Raíces Program History - Eco-Art Exhibit: Lisa Bagwell (2016)
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Title
Raíces Program History - Eco-Art Exhibit: Lisa Bagwell (2016)
Subject
Visual Art
Sustainability
Description
Fusing art and ecology, Lisa Bagwell creates all of her sculptures out of garbage. Raíces Cultural Center hosted Lisa's EcoArt Solo Exhibit at Ruthie’s Bagel Dish in Highland Park, NJ on October 15, 2016 to kick off an eco-art initiative, bridging our cultural and ecological program components. This event has become the spark to ignite a growing eco-art movement in Central NJ.
This program has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; through a grant provided by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission/Board of Chosen Freeholders.
This program has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; through a grant provided by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission/Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Creator
Raíces Cultural Center
Identifier
Sub Collection 0313
Collection Items
Artist Talk at Lisa Bagwell’s EcoArt Exhibit
Lisa Bagwell dialoguing with attendees of her EcoArt Exhibit during the artist talk section of the event. Visitors were impressed by the bridging of visual arts and ecology and expressed wonder at the amount of plastic and refuse one person could…
Talking “Garbage Art”
Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez welcomes exhibit attendee Amanda Hungerford and dialogues about plastic reduction, art, sustainability and ecology.
Artist Lisa Bagwell & Congressman Frank Pallone
Artist Lisa Bagwell welcomed Congressman Frank Pallone to her first solo exhibit.
Garbage Transformed Into Art
NJ Congressman Frank Pallone deciding which bottle cap snake to purchase from artist Lisa Bagwell.
Artist Talk
“Assemblage artist” Lisa Bagwell gives an artist talk at her October 15, 2016 solo art exhibit at Ruthie’s Bagel Dish. During the artist talk, Lisa spoke about her process of collecting trash, almost entirely from cleanups and donations from friends…
Coffee and Doughnut
Coffee and doughnut made out of plastic utensils, plastic lids and excess food packaging. Sculpture by Lisa Bagwell.
Another Pesky Lobbyist
“Lobbyist” being swatted by a fly swatter, made out of scrap fabrics, old clothes, steel wool and excess packaging. Sculpture by assemblage artist Lisa Bagwell.
Hot Dog and Quadruple Decker Sandwich
Hot dog made by artist Lisa Bagwell out of old work gloves, single gloves and burlap. Quadruple decker sandwich made out of plastic and cork.
Hanging Sandwich
Sandwich made out of burlap bags and plastic food bags and wrappers by assemblage artist Lisa Bagwell.
EcoArt Exhibit
Lisa Bagwell's EcoArt Exhibit was well attended by people from towns throughout Middlesex and Somerset counties. It remained on display in Ruthie’s Bagel Dish for over two months, giving hundreds of people the opportunity to view and be impacted by…
Plastic Whale
Attendees check out the plastic bottle whale, which remained on display in Highland Park for over a month, bringing awareness to viewers about plastics in the oceans and waterways.
Whale
This whale made by artist Lisa Bagwell was created entirely out plastic bottles and other plastic refuse collected during a clean-up of Sandy Hook beaches stuffed into a chicken wire frame. The whale has traveled to several locations throughout NJ,…
Viewing Art
A visitor to Lisa Bagwell's EcoArt Exhibit checks out the variety of sculptures made from a range of disposable materials. One attendee dubbed it “throw away art”.
Transformed Garbage, Transformative Art
Attendees checking out the variety of sculptures and “garbage” materials used to create them. This brought a new awareness of the use of disposables (especially plastics) to visitors of the art exhibit. In this case, the art was able to make a…
Talking Garbage
Visitors to the exhibit were both impressed by the sculptures and overwhelmed by the amount of garbage one artist was able to collect to transform into art. Attendees spoke to the artist, the organizers and each other about a newfound awareness for…
Duck
Duck made from plastic spoons, bottle caps and pieces of old toys created by artist Lisa Bagwell.
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