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Our Plastic Waters - River Clean Up
Volunteer cleaning along the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop during the Water Is Life Initiative.
Our Plastic Waters - Truckloads of Litter
In just three hours, along a quarter mile of Raritan River waterfront, there were truckloads of litter collected. Volunteers sorted the garbage to separate materials that chould then be made into sculptures.
Our Plastic Waters Clean Up
Artist Lisa Bagwell observing volunteers sorting garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop. Once sorted, the usable materials would be turned into eco-art sculptures.
Our Plastic Waters Eco-Art Workshop
Artist Lisa Bagwell works with Our Plastic Waters program participants to create forms for sculptures made from the garbage collected during the river clean up portion of the project.
Our Plastic Waters Eco-Art Workshop
During the eco-art workshop portion of the Our Plastic Waters program, volunteers and program participants created sculptures from the litter they collected and sorted during the clean up held earlier in the day.
Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Volunteers
Raíces Cultural Center director Francisco G. Gómez with a group of volunteers preparing to participate in a cleanup of a quarter mile stretch of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters cleanup and ecoart workshop in the Water Is Life…
Our Plastic Waters Exhibit Attendees
Attendees of the Our Plastic Waters exhibit held at Blank Space Highland Park in October 2017.
Our Plastic Waters Opening Reception
The Our Plastic Waters solo exhibit featured artist Lisa Bagwell who crafts sculptures out of garbage that would otherwise end up in the landfill, or our waterways. This exhibit was part of the Water Is Life exhibit series held in Highland Park, NJ…
Our Plastic World
Raíces EcoCulture Intern Kira Herzog visibly disappointed at how our community's disposable and single-use plastic ends up in our waterways.
Pizza
Pizza made out of corks and plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series. All of Lisa's sculptures are made out of recycled waste, the majority being single-use disposable plastic.
Plastic Bag Pollution
Plastic bag caught in a bush along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Plastic Bottles
Plastic bottles were strewn throughout all of the wooded areas along the Raritan River waterfront section volunteers worked to clean up during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
Plastic Clogged Waterway
The volunteer pictured here spent almost an hour cleaning this small section of stream that empties into the Raritan River.
Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution in a section of woods along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Plastic Pollution
There was no shortage of plastic pollution to be collected during the Our Plastic Waters river clean up and eco-art workshop.
Plastic Pollution
A variety of disposable plastics were collected during the river cleanp portion of the Our Plastic Waters program and then later used to create eco-art meant to bring awareness to the problem of pollution in the waterways.
Pollution
Plastic pollution along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop as part of the Water Is Life initiative.
Post Clean-Up Sorting
Volunteers and organizers sorting the collected garbage after the river clean up.
Raritan River Cleanup
Volunteer cleaning the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop in the Water Is Life Initiative.
Raritan River Pollution
Plastic pollution floating in the Raritan River.
River Clean Up
Student volunteers pulling plastic pollution out of a feeder stream along the banks of the Raritan River.
River Fish and Snail
This River Fish sculpture made by artist Lisa Bagwell served as an example for program participants in the the Our Plastic Waters river clean up and eco-art workshop when they sculpted three additional River Fish sculptures made from the garbage…
River Fish at Blank Space Highland Park
Blank Space Highland Park became the temporary home for the River Fish sculptures made during the Our Plastic Waters clean-up and eco-art workshop with artist Lisa Bagwell. The community made sculptures remained on display for a full year before they…
River Fish Taking Shape
One of the River Fish sculptures made out of trash collected along the banks of the Raritan River taking shape during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
Riverfront Clean Up
Student volunteer cleaning plastic litter in a wooded section along the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop in the Water Is Life Initiative.