Forge Ahead Arts seeks volunteers to participate in a unique art experience when an environmental art piece is installed and dedicated at Central Park on Saturday, Nov. 10, starting at 10 a.m.

“River 4: Water From a Stone” is the fourth in a series of river installations created by Forge Ahead Arts as artistic conversations about the precious, life-giving resource of water.

Participants will spend a few hours “flowing” through the Santa Clarita Valley with “water is life” umbrellas.

The event will take place on the Central Park trail that faces Newhall Ranch Road, and will be filmed to create a permanent artistic documentation of the piece.

Forge Ahead Arts began the “Water From a Stone” series three years ago, at the height of one of the worst droughts in California history.

The arts group’s first two installations, “River: A Discussion About Water in a Dry Place” (Newhall, fall 2015) and “River Rising” (Los Angeles, spring 2017), actively engaged the community in the artistic creation of “rivers” designed to prompt a deep consideration of the arid nature of this place where we live.

“River 3” shifts the conversation to consider the current, dire circumstances of excessive heat, lack of rainfall, and year-round wildfires attributed to climate change as the planet turns a corner from which there may be no return.

“River 4: Water From a Stone” will be “the most ambitious works in the series, as we create a piece of site-specific land art – a moving ‘river’ sculpture on the landscape of the Santa Clarita Valley,” according to a Forge Ahead Arts call for volunteers.

“The way we use our limited water, truly the basis of life, reflects how we see ourselves within our environment, and how we choose to spend this resource reveals what we most value,” the alert read.

Here’s how to get involved:
1. Volunteer: Sign up now to be a participant by emailing contact@forgeaheadarts.org. More specific details will be emailed to volunteers and will also be posted on www.forgeaheadarts.org and FAA’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/forgeaheadarts/.

2. Donate: The organization is raising funds for the remaining umbrellas, as well as compensation for professional videographers. No amount is too small. Donations can be made at www.forgeaheadarts.org and www.gofundme.com/river-4-water-from-a-stone.

3. Follow: Facebook at www.facebook.com/forgeaheadarts/ or Twitter at @ForgeArts.

Central Park is located at 27150 Bouquet Canyon Rd., Santa Clarita 91350.