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Ethnographer, tinkerer, earthling | Baltimore | Johns Hopkins University | Ecological Design Collective

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Jones Falls 2076 began with life along our buried and unburied streams here in Baltimore. Walks that Lee Davis and I took along different stretches of this hidden urban enigma; a speculative and fateful conversation that Bruce Willen and I had one day on the Stony Run just before it disappears underground; ongoing efforts by our local watershed advocates to bring attention to our neglected waterways; the vision of our creative community in bringing these waters into imaginative focus. How thrilling to see it all manifest now in an exhibition featured on the billboard next to Penn Station.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our exhibition opening last night at the Peale: our amazing artists, designers, and writers; the wonderful team at the Peale led by Andie Townsend; our project team anchored by Nic Amsel and held in shape by our tireless coordinator Julianne Chan; so many civic, artistic, and environmental voices here in Baltimore; and so many of those who gathered over these last months of the Jones Falls 2076 project, in our workshops and dreamwalks and other public events. We are so grateful for this community, the support of the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the Ecological Design Collective, and our other donors and sponsors.

So gratifying to see everyone come together in a space framed by such compelling visions of what our city could yet become. We had the third floor of the museum to ourselves, and it was packed last night. We even maxed out the fire code-related RSVP cap! It felt like a testament to the deep desire to reclaim the futures and narratives before us, the radical promise embodied in these works. I’m deeply grateful to Bruce for leading the exhibition curation with such creative genius, and to Lee for the deep well of his humanity.

I’m proud of what has grown out of this collective journey, and thankful for everyone I’ve been able to share it with over these months and years, beginning with my family and our life along the Stony Run for the last twenty years (credit to Uma Pandian of RPEMS for most of these photos). I’ve learned so much from you all. Folks, if you’re in Baltimore or nearby, come check out our exhibit, open till November 22nd! taken in The Peale by @alainthavan

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🌱 Join us for a conversation about building a more regenerative future!

The John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies is excited to welcome Dr. Anand Pandian, Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, for a special conversation, “Rot, Repair, and the Global Movement for a Regenerative Future.”

Dr. Pandian will share his research on ecological design, community efforts, and the possibilities of repair, drawing from his work in the United States, India, Ghana, and Spain. The event will also feature a short animated video! 🌍

📅 Monday, October 26, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM
📍 The Commons, Building 209, Room 1101
John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, Cal Poly Pomona

✨ FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

📲 RSVP by scanning the QR code on the flyer! Guests who need parking can request it through the RSVP form.

CPP students, faculty, staff, and the broader community are all welcome!

#LyleCenter #CalPolyPomona #RegenerativeDesign #Sustainability #RegenerativeFuture taken in Lyle Center by @alainthavan

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Jones Falls 2076 opens October 15 at The Peale, and anthropology professor Anand Pandian helped bring it to life. Join us for the opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. to see 14 artists imagine an unburied Jones Falls, then see the exhibit through November 22 (RSVP via the link in our bio). Digital rendering of an aerial view of Baltimore’s skyline, with a blue-green river winding through dense forest in the foreground. White text reads “What will the Jones Falls look like 50 years from now?” A credit in the corner reads “Unknown Studio, The Civic Forest, 2026.” taken in Baltimore, Maryland by @alainthavan

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Join us this Thursday, October 15th from 5-7 pm for the opening reception of our exhibition, Jones Falls 2076! Link in our bio to RSVP!

The Jones Falls 2076 exhibition at The Peale explores alternative futures for Baltimore’s Jones Falls River, as imagined by artists, designers, writers, and community members.

Baltimore’s founding river has been hidden below I-83 for over 50 years, overlooked and mistreated. This waterway made possible the rise of Baltimore as an American industrial powerhouse. And yet it is out of sight and out of mind for many residents of the city and region. As the elevated expressway covering the Jones Falls nears the projected end of its lifespan, more and more Baltimoreans are imagining and asking for a different future for the river.

Jones Falls 2076 poses these questions: What futures do we want for the river at the heart of our city? And how might we get there?

🖼️ On view October 15–November 22 at The Peale
🥂 Opening Reception: October 15th from 5–7pm

Join us for events including panels with civic leaders and planners, artist roundtable discussions, and a community design charett where Baltimore community members will brainstorm and collaborate on design concepts for a restored Jones Falls.

👉 Exhibition info and opening RSVP links in bio

Featuring new original works from:
Katryna Carter @katrynacarter
Alyssa Dennis @alyssadennisstudios
Kondwani Fidel @kondwanifidel
Curry J. Hackett @curryhackett
Eric Johnson @sublimetheorystudio
Andrew Paul Keiper + Julie Shapiro @shudderingnoisemachine + @julie_shapiro
Mahan Rykiel Associates @mahan_rykiel
Ashley Minner Jones @ashleyminnerjones
Xena Ni @msknee
Hugh Pocock @hughpocockstudio
Lia Purpura @liapurpura1
Unknown Studio @unknownstudio_la
Nicholas Wisniewski + Merrell Hambleton @nicholaswiz + @merrelleh
Ziger|Snead Architects @zigersnead

Jones Falls 2076 is curated by Bruce Willen with Anand Pandian and Lee Davis. Additional exhibition support, design, and production provided by The Peale, Julianne Chan, Chelsea Foster, and Nic Amsel.

#baltimore #baltimorecity #thepealebaltimore #jonesfalls #jonesfalls2076 by @alainthavan

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Wisconsin River, Sauk Prairie taken in Sauk Prairie by @alainthavan

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Yes, truly, a Decomposium! Rot and renewal, this weekend in Wisconsin. So excited for this. Come by if you’re close. Hosted by the @wormfarm_institute taken in Sauk City, Wisconsin by @alainthavan

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The Jones Falls 2076 exhibition at The Peale explores alternative futures for Baltimore’s Jones Falls River, as imagined by artists, designers, writers, and community members.

Baltimore’s founding river has been hidden below I-83 for over 50 years, overlooked and mistreated. This waterway made possible the rise of Baltimore as an American industrial powerhouse. And yet it is out of sight and out of mind for many residents of the city and region. As the elevated expressway covering the Jones Falls nears the projected end of its lifespan, more and more Baltimoreans are imagining and asking for a different future for the river.

Jones Falls 2076 poses these questions: What futures do we want for the river at the heart of our city? And how might we get there?

🖼️ On view October 15–November 22 at The Peale
🥂 Opening Reception: October 15th from 5–7pm

Join us for events including panels with civic leaders and planners, artist roundtable discussions, and a community design charett where Baltimore community members will brainstorm and collaborate on design concepts for a restored Jones Falls.

👉 Exhibition info and opening RSVP links in bio

Featuring new original works from:
Katryna Carter @katrynacarter
Alyssa Dennis @alyssadennisstudios
Kondwani Fidel @kondwanifidel
Curry J. Hackett @curryhackett
Eric Johnson @sublimetheorystudio
Andrew Paul Keiper + Julie Shapiro @shudderingnoisemachine + @julie_shapiro
Mahan Rykiel Associates @mahan_rykiel
Ashley Minner Jones @ashleyminnerjones
Xena Ni @msknee
Hugh Pocock @hughpocockstudio
Lia Purpura @liapurpura1
Unknown Studio @unknownstudio_la
Nicholas Wisniewski + Merrell Hambleton @nicholaswiz + @merrelleh
Ziger|Snead Architects @zigersnead

Jones Falls 2076 is curated by Bruce Willen with Anand Pandian and Lee Davis. Additional exhibition support, design, and production provided by The Peale, Julianne Chan, Chelsea Foster, and Nic Amsel.

#baltimore #baltimorecity #thepealebaltimore #jonesfalls #jonesfalls2076 by @alainthavan

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taken in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware by @alainthavan

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It was an absolute joy to talk with speculative anthropologist Anand Pandian, whose book A Possible Anthropology: Methods for Uneasy Times has been very inspiring for me over the years.

Thanks to Rick at the Curiosity Entangled podcast for inviting us to share our practices and thinking. It was one of those rare occasions where I felt like I had met a kindred spirit; although we spoke and met for the first time, and although we have come to your practices from completely different paths, we have arrived, somehow, on very familiar ground. We talked about imagination and futures, about power and care, about teaching and learning, about unmade worlds and endless possibilities 🧡

Thanks @alainthavan and Rick @curiosityentangled for this expansive conversation. You can find the podcast where you listen to podcasts or there's a link in my bio. by @alainthavan

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Ready to dream? Join us on August 27th for our second Dreamwalk, where we will explore the Jones Falls trail and discuss the past, present, and future of the local environment and the wildlife that inhabit it. Hosted by Stanley Kemp, PhD, a professor from the University of Baltimore, we will ask ourselves: what can we learn from nature and its history that can inspire our present and future ties to the river?

RSVP using the link in our bio!

📆Thursday, August 27th 2026
⏰Meet at the Stieff Silver Building at 5 pm
📍800 Wyman Park Dr, Baltimore MD 21211

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#baltimore #jonesfalls #baltimorecity #naturewalk #jonesfalls2076 by @alainthavan

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Coconut husks to fill a pothole, a renewable response to both waste and infrastructural problems at once: the improvisational design genius of the global South, in the face of systematic inequality. taken in Accra, Ghana by @alainthavan

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“Cobalt Gold” by Sena Burgundy Appau, part of the “Weight of the Ordinary” exhibition at Nubuke Foundation in Accra. taken in Nubuke Foundation by @alainthavan

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