First WaterFire Installation

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1994

First WaterFire Installation

In 1994, the first WaterFire public art event took place in downtown Providence, with a series of bonfires lighting up the city’s urban rivers. What was planned as a one-time event has since grown into a tradition, with many fire lightings each year. Artist Barnaby Evans, who graduated from Brown in 1975 with a degree in biology and environmental science, created the installation.

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