Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Art in the Park in Dana Point

Art in the Park 2011 by smashgirl
Art in the Park 2011 a photo by smashgirl on Flickr.
I had an incredible weekend down in the harbor at the Festival of the Whales "Art in the Park"! I met fellow artists and chatted with people from all over the world. I sold some of my mosaics which was great but my greatest joy came from the opportunity to share my 'Save Our Oceans" mosaic. When the idea first came to me back in January of 2010 with the yellow sunglasses, my hope was to educate with this project. Many people stopped to take a look at my art and the kids were drawn to it like bees to honey. They all wanted to touch it...it's full of colorful toys embedded in grout. The biggest shock to people was the fact that all of this plastic trash was collected in a single thirty minute period on Doheny Beach one day. I overheard parents telling their children to pick up trash and don't let it go into our oceans. My heart was happy that day, my project was educating and entertaining kids and adults. My hope is for this art to be installed in a public place to continue it's job on saving our oceans. Stay tuned!

Save Our Oceans was entered into the Chaco Waves for Change Art Contest and won honorable mention!

3 comments:

Bear Chick said...

It's awesome that your artwork is so inspiring! Congrats! I hope it eventually finds a place where it can give maximum inspiration.

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Mark Brown said...

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http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=253460471363833