Daniel Rothman & Halina Kliem

The Ballona/Waachnga Project is a long durational, multistage work that, through a variety of media, brings together the imagination and science of the Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles’s last remaining wetland.

The artists want to thank the American Jewish University’s Institute for Jewish Creativity, which selected The Ballona/Waachnga Project for the 2022 “Resilience”-themed Bruce Geller Memorial Prize, and they wish to express their gratitude to Venice Arts, with whom they will partner as the project moves into its next stage of development.

The artists also very sincerely acknowledge assistance in its many forms from Ballona Wetland Conservancy, Jim Burton & EcoKai, Dr. Dan Cooper (Cooper Ecological Monitoring), Joyce Dallal, Renée A. Fox, Fulcrum Arts, Fabian Harb (ABC Dinamo), Institute for Jewish Creativity & Sagi Refael (AJU), Karina Johnston (Bay Foundation), Paul Kliem, Robert Adee Koch (Cornell Ornithology Lab), Andrea Loselle, Frank Masi & Brent Imai, Milo, Dr. Margaret O’Brien (Environmental Data Initiative), Dr. Edith Read (E Read & Associates: Ecological Surveys/Restoration), Dr. Shelley Stall (American Geophysical Union), Dr. Michael Stocker (Ocean Conservation Research), Lorraine Suzuki, The Puffin Foundation, Holly Tempo, Lynn Warshafsky & Venice Arts, and 18th Street Art Center.

Where To View

The Miracle Theater screening
226 S. Market St

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