Washed Ashore.Org

I found this organization thru Facebook, and thought I'd share some info and pictures. I dont usually do blog posts not pertaining to Ecuador, but this is about ocean debris, and art, and well, both are in my life daily, I do have at least a couple blog posts in the works, but need to get pictures from the other computer, ugh, there must be a better way...anyway enjoy these, and check out their calendar of upcoming exhibits, who knows you may get to see these up close.

About Washed Ashore

The Washed Ashore Project is a non-profit, community-based organization with a mission of educating and creating awareness about marine debris and plastic pollution through art. Washed Ashore is a project of The Artula Institute for Arts & Environmental Education, whose mission is to provide opportunities to express and teach environmental issues through the arts.

Under the leadership of Angela Haseltine Pozzi, community members of all ages work together to clean up our beaches and process the debris into art supplies to construct giant sculptures of the sea life most affected by plastic pollution. This has resulted in thousands of pounds of debris removed from local beaches and turned into works of art. These unique art pieces are part of a traveling exhibition that includes educational signage and programs that encourage reducing, refusing, reusing, repurposing and recycling.

As lead artist, Angela Haseltine Pozzi orchestrates the construction of these towering, aesthetically striking sculptures of marine life with the assistance of many volunteers and a dedicated staff. Angela has been an exhibiting artist and educator for more than 30 years and now chooses to use art as a powerful tool to encourage community and environmental action about her true passion…cleaning up the world’s oceans.

90% of the debris we collect is petroleum-based: plastic items, nylon ropes and net. We are able to use 98% of this trash to create sculptures, including a walk-through replica of an ocean gyre, a Styrofoam coral reef, Henry the fish, a plastic bottle sea jelly, an oil-spill replica, and a musical sea star (tuned to an e-flat scale!). An interdisciplinary environmental arts curriculum and a feature-length documentary are in progress to accompany this work.

http://washedashore.org

They have a cute little website, calendar of events and more pictures. I've been collecting things I find, maybe someday I'll build a sculpture, now that I have some inspiration. These are really amazing, such vision.

So...stay tuned, the adventure continues!