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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…
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.
Our Plastic Waters
The "Our Plastic Waters" exhibit was installed at Blank Space Highland Park and was part of the series of exhibits in the Water Is Life Initiative. These River Fish sculptures were made by volunteers and program participants of the Our Plastic Waters…
Pepe and Francisco
Pepe and Francisco connected over the tradition of music and how important it is for a culture to take pride in and keep its music alive for themselves and future generations.
Pan Flutes 3
Pan flutes 3
Pepe and His Collection
Pepe shows us his collection of instruments in his home. Many of his instruments hold special stories.
More Pan Flutes 2
More pan flutes
More Pan Flutes
More pan flutes from Pepe Santana's collection
String Collection Close Up
A close up of a small selection from Pepe Santana's stringed instrument collection.
String Collection
These are the guitars and other lute family instruments that make up Pepe's strings collection.
Pepe's Collection
Pepe Santana was gracious enough to not only allow us into his home in Stanhope, New Jersey but to let the Raices team look at and touch his instrument collection. Pepe has acquired his collection during the span of his career. He took the time to…
Large Pan Flutes
These large pan flutes are one of the staples of Andean Music. Andean Music traditionally consists of only two types of musical instruments,wind and percussion.
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Our Plastic Waters - From Trash to Treasure
The Our Plastic Waters Raritan River Clean Up and Eco-Art Workshop with Lisa Bagwell was a heartbreaking, but successful event. Over 20 water & earth protectors came together to clean a quarter mile stretch of the banks of the Raritan River and stuck…
"Art Materials" - Our Plastic Waters
All of the plastic litter pictured here was collected from a small section of the Raritan River waterfront during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop held as part of the Water Is Life Initiative.
"Art Materials" - Bottles
Bottles collected along a quarter mile stretch of the Raritan River waterfront to be used to build eco-art sculptures by Our Plastic Waters program participants.
"Art Materials" - Cans
Cans collected along a quarter mile stretch of the Raritan River waterfront to be used to build eco-art sculptures by Our Plastic Waters program participants.
"Art Materials" - Straws
Plastic straws collected along a quarter mile stretch of the Raritan River waterfront to be used to build eco-art sculptures by Our Plastic Waters program participants.
"Art Materials" - Plastic Pollution
Plastic debris collected along a quarter mile stretch of the Raritan River waterfront to be used to build eco-art sculptures by Our Plastic Waters program participants.
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.
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.
EcoCulture Volunteers
Volunteers from the Highland Park High School Environmental Club work on eco-art sculptures created from garbage collected from the Raritan River waterfront.
Lisa Bagwell - Making Art From Garbage
Artist Lisa Bagwell works on a fish sculpture made out of garbage collected from the banks of the Raritan River.
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.
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.
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.