By working in a wide range of geographic locations, the overall project becomes a representation of the universal impacts of plastic pollution
Explore
Atlantic Ocean
International Marine Conservation Congress
Society of Conservation Biologists
Making Marine Science Matter
St John’s, Newfoundland
CLEAR: Max Liboiron
Welcome to the Anthropocene: From Global Challenge to Planetary Stewardship
Presentation on the value of stepping away from educational models as a form of authentic engagement for the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
Pace University, New York
Expanding Worlds
TransCultural Exchange
Boston University
Art from Detritus
Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, Brooklyn, New York
Collection Point: Downeast Maine
Caribbean Sea
A Voice from the Ghetto
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Message in a Bottle
Aragorn’s workshop, Trellis Bay, British Virgin Islands
Himalayan Headwaters
Reclamation
The Voluntary Artists Studio of Thimphu, Bhutan
Mediterranean Sea
Et toi, qu’est-ce que tu vois? (Do You See What I see?)
The exhibition was based on the residency at the Chateau de la Napoule, where artists were asked to create work geared towards children. At the suggestion there should be an interactive element to the installation, the portion of the project which allowed for children to play with the Debris tiles was developed
Terra Madre
Slow Food International, Turin, Italy
Foundations: Chateau de la Napoule
Supported by La Napoule Art Foundation, this initial residency provided the time and space to create what became the Debris Project
Mekong Basin
Surface Arts Collaborative Residency
Report from Thailand: Insights into the issues and solutions realized throughout northern Thailand while working from the Rumpueng Community Arts Space, Chiang Mai
Art Relief International
Art director Emma Gabriel shares her reflections in bringing the Debris Project into schools across Chiang Mai
North Seas
Cosmobilities: Mobile Art Exhibition
Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Seven Degrees of Separation
Glebe Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
Pacific Ocean
Save Our Shores
Collaboration with Save Our Shores, who utilized the Debris Project as an educational tool in classrooms across the Santa Cruz region
Monterrey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Education Center
In collaboration with NOAA, the Debris Project was installed as a culmination of Save Our Shores creative participation in the Debris Project
Santa Cruz area children assist with global art exhibit
Kara Guzman for the Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz art event to impact marine conservation efforts
Aimee Cornett for the Santa Cruz Sentinel
With the Earth
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station near the National Seashore, Northern California
Shaping Ocean Plastic Into Awareness – Bay Nature Interview with Paul Epstein
Artist profile: Reenie Charriere
Collection Points:
Kaulana Bay, Big Island Hawai’i
Maui Beach clean with Sharkastics
Tokyo: fish market musings and plastic pellet engagement
South China Sea
A visit to the Cu Lao Cham Marine Park
A UNESCO biosphere reserve in Central Vietnam
Rocky Mountain Headwaters
Neo Rio: Pollinators, Plants & People
Hosted by LEAP (Land, Environment & Art of Place) in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
La Vie des Choses (The Life of Things)
in conjunction with the Biennial of the Americas
Processus Art & Life, Denver
From the Mountains to the Prairies to the Oceans
The University of Colorado Natural History Museum, Boulder CO
Making Waves – The Colorado Ocean Coalition, Boulder CO
Art Moves!
PlatteForum, Denver CO
Voces in Aumento
The Denver Aquarium
Passion with a Purpose
The Ricks Center for Gifted Children at the University of Denver
Caravansary – Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
Plastic Free Desert Camp – Beth Terry
Water Matters – Amigos Bravos, Santa Fe Community Foundation, New Mexico
Santa Fe Radio Cafe – Water Matters interview
Human Impacts
Field Institute Taos