Lauren Rosenthal McManus’s watershed maps reframe the boundaries that define community. Combining research-driven activism with material essentialism, her river-centric maps emphasize the innate beauty and universal importance of freshwater systems. McManus’s work is on permanent display in several institutional collections, including the Nurture Nature Center and the Charlotte Museum of History. She holds a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where she was an urban livability fellow.
![81013394571 Media 01](https://d3mzyt3g4aeflp.cloudfront.net/images/gallery/80923/_AUTOx650_crop_center-center_none/81013394571-Media-01.jpg)
![81013394571 Media 10](https://d3mzyt3g4aeflp.cloudfront.net/images/gallery/80923/_AUTOx650_crop_center-center_none/81013394571-Media-10.jpg)
![81013394571 Media 03](https://d3mzyt3g4aeflp.cloudfront.net/images/gallery/80923/_AUTOx650_crop_center-center_none/81013394571-Media-03.jpg)
![81013394571 Media 02](https://d3mzyt3g4aeflp.cloudfront.net/images/gallery/80923/_AUTOx650_crop_center-center_none/81013394571-Media-02.jpg)
Lauren Rosenthal McManus
![](https://d3mzyt3g4aeflp.cloudfront.net/images/80923/_380xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/81013394571-Media-05.jpg)
“I make prints, drawings, and sculptures that use watersheds as symbols of interconnectedness.”
![48307292406 41b34b940d c](https://d3mzyt3g4aeflp.cloudfront.net/images/80923/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/48307292406_41b34b940d_c.jpg)
Artist Information
Residency Dates
May 1 — Aug 1 2019
Currently Based Lambertville, New Jersey
Mediums
Photography
Film
New Media
Video
Artist’s Website laurenrosenthalmcmanus