 Urban and Country Landscape Contest, Alison Jones has been invited to exhibit her photography. The exhibition runs through February 27.

Ongoing through March 25, 2012: Exhibit, “The Value of Water”. The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, New York City. No Water No Life photographs will be included in the exhibit’s Digital Documentation Project.

Oct. 19 – Nov. 5: NWNL’s 4th Expedition to the Mississippi River Basin will focus on the hydrology and conditions of the Atchafalaya Basin, its wetlands, wildlife and communities, where the unusually high waters of the 2011 Spring Floods were diverted, thus saving Baton Rouge and New Orleans. See Expedition’s Purpose and Methodology.

November 6: Talk by Alison M. Jones, NWNL Director & Lead Photographer
No Water No Life: Focusing on the Raritan River Basin at 2 pm.
Bedminster/Far Hills Clarence Dillon Public Library, Bedminster, NJ.

November 15: Talk by Alison M. Jones, NWNL Director & Lead Photographer
No Water No Life: Managing our Watersheds at 7:30 pm.
Franciscan Oaks Retirement Community, 19 Pocono Rd, Denville, NJ.

For more information, contact main number 973-586-6000, or Nicole Smith at 973-586-6017.

Ongoing through March 25, 2012: Exhibit, “The Value of Water”. The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, New York City. No Water No Life photographs will be included in the exhibit’s Digital Documentation Project.

Global Woman Summit: Postponed. New date to be announced shortly.
Alison Jones on Panel for NWNL.
Details to be announced

Oct. 19 – Nov. 5: NWNL’s 4th Expedition to the Mississippi River Basin will focus on the hydrology and conditions of the Atchafalaya Basin, its wetlands, wildlife and communities, where the unusually high waters of the 2011 Spring Floods were diverted, thus saving Baton Rouge and New Orleans. See Expedition’s Purpose and Methodology.

Ongoing through March 25, 2012: Exhibit, “The Value of Water”. The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, New York City. No Water No Life photographs will be included in the exhibit’s Digital Documentation Project.

Sept. 10–28: NWNL’s 3rd Expedition to the Columbia River Basin will be built around documenting two unique events:
Sept. 17, Removal of Elwah and Glines Canyon Dams in Olympic N.P., Washington;
Sept. 22–24, Reparation Ceremony celebrating the William Clark Family’s gift of a canoe replicated to replace one stolen in 1806 from the Chinook Nation by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Sept. 22: Exhibit opening, “The Value of Water”
6:30–9:30, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, New York City.
No Water No Life photographs will be included in the exhibit’s Digital Documentation Project. The exhibit runs Sept. 22, 2011 through March 25, 2012.

June 5: World Environment Day 2011. Celebrated every year on June 5, WED aims to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment.This year’s events will take place in India under the theme, “Forests: Nature at Your Service.”

June 16: 3rd Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference: “Economy, Ecology and the Future of the Raritan River Region”. Introduction by Alison M. Jones of NWNL, film on the Raritan River by Scott Duffy. Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center, 59 Biel Drive, New Brunswick, NJ. For more info, see the flyer.

May 19 – June 18, Photo Exhibit:
An exhibit about “Dinner”, featuring a photo by Alison M. Jones of a woman in one of NWNL’s case-study watersheds which should prove an interesting contrast to other images in the show.
Umbrella Arts Gallery, 317 9th Street, NYC

May 19 – June 18, Photo Exhibit:
An exhibit about “Dinner”, featuring a photo by Alison M. Jones of a woman in one of NWNL’s case-study watersheds which should prove an interesting contrast to other images in the show.
Opening reception May 19, 6–8 pm; Gallery hours Thurs.–Sat. 1–3 pm
Umbrella Arts Gallery, 317 9th Street, NYC

Feb 24: talk by Alison M. Jones
Impacts of Education and Training for Rural African Women
Church Center for the United Nations, NYC

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women will hold its 55th Session Feb 22 to Mar 4th, 2011. Voices of African Mothers, Inc. will coordinate an evening of talks to honor this subject. As Guest Speaker, Alison will share her portraits and observations on the roles of women in health, education and conservation.