Since its inception in 2008, DCS has publicized what happens to people and communities located near frack wells and associated infrastructure (see the DCS informational posters). The Academy Award nominee film Gasland, by Josh Fox, is dedicated to DCS.

The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) unveiled “Fractured Futures,” a community-designed mural by artists Frida Foberg and Kayla Jolin on Saturday morning. They were selected for “Frack, Crack, Boom, Bang”: a call for artists to uplift voices of those touched by fracking and extraction from landscapes in partnership with Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) and the Ohio Valley Allies. Read more in the Sullivan County Democrat.

What: Frack, Crack, Boom, Bang Mural Unveiling and Songs from Frackalachia
Where: DVAA Elaine Giguere Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY
When: July 19, 2025 at 11 am (Mural Unveiling) and 7 pm (Songs from Frackalachia)
Why: To understand and communicate the impacts of fracking

Project Description
The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DCAA) partnered with Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) and the Ohio Valley Allies to collect oral histories and narratives from people living on the front lines of “frack country”.

Living in “frack country” has been described as living in a war zone. Big oil’s insatiable hunt for fuel has fractured lives, divided communities, and threatens delicate ecosystems we inhabit and rely on. Our land. The air we breathe. The water we drink. Everything that becomes part of us builds our bodies and landscapes or poisons them.

Everyone is affected by fracking in some way. Yet there are no solutions until we as a culture, feel a need for them.

As artists, we are called to bridge the gaps between science and emotion, culture and communities — what can you create from frontline narratives that sheds light not only on fracking’s impact on people and the planet but the traumas and lived experiences faced every day by those on the front lines?

DVAA presents an original score featuring music and words by Rumble & Scream, Jill Hunkler, Willow Gatewood, and more. Followed by a panel discussion with artists Jordan Temchack and Frida Foberg, DCS co-founders Jane Cyphers and Barbara Arrindell, and Jill Hunkler from the Ohio Valley Allies.