CREATIVE CURRENTS: ART AND SCIENCE ON THE GREAT LAKES
February 13, 2026
School of Creative Arts – Armouries Building
37 University Avenue East, Windsor, ON
RAEON and INCUBATOR Art Lab hosted an evening where art, science, and water technologies could come together.
Beneath the surface of the Great Lakes, a hidden world is in motion: currents circulate, oxygen rises and falls, and microscopic life responds to shifts in light, temperature, and nutrient cycles. Distributed across the basin, networks of scientific instruments quietly monitor these processes, taking the pulse of living waters through continuous and real-time measurements. For one evening, RAEON and INCUBATOR Art Lab brought this offshore, unseen, and essential infrastructure into public view, reimagining scientific instruments as installation art. School of Creative Arts Faculty Dr. Jennifer Willet also debuted a new prototype artwork Algae Dress.
To learn more about the Real-Time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network (RAEON) visit their website: https://raeon.org/
Hosts:
Dr. Aaron Fisk, Science Director of Real-Time Aquatics Ecosystem Observation Network.
Dr. Jennifer Willet, Director of the INCUBATOR Art Lab.
Location:
School of Creative Arts, University of Windsor, Canada
Trevor Pittman, Events Manager
Event Design and Project Managers:
Edward Millar and Domenica Mediati.
Project Assistance:
Kristina Bradt, Grace Colomba, Sarah Cook, Kayla Gualtieri, Katelynn Johnson, Todd Leadley, Drea Madore, Abigail Muwanga, Nojah Parker, Lydia Paulic, Dunia Roba, Julia Routley, Elizabeth Striano.
Caldwell First Nation Speakers:
Carrie Ann Peters, Culture & Language Coordinator
Shelley Birch, Junior Water Guardian
Musicians:
Madeline Abanid, Jacob Catahan, Yu-Jin Kwon, Calvin Sulja.
Video Production:
Justin Elliott JEL Media
