Upcycling with Artful Intention was a powerful
collaboration with RHS Art Teachers Ms. Baer, Ms. Giles, our studio art
students and the Education Network for Teachers and Artists (ENTA.)
This multi-layered project combined study of the reflective and
centering nature of mandalas with building awareness of the use of
plastic.
Each individual mandala was designed using material from
one week's usage of plastic. Those mandalas were assembled in a large
public installation on the RHS campus. The students engaged with
awareness, intention, and design principles.
Here is an aerial view of this beautiful
sustainability-inspired project. Special thanks to ENTA, Mimi Graminski
and Martha Tobias who collaborated with the students and teachers to
make this possible.