Alexis – Promotion
Could maybe make paper for this project too
- Good translator for the land
- Environmental activist
- Attended the Future River Project at Macalester
- Lives near the Mississippi River
- Makes paper from plants
Amáda – Organizer
Very excited to be part of this, even roped Neil into it
- Mayor of Columbia Heights
- Community organizing
- Girls Scouts
- Environmentalist
- Community Gardening
Annie – Photography
Wants it to have moving parts, kinetic or fidget factor
- 25 years as a nurse
- Women’s reproductive rights
- Interested in mind/body synergy
- Mixed media artist/sculptor
- Uses art to heal people
Barbara – Organizer/Art Teacher
Will be providing us materials, tools, and a space to work
- Founder and director of ACW
- Found object artist
- Made trash collected pieces before
- Traveler (Many places in the US, Mexico, Scotland, and others)
- Has works inspired by these different places
Frances – Scribe/Motivator
Has many ideas on how to make the piece interactive
- Passionate about diversity and inclusivity
- Found object art is one of her specialties
- Outdoors person/expert camper
- Enjoys spending time in the Boundary Waters
- Lives close to the Mississippi River
Greg – Carpenter
Could maybe show some of his music to inspire our work
- Sculptor in clay, wood, and metal
- Ceramic series based off of exploring a pond and Minnehaha Creek
- Musician
- Critique Club
- ACW Advisory Board
Katherine – Promotion
Wants to research the societal direction in which trash flows
- Spent a year in a camper
- Degrees in art and politics
- Takes artsy photos of trash she has collected while camping
- Draws inspiration from the environment for her paintings
- Studio at Northrup King Building
Kelly – Media/Website
Possible connection to the Science Museum
- Often paints landscapes
- Interested in looking at:
- Water droplets reacting to music
- Holy Water pollution
- Peace of Mind project idea
Margo – Photographer
Connections to places for promoting our work
- Publisher, writer, and photographer
- Community leadership
- Used to run Art-A-Whirl
- Standup comedy/improv
- Earth Watch column in the Northeaster newspaper
Neil – Scientist
Will be helping us understand plastics better
- Materials engineer
- Polymeric compounds and macromolecules
- Has worked with recycled plastic
- 3D printing
- Community Garden