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Bird Mobile
Bird mobile by artist Lisa Bagwell, constructed from pens, recycle wire and other plastic waste, on display at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Block Prints by Leigh Kern
Original block prints by Leigh Kern going up on display for the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show.
Original block prints submitted:
1. Niigaani-gichigami - Symbol of the Niigaani-gichigami Collective and Gratitude Walk/Festival
2.…
Original block prints submitted:
1. Niigaani-gichigami - Symbol of the Niigaani-gichigami Collective and Gratitude Walk/Festival
2.…
Born on the Wings of Thunderbirds
Born on the Wings of Thunderbirds, 2017, oil on canvas and Isaac Murdoch prints, 72"""" x 60""""
One of the first submissions received and hung in the group art show was this painting by Peri Nerri. Peri made this piece specifically in response to…
One of the first submissions received and hung in the group art show was this painting by Peri Nerri. Peri made this piece specifically in response to…
Born on the Wings of Thunderbirds by Peri Nerri
One of the first submissions received and hung in the group art show was this painting by Peri Nerri. Peri made this piece specifically in response to the Water Is Life exhibit series call for submissions.
Born on the Wings of Thunderbirds, 2017,…
Born on the Wings of Thunderbirds, 2017,…
Born on the Wings of Thunderbirds by Peri Nerri
One of the first submissions received and hung in the group art show was this painting by Peri Nerri. Here it is on display in Tiger Art Supply before being shipped to its new home to the art collector who commissioned the painting. Peri made this…
Breeding Native Monarchs
As part of ecological restoration, protection and education programs, Casa Pueblo maintains a mariposario and breed native monarch butterflies, and important pollinator on the island. Insect populations were decimated by Hurricane María and the lack…
Building a Vaka
Interns Gabi and Steve from the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea adding sails to the model vaka they contributed to the Water Is Life art exhibition series.
Butterfly
Butterflies are important pollinators, and Casa Pueblo continued its work of breeding, releasing and protecting butterflies in their mariposario, or butterfly house, immediately after Hurricane María.
Butterfly House
Butterfly house at Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, where a native subspecies of monarch is bred, protected, and released into the natural environment. A few monarchs remain in the butterfly house at any given time in order to educate visitors,…
Camp
Overnight visitors to Plenitud PR stay in a campground area of the compound, protected from water and rain by extra pop-up tents and drainage ditches around each tent site.
Camp
A tent set up in the camping section of Plenitud PR’s compound. Tents are protected from the rain by a canopy and a drainage ditch dug around each camp site.
Caterpillar
Caterpillar made out of bottle tops by artist Lisa Bagwell on display at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Caterpillars and Chrysalises
Caterpillars and chrysalises undergoing transformation into a species of monarch butterfly that is native to the island of Puerto Rico, Danaus plexippus portorricensis. This subspecies does not migrate off of the island. Like its cousins in other…
Cheese and Crackers
Cheese and crackers made out of plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Christie Belcourt
Christie Belcourt was one of the featured guests artists at the Water Is Life opening reception. Her artwork was part of the inspiration for the project and she traveled, along with artist Isaac Murdoch, from Canada to take part in the opening…
Cleaning Pollution, Collecting Art Materials
Raíces Cultural Center director Francisco G. Gómez collects litter from along the banks of the Raritan River, later to be used as art materials for "garbage art" sculptures in the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Constructing a Model Vaka
Interns from The Okeanos Foundation begin constructing a sea vaka model, which was the first major piece of art to be put on display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries during the Water Is Life exhibit series..
Constructing a Sea Vaka
Okeanos Foundation for the Sea intern Steve constructing a model sea vaka, a traditional Polynesian sailing vessel.
Cosmos for the Pollinators
On the stretch of property between the Casa Pueblo main building and mariposario, or butterfly house, there are stands of flowers to provide food to the released butterflies and other pollinators. These stands of cosmos are self-gaining and self-…