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​The River and the Town”
Spring 2025 - Riverine Flooding

​"The River and the Town" is the spring artwork and the first of the four public artworks that together create the "The Climate of Future Past" project. 
"The River and the Town" will be based in Georgetown starting March 2025 and will engage the community in a conversation about riverine flood risk which, historically, is the main climate risk for communities along the two rivers in the capital in the spring.  "The River and the Town" will be shaped like a large ring (6'+x14' diameter) that reflects back at the viewer scenes flooding in the Georgetown floodplain.  The large mural painting along the ring-shaped structure will depict buildings, monuments and historic landmarks in the floodplain, thus, making visible to the viewer flood risk.  The painting will also highlight design solutions to flood risk and highlight other important local stories.   The public artwork will be site-specific and installed in the floodplain at the Georgetown Harbor through the summer of 2025 before moving to Georgetown University’s campus. 

Artist's model for "The River and Town" artwork

​The final artwork will be inspired by a 2018 painting by the artist titled “A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats” that depicts a biblical flood of the DC metropolitan region. 

1918 Georgetown Flood

Structure design by To Be Done Studio

2011 Georgetown Harbor Flood

​The sculpture “The River and the Town” is a commission by the Washington Post, financed by Georgetown University, created and designed by local artist Andrea Limauro with technical, assistance and fabrication by local DC-based design firm To Be Done Studio.  The Georgetown Business Improvement District is the local project partner while the sculpture is on the riverfront.

"The River and the Town" initial temporary riverfront location through the summer of 2025

The wood used to create the frame for the ring structure is salvaged and milled from storm-downed trees from a private forest in Poolesville, MD just a 20 miles north of the Georgetown waterfront.