Phil Edmonds and unidentified cellist play at a benefit concert for the Urban Pond Procession in 2010.

Preparation for UPP Arts Indigenous school workshop at New Urban Arts in Providence, R.I. A group of musicians, artists and educators play with various found objects to create percussion instruments.

Paul Scharf teaching a percussion workshop to students at Sophia Academy in advance of the Urban Pond Procession.

Draft of a letter sent to West Elmwood residents from UPP Arts regarding the Orchard Project at Mashapaug Pond.

Former West Elmwood neighborhood residents Mike Freemand and Senator Harold Metts participate in planting fruit trees for the UPP Arts Orchard Project at Mashapaug Pond in Providence.

Former West Elmwood neighborhood residents, Mike Freeman and S. DaCruz, stand amongst the trees in the newly planted Orchard Project at Mashapaug Pond in Providence.

Volunteers plant fruit trees for the UPP Arts Orchard Project at Mashapaug Pond in Providence.

Planting fruit trees along Park Lane and Access Road as part of the Orchard Project at Mashapaug Pond in Providence. View of industrial and office buildings in background.

Illustration of the initial drawing for the landscape design for the Orchard Project at Mashapaug Pond in Providence.

Course syllabus for "Oral History and Community Memory" taught by Prof. Anne Valk and Holly Ewald at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University in Spring 2014 The course engaged students in oral history work to document Mashapaug Pond and West Elmwood neighborhood history.

Course syllabus for "Oral History and Community Memory" taught by Prof. Anne Valk and Holly Ewald at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University in Spring 2013. The course engaged students in oral history work to document Mashapaug Pond and West Elmwood neighborhood history.

Revised course syllabus for "Oral History and Community Memory" taught by Prof. Anne Valk at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University in Fall 2011. The course was co-taught by Prof. Valk and Holly Ewald of UPP Arts and engaged students in oral history work to document Mashapaug Pond and West Elmwood neighborhood history.

Course syllabus for "Oral History and Community Memory" taught by Prof. Anne Valk at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University in Fall 2011. The course was co-taught by Prof. Valk and Holly Ewald of UPP Arts and engaged students in oral history work to document Mashapaug Pond and West Elmwood neighborhood history.

Image of the opening event of the audio cellphone tour "Stories from Beyond the Pond" created by students at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University with local residents. The image shows students from Sophia Academy and community members at the Mashapaug Pond boathouse.

Mike Freeman, a former resident of the West Elmwood neighborhood of Providence, holds a painting he made of his childhood home.

Mike Freeman, a former resident of the West Elmwood neighborhood of Providence, holds paintings he made of the neighborhood before it was demolished.

Photograph of the exterior of the Mediator Fellowship at 50 Rounds Ave in Providence, RI. The church is on a residential street in South Providence.

Images of completed Mashapaug Pond Timeline mural created by Alvarez High School students with Deb DeMarco in 2013. The mural was designed and photographed by Sarah Cappelli who was also involved in working with DeMarco as part of her Visual Arts classes at Alvarez High School. Mural Frame by Michael Cappelli. The mural was created with individual glazed tiles and depicts the pond from the 1700s-2000s within the context of the development of the area from its natural environment and indigenous history, colonial development, industrial and urban development to current efforts to restore the ecosystem.

Alvarez High School students grout a mural of handmade glazed tiles about Mashapaug Pond.

Description of the Alvarez High School timeline mural project with Deb DeMarco in 2013.

Student from Alvarez High School creating a tile depicting the Gorham Manufacturing Company to be included in the timeline mural.

Students at Alvarez High School in Providence glazing tiles for the timeline mural.

Handout about initiatives to clean up Mashapaug Pond and the effects of storm drain water runoff on the water quality.

Stop-motion animation videos created by young people at Providence CityArts. Storylines focus on the impact of trash and pollution in water drains on ponds and waterways.

Poster with artwork designed by students at Charles Fortes Elementary School in Providence, R.I. and Holly Ewald and Andrew Oesch. This poster was sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to be hung at Mashapaug Pond in Providence to ensure that local community members were aware of pond use and pollution.

Poster with artwork designed by students at Charles Fortes Elementary School in Providence, R.I. and Holly Ewald and Andrew Oesch. This poster was sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to be hung at Mashapaug Pond in Providence to ensure that local community members were aware of pond use and pollution.

Poster with artwork designed by students at Charles Fortes Elementary School in Providence, R.I. and Holly Ewald and Andrew Oesch. This poster was sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to be hung at Mashapaug Pond in Providence to ensure that local community members were aware of pond use and pollution.

Sign posted on chainlink fence at Mashapaug Pond designed by artists Holly Ewalk and Andrew Oesch in collaboration with local students in various languages.

Signs posted at Mashapaug Pond, including one designed by artists Holly Ewalk and Andrew Oesch in collaboration with local students in various languages.

Sign posted at Mashapaug Pond designed by artists Holly Ewalk and Andrew Oesch in collaboration with local students in various languages. View of Mashapaug Pond in the background.