Currents of Connection: How Art, Water, and Community Weave a 32-Foot Tapestry of Unity

Dive into the inspiring story behind Currents of Connection—a breathtaking 32-foot collaborative tapestry created by the Repurposer Collective. In this episode of Salvage, artists share their personal journeys of transforming NASA ocean current maps and repurposed materials into a stunning, unified artwork. From the thrill of creative problem-solving to the joy of collective creation, discover how this project celebrates connection, sustainability, and the elemental power of water. Hear firsthand how each artist’s unique voice harmonizes into a powerful statement about community, creativity, and our shared planet.

Listen now and explore the beauty of art that binds us all.

This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART.

If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist.

Music theme by RC Guida

Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com

Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com

Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Caledonia Curry aka Swoon. This is a warm, wide-ranging conversation Callie talks about her journey from street art and wheat-paste portraits to massive collaborative installations built from salvaged materials – including the famous floating rafts seen at the Brooklyn Museum. She shares how reuse has been central to her practice from the start, driven by environmental awareness and a love of found materials. The conversation also touches on her humanitarian work in Haiti, the tension between solo and collaborative creating, her deep connection to the ocean, and her current shift toward storytelling, puppetry, and stop-motion animation.

https://swoonstudio.org/

https://www.uncsa.edu/kenan/artist-as-leader/caledonia-curry.aspx

https://www.heliotropefoundation.org/

https://musicboxvillage.com/

TEDxBrooklyn 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5298KZuW_JE

Finding Good in Our Own Limitations, TEDxPittsburghWomen 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjIlXmXptU

Swimming Cities of Serenissima - Empire Me https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5dwosy

https://www.faile.net/

https://swoonstudio.org/#/submergedmotherlands/

https://deitch.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Dark_Dark

https://riversofsteel.com/attractions/carrie-furnaces/

This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART.

If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist.

Music theme by RC Guida

Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com

Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com

Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

What do a penny in a nightlight, a suitcase of family mending, and 500+ women named "Unknown" have in common?

Anchorage artist Amy Meissner joins the Salvage podcast to talk about turning inherited textiles into powerful art, teaching repair as self-care, and why the thing spontaneously combusting in her house was her. This conversation will make you want to dig out your mending pile immediately.

https://www.amymeissner.com/

https://www.instagram.com/amymeissnerartist

https://dairybarn.org/quilt-national-archive-history-2/

https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/

https://momentummag.com/bike-pogies-101-elevate-your-winter-bicycling-game/

This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART.

If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist.

Music theme by RC Guida

Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com

Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com

Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/