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Clear Water

A Coffee Table Book and Series of Prints
on History, Justice and Healing.

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As seen on Kickstarter, Clear Water has evolved from a gallery exhibit to a coffee table book that weaves history, social justice, and scripture as an interconnected story of hope and healing.

Originally written between 2019—2020 as an art exhibit, this collection of illustrations and designs guide the reader through an intimate and deeply spiritual conversation between two Black women. An art exhibit you can hold in your hands, revisit as often as you need it, and find something for yourself in each read.

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Every time I pick up the book, I notice something new, some additional perspective, some subtle nuance. It is at once challenging and refreshing, brutally honest and full of immense grace. And it just looks so stunning on our shelves.
Whitney Larson
Whitney Larson
It creates beauty and meaning out of our complex history and opens the windows to our preferred futures. A beautiful marriage between scripture, scholarship, and well done design. In these dark and uncertain times, Clear Water lights the way.
Ruby Oluoch
Ruby Oluoch
Every page of this book can serve as a study moment, a reflective moment, a moment of prayer, a meditation, a dialogue, or give space to facilitate healing and recovery. Having it all together in one book is a treasure.
Daniel Greco
Daniel Greco
Bold typography, thoughtful layouts, and a tactile quality to the printing that makes you slow down and feel what’s being said. Design can shape culture, challenge assumptions, and offer healing, and Melanie is doing exactly that.
J. Wells
J. Wells
Reading Melanie Walby's "Clear Water" feels like sitting in the sun with a friend who tells the truth. Part poetry, part personal essay, part visual meditation, it's somehow both minimal and maximal. Sharp as a paper cut and just as intimate.
Elyse Ash
Elyse Ash
Everyone and their mama and their grandma needs this book! Not only is it beautifully designed and enjoyable to read, but the lessons and visions for a just world that it offers to us sticks with you, long after reading.
Leslie Barlow
Leslie Barlow
Clear Water by Melanie Walby is a powerful, artful meditation on antiracism, grace, and spiritual reflection. Walby shares truth with clarity, offering rest, reflection, and radical empathy. This book is a welcomed space to breathe, recognize and fight the sometimes invisible systems around us, and resist, persist, and rest with intention.
Rosie Nestingen
Rosie Nestingen
The content is as beautiful as it is poignant, and it is even more timely today than when the base artwork was first crafted for the text.
Jamie Kalakaru-Mava
Jamie Kalakaru-Mava
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Artist Talk & Panel Discussions

Clear Water Exhibit displayed at UW Eau Claire in 2021, K2 Studios in Mpls in 2022, The Brewing Projekt in Eau Claire in 2024, and K2 Studios again in 2025.

From the livestreamed artist talk during COVID-19 lockdown, to a collection of prints and a coffee table book. Clear Water Exhibit provides the same reminder year after year: “So much of what needs to be said has already been written.”

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