Photo Record

Barbie drawer!

Barbie drowning in toxic plastic pieces

Close up of mosaic

Light up the fossil fuels

inside peak

Inside pieak

one of the mini sculptures

drawer fronts

more drawer fronts

pull them open and find surprises!

What’s inside each drawer?

21 drawers in total

Artist-designed handles

drawers close up

All the drawers of the cabinet

wrapping it up to protect it while being tranasported

protected for moving!

All wrapped and ready to move to the gallery!

Installed and ready for viewing at Homewood Studios!

pants we found by the river we spiced up

All the drawers finished! All 21!

One side of the piece

Natalie on the throne

Neil and family

Neil

Frances

Annie

Katherine and partner

Amada and Frost

Amada

Amada

Friends

The artists!

Friends

printing demo

George showing Kelly and company how the printing press works

George’s demo of the printing press

Neil, his wife, and Amada

Gallery coordinator

Frances and friend

Kelly, Annie, and Greg

Back of the artsy coats with Barbara and Kelly

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Updated “Pearl!” All 21 drawers finished! Can’t wait for you to see it all in its glory! November 11th 5-8pm Homewood Studios.

One side of the piece

pants we found by the river we spiced up

All the drawers finished! All 21!

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Sneak peek inside the cabinet boxes on “Pearl,” our Mississippi River sculpture.

Inside a drawer

Outside of one of the cabinet boxes

Inside limerick and illustration of cabinet box

Another peek inside one of the cabinet boxes

Time to Stop Flushing cabinet box

Inside of cabinet box about saving paper and water

Cabinet box about fishing in the river

Inside story and art of fishing cabinet box

All the drawers of the cabinet! So many treasures inside! Come look!

Frances and Kelly hard at work

Frances and Kelly

The drawers

One side

Can you see the water bottles?

Lucy and her beautiful quilt work on the seat

Katherine

Amada

Katherine and Alexis

Amada

Signature plaques for the sculpture

3D signatures

more signatures

more signatures

lunch at Barbara’s

little sculptures with found objects

The front

George

Alexis

Alexis and Katherine

Katherine and Alexis discovering

treasure piles

river bank trash (art supplies)

Barbara, Kelly, and Frances in the studio

Alexis

Fun finds

Barbara and the big stuff

The treasures and the plan

So many creative options

Katherine sharing ideas

Frances sharing ideas

Learning the science behind the toxic trash

More science learning

Learning and research part

Katherine and Barbara

Lucy and her beautiful addition to the sculpture

Lucy and her creation for the chair

Kelly and her illustrated box

Surprise visitor to our studio, Captain Cory! And the progress of “The Mississippi Pearl!”

Barbara and Captain Cory

Every navigator needs an ACW pin!

Even the surface of creating art upon is art

Annie and Frances

Kelly adding finishing touches

Margo’s name plaque

Barbara making things pretty

Captain Cory and Barbara

Captain Cory

Chilly outside!

Annie’s beautiful drawer

Margo’s trash treasure sculpture

Title plaque

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More photos of progress on the MWMO Project! Working hard to finish turning the trash into treasure for the viewing eyes! Debut coming November 11th to Homewood Studios in North Minneapolis!

all the butts…

a find

Margo, Katherine, and Alexis

Margo’s find growing on a rock

The gang

the trash treasures

working hard

Throne becoming gold

Close up of the chair

Barbara and Katherine

Plastic bottles becoming beautiful feathers

Getting ideas

Another angle

Alexis and Annie putting on the driftwood

Margo hard at work

Neil and Barbara armed with art supplies!

Neil and Kelly arting

One piece at a time!

Frances and Kelly

Piecing the pieces together

step by step progress

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Hard at work on the MWMO River Project! We learned all about the science behind what plastic and other toxic trash that is floating in the river and the effects going into our water systems and precious Mississippi River.

Katherine hard at work

supplies

Neil and Margo hard at work

The start of something magnificent!

Margo

The start of the layout in Dr. B’s studio

Annie and the view

The drawers so far…

Margo hard at work

The gang

Group tour

Group tour

Neil, Frances, and Katherine learning

different plastic types from the river trash

Found wheels with Katherine, Frances, and Margo

Neil and Margo

Margo

Neil

Margo

MWMO Water Project Day 1. Collecting trash along the banks of the Mississippi River to learn about what trash is floating in the river and to create an art project with the stuff we found.

Frances and Neil

Frances and Neil

Frances and the group with our treasures

Kelly and the group

Table of trash treasures

big cool finds

Barbara, Kelly, and Annie on the Northeast River Keepers boat

fishbones

top of a honeywell safe

Frances

fallen retaining wall

more of the table of trash treasures

Kelly and Annie

Jon and Barbara

Kelly putting in serious strength

Barbara and Kelly

The Northeast River Keepers boat rides

Frances and Neil and a wheel

Beaver on the river

Annie

man made structure

Kelly and the sculpture

collected river bank trash

Alexis and Margo cleaning trash treasures

Frances, Annie, and the group discussing project options with the chair

Frances