Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum exhibition highlights ocean plastic pollution issues
When you ride past the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, you may notice an octopus on the front lawn. It’s actually a larger-than-life welded-wire outdoor sculpture of an octopus. North Myrtle Beach artist, Jim Swaim created the sculpture. It’s part of an exhibition titled... Can’t You Sea? | Ocean Plastic ARTifacts. “Ringo” stands nearly 12 feet tall. It’s filled with trash from a beach cleanup organized by the Museum.
The exhibition features two-and three-dimensional works by six contemporary artists/activists, along with a companion series of lectures and discussions created to intrigue, educate and invite viewers to examine their own roles in worldwide ocean plastic pollution.
The main exhibition includes works created from plastic waste, much of which was found in our oceans on our beaches, from photographer Alejandro Duran; “3D Impressionist” sculptor Sayaka Ganz; painter/sculptor/environmental activist Pam Longobardi; multimedia abstract sculptor Aurora Robson; multimedia assemblage artist Kirkland Smith; and artist/activist Dianna Cohen, whose primary art medium is the ubiquitous plastic bag.
The exhibition features a series, Planet or Plastic? Which is designed to educate exhibit attendees on the breadth of the ocean pollution problem. Below are the upcoming lectures:
August 7: Beth Terry, activist/author: Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too
August 21: Linda Booker, director/producer, Straws
August 28: Pollution Professionals Panel: Working to Make a Difference
Sept. 8: Pam Longobardi, Georgia State University Professor of Art, artist/activist and founder, Drifters Project
Lectures will be held at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Myrtle Beach Oceanfront, 3200 South Ocean Boulevard. Admission to the lectures is $10 per person, per event. You must reserve a spot to attend. Call 843-238-2510, for more information.
The exhibition features two-and three-dimensional works by six contemporary artists/activists, along with a companion series of lectures and discussions created to intrigue, educate and invite viewers to examine their own roles in worldwide ocean plastic pollution.
The main exhibition includes works created from plastic waste, much of which was found in our oceans on our beaches, from photographer Alejandro Duran; “3D Impressionist” sculptor Sayaka Ganz; painter/sculptor/environmental activist Pam Longobardi; multimedia abstract sculptor Aurora Robson; multimedia assemblage artist Kirkland Smith; and artist/activist Dianna Cohen, whose primary art medium is the ubiquitous plastic bag.
The exhibition features a series, Planet or Plastic? Which is designed to educate exhibit attendees on the breadth of the ocean pollution problem. Below are the upcoming lectures:
August 7: Beth Terry, activist/author: Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too
August 21: Linda Booker, director/producer, Straws
August 28: Pollution Professionals Panel: Working to Make a Difference
Sept. 8: Pam Longobardi, Georgia State University Professor of Art, artist/activist and founder, Drifters Project
Lectures will be held at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Myrtle Beach Oceanfront, 3200 South Ocean Boulevard. Admission to the lectures is $10 per person, per event. You must reserve a spot to attend. Call 843-238-2510, for more information.