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“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.

View from outside of Lisa Bagwell’s EcoArt Solo Exhibit held at Ruthie’s Bagel Dish on October 15, 2016.

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…

Artist Lisa Bagwell welcomed Congressman Frank Pallone to her first solo exhibit.

“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…

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…

Hanging beet made of out plastic bottle caps and food packaging.

Birds on a log, made from driftwood, golf balls, plastic spoons, plastic bottle caps and twist ties.

Birds made from old work gloves, single gloves found on the street and plastic utensils.

Snake made from bottle caps.

Cake made from plastic utensils.

Cats made from bottle caps and lids from disposable cups and jars.

Coffee and doughnut made out of plastic utensils, plastic lids and excess food packaging. Sculpture by Lisa Bagwell.

Cupcake made out of plastic utensils and bottle caps.

Dog made from bottle caps and lids from disposable cups and jars.

Hamburger made from plastic refuse and burlap.

Duck made from plastic spoons, bottle caps and pieces of old toys created by artist Lisa Bagwell.

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…

Congressman Frank Pallone checks out Lisa Bagwell’s EcoArt Exhibit

A visitor to Lisa Bagwell's EcoArt Exhibit checks out the assemblage sculptures made out of garbage.

NJ Congressman Frank Pallone deciding which bottle cap snake to purchase from artist Lisa Bagwell.

Goat head made from old work sneakers and boots.

Sandwich made out of burlap bags and plastic food bags and wrappers by assemblage artist Lisa Bagwell.

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.

Plastic pizza made from plastic refuse and wine corks.

Sandwich made out of plastic lids, food packaging and paper.