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Making Waves Artist Collaborative was founded by Sarah May, Nan Seymour, and Therese Berry, three artists, poets, educators, organizers, and lake-facing humans passionate about creating intimacy and relationship with Great Salt Lake, the creatures that call the lake their home, and our connected waterbodies.
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Sarah May (she/hers) is a Salvadoreña artist, weaver, poet, and bruja who has long called the Lake home. As someone who lives in the in-between of multiple worlds and identities, Great Salt Lake is a sacred place where she is seen and held in all she is and where she cultivated her magic into the artist and storyteller she is today.
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Nan is a lake-facing poet, Great Salt Lake celebrant, and vigil keeper.
She created the practice of River Writing in order to foster voice and authentic connection. This community-held writing practice is designed for anyone willing to pick up a pen. Everyone is invited. A recent PBS documentary highlights River Writing as a method of repair for what is broken in our relationship with the natural world.
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Not much is known about the elusive and magnificent Therese. If you are lucky, you may catch her caring for her prize-winning heirloom tomatoes or taking flight with her fellow pelicans.