Art 4 Change

June 3, 2021. Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur aims to draw attention to Brazil's waste and pollution issues with his plastic shred art works.REUTERS/Amanda PerobellBrazilian artist Eduardo Srur reproduces works by renowned masters without using a drop of paint – just recycled shreds of plastic picked up from city streets and rivers.

For his latest exhibition, he has copied Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and Warhol to draw attention to pollution caused by the accumulation of plastic waste.“These works will remain for centuries in the history of mankind, and so will the plastic that we are dumping in nature,” he said in his Sao Paulo studio.

April 20, 2021. A while back, I introduced my sister Willa’s artwork. “ I’m initiating a new feature….Art 4 Change. I’d like to introduce it with an offering from my talented sister, Willa.  She is a musician and spoken word artist who has written many wonderful songs, often recording them on video. Lady Ebony is one of my favorites, most especially since it incorporates a bit of family history. Enjoy! …

Her recent work, “Walk With Us” is a passionate anthem and plea for action to bring about social, economic and environmental justice.  It embodies her sense of equality and the struggle for it worldwide.  She wrote this song following the George Floyd tragedy and in part it is an elegy for all whose lives have been lost due to the color of their skins.

Willa is one of those champions that marches headlong into the fray with all her heart and work. I want to share her artistry, along with that of the young gospel singers from Fayetteville and Little Rock, Arkansas who accompany her on “Walk,” with the hope that we can turn mournful laments into songs of celebration of one another. This requires that each one of us add a positive note to the song that can lift our spirits and empower us to bring about social progress. Willa’s artistry goes hand in hand with healing the environment as a whole Follow Willa’s work at http://willamooremusic.com/

April 8, 2020 Algalita South Pacific, Raquelle de Vine, The ocean has become one big trash can!
When we walk onto a beach, we instantly decide whether we think a beach is clean. However, unless we get up close and personal, we may not notice the thousands of tiny micro-plastics that cover many of our beaches, worldwide, not just across Aotearoa. We only see the tip of the iceberg but there is much more below the surface; thousands of pieces of plastic in our oceans and across our coastlines. Often waste pollution in the ocean can go unseen; out of sight, out of mind. Unfortunately, these tiny pieces of plastic are killing sea creatures which eat the plastics thinking it is food, along with toxins adsorbed into the plastic such as the darker nurdles seen around the ‘plastic iceberg’. Here is the piece of art mentioned in March put together by @cailin.rh using plastic (mainly micro-plastics) found across some of Aoteroa’s popular beaches; donated by Algalita South Pacific.
The next time you get to the beach, take a look on the surface of the sand above the high tide line where the wind can carry small, light bits of plastic across the beach. Might not be as natural as you think...
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