Mayor Virg Bernero’s office organized a Recycled Art and Fashion Show to promote eco-friendliness and highlight Earth Day.
According to excerpts from the article:
Before
her local municipality started offering recycling service, local artist
Kris Love needed something to do with her empty laundry detergent
bottles besides throw them in the trash. A painter by training, Love
came up with a creative solution. Making use of an old fence torn from
her backyard, she formed the body of an 8-foot-long fish and then
covered it with scales made from the plastic bottles. The project
became something of an obsession, as Love gathered and stored materials
for her sculpture, dragging it all from house to house whenever she
moved.
“It’s a great way to highlight the work of a lot of
artists in our community and a very exciting and engaging way to
promote the environment,” said organizer Taylor Heins, director of the
Greater Lansing Go Green Initiative. Working with the
Arts Council of Greater Lansing,
Heins put out a call for artists and received about 20 submissions,
which were narrowed to 15 pieces for the show based on how much
recycled or reclaimed materials.
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