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Garbage Art
Volunteer Christina Proxenos works on one of three "River Fish" sculptures created during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
From Trash To Treasure
Volunteer and visual artist Joyce M. works with garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters Raritan River clean up to turn it into usable art materials for a "garbage art" sculpture.
Fish
Fish made out of plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
EcoCulture Volunteer
Volunteer sorting garbage collected during the Water Is Life Initiative "Our Plastic Waters" eco-art workshop Raritan River clean up. The garbage collected was later turned into eco-art sculptures by the program participants.
Eco-Warriors
On the day of the opening reception for the Water Is Life exhibit series, some of the visiting and local artists, co-sponsors, organizers and volunteers gathered at the Water Is Life electronic sign, to stand together for the earth. It kicked off the…
Eco-Art Workshop - Sorting Garbage
Volunteers and program participants sort through garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop to separate the materials that would be used as art supplies in the eco-art workshop from those which would be hauled away for the…
Eco-Art Creation
Volunteers creating eco-art sculptures at the Water Is Life "Our Plastic Waters" program.
Eco-Art - River Fish
River Fish made from chicken wire and garbage on display in Blank Space Highland Park during the reception of the Our Plastic Waters exhibit and Water Is Life arts project held in the fall of 2017.
Eco-Art - River Fish
River Fish made from chicken wire and garbage on display in Blank Space Highland Park during the reception of the Our Plastic Waters exhibit and Water Is Life arts project held in the fall of 2017.
Eco-Art - River Fish
Volunteer with his River Fish sculpture built from garbage he collected during the Raritan River cleanup held earlier in the day.
Eco-Art - Making a "River Fish"
Our Plastic Waters program participants making a fish sculpture out of garbage collected at a pre-workshop river clean up.
Eco-Art - Building Forms
Artist Lisa Bagwell building a form for a River Fish sculpture as volunteer and program participant Christina Proxenos surveys the trash collected during the river clean up portion of the program.
Eco-Art - Building a Fish Sculpture
Artist Lisa Bagwell working with a Rutgers student and program participant to create a fish sculpture from garbage collected during the river clean up portion of the program.
Eco-Art - Bottles and Cans
From trash to art, this River Fish sculpture is stuffed with littered bottles and cans collected from the banks of the Raritan River.
Ducks
Local resident Paul Sauers enjoying the opening reception at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series artist reception. Sculptures pictured are ducks made out of wire and single use plastic utensils by artist Lisa…
Doughnut Tray
Tray of doughnuts made out of corks, plastic utensils, straws and other plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell on display at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit. This exhibit was part of the Water Is Life exhibit series held in Highland Park, NJ,…
Detail - River Fish
The River Fish sculptures were made out of litter collected from the banks of the Raritan River during the Our Plastic Waters river clean-up and eco-art workshop.
Creating Eco-Art
Artist Lisa Bagwell works with a program participant and to create a fish sculpture made from garbage collected during a Raritan River clean up held earlier in the day.
Creating Art from Garbage
Participants in the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop create "River Fish" sculptures from litter collected along the banks of the Raritan River.
Community Eco-Art Project
Program participants of the Our Plastic Waters event first volunteered to clean up a section of the banks of the Raritan River and then work with artist Lisa Bagwell to create community sculptures from the garbage collected in the clean up.
Community Art
Artist Lisa Bagwell worked with community members to build eco-art sculptures at the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Collecting Garbage/Art Materials
Volunteers cleaning a quarter mile stretch of the Raritan River waterfront as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop in the Water Is Life Initiative. After the cleanup garbage collected was sorted and transformed into eco-art sculptures.
Cleaning Up
Volunteer cleaning along the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop in the Water Is Life Initiative.
Cleaning the Waterfront
Middlesex County Conservation Corps coordinator Griffith Boyd helped with the logistics of the Our Plastic Waters cleanup along the Raritan River waterfront during the Water Is Life initiative.
Cleaning the Raritan
Student volunteers going the extra mile to remove plastic pollution out of a feeder stream along the banks of the Raritan River.