The Creek Collective



Events
UPCOMING

“The Pasts & Futures of Schneider Creek”
  • Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • Kitchener Jane’s Walk
  • co-lead by Geoff Martin and Rose Barcarse

Poetry in Place – Book Launch
  • Waterloo Public Library Eastside Branch
  • Thurs. May 15, 6:30–8pm
  • featuring Fitsum Areguy, Geoff Martin, and six other poets

Channel Migration: Audiowalk Launch & Urban Hike
  • Saturday May 31, 2025, 8:45am–2pm
  • Open Ears Festival event
  • 14km urban hike from DTK to Doon, following Schneider Creek 
  • 13 listening stations, including two dance performances

CreekFest
  • SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, September 13, 2025
  • In conjunction with Homer Watson House & Gallery’s Art Fair

RECENT PAST

Meet Me at the Creek: A Mobile Exhibit
  • Feb. 20–Mar. 6, 2025, Inter Arts Matrix

2024 EVENTS

Youth Arts Workshop
  • Courtland Ave. Public School
  • November 18–20, 2024 

Over the Creek
  • “Refractions” - aerial performance by Erika Liu
  • The Creek Collective Community Mural unveiling
  • “A Hole in the Ground” film screening
  • Aug. 7, 2024, Inter Arts Matrix, 6pm

  • Inter Arts Matrix (Globe Studios)
    June 14, 6:30pm
    7pm - 15 min. reading by Geoff Martin

  • Sydney Lancaster & Deborah Carruthers, 
    Inter Arts Matrix (Globe Studios)
    May 29, 5:00-7:00pm

Panel Discussion & Video Work

surface/tension (audiowalk launch)
  • Geoff Martin & Sydney Lancaster
    Seven-station audio walk following 1.5km of Schneider Creek
  • Launch event: May 31, 2024, 7:00pm
  • After the walk, join us at Globe Studios to chat and see FLOW, an exhibition by Collective members Deborah Carruthers and Sydney Lancaster (7:45-9pm)

creek*: Kitchener Iteration
  • Graphic score & global premiere performance
  • Open Ears Festival
  • Nu Ears Ensemble led by Kathryn Ladano
    Schneider Haus Amphitheatre
    June 1, 11:00am, FREE

Creek Collective Community Mural
  • Community arts mural workshop
    facilitated by Jackie Bradshaw and Nadine Badran
    Reep House, 20 Mill St. Kitchener
    June 1, 1:00-4:00pm

See our 2024 Events poster here!
Deborah Carruthers, creek*, 2024. Detail of graphic score, 
photo courtesy of the artist.




 


Sydney Lancaster, seek-seep, 2024. Detail of handmade book, photo courtesy of the artist