Join us for two, open to the public, drop-in workshops at the Frist Art Museum Studio C 10 am - 2 pm, Saturday, Sept 6 and 1 - 5 pm, Sunday, September 7!🥰 September 26-28 experience your creation nestled in with the other River Dome panels at the Walk of Fame Park during Artville Nashville! @fristartmuseum @artvillenash

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Thank you @st.louisaquarium for organizing the cap collection and for even being so nice as to deliver it to the studio! For those of you who have not been to the aquarium recently (and for those of you who go regularly), be sure to check out their fall fun festival, Pirates and Pumpkins. I got the inside scoop and it sounds like a ton of fun.

Thrilled to be recognized for the work I'm doing with the community to promote ecological stewardship of our planet! Thank you @stlouisarts.

Grand Dome is coming along! We've been making panels in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Holland and are now finishing them up in Grand Rapids! Much thanks to @mintartistsguild, @fpcholland, @gvsuart and @mandy_cano_villalobos for helping to involve so many people in the project! Grand Dome is part of "Make Waves," my national public art initiative, which works with River cities to address ecological stewardship through collaboratively made artworks from post-consumer plastics. The panels are beautiful, show each participant's individuality, and when placed side by side at the dome, will exemplify the connection we make to ourselves, to others, and the Earth. Visit Grand Dome at the GVSU Art Museum Eberhard Center center campus grounds, downtown Grand Rapids for ArtPrize, Sept 18 - Oct4! @artprize

Enjoy the work by one of my new friends @laura_lebeda_art -- and check out her art on IG! I am so honored to get to know so many people through this process as we work to build community around our shared love of the earth. @artprize @artvillenash #makewaves #sculpture #publicart cart #socialengagement

We had another successful panel making workshop last night at Kravet in Nashville! I am drooling with all the fabric samples lining the walls. Thank you so much to everyone who came out. What fun seeing friends and colleagues from so many years ago. I hope you met new people and strengthened existing relationships. Want to join River Dome? The next open-to-the -public workshops will be at the Frist Art Museum Saturday and Sunday, September 6th and 7th! For more fun, experience River Dome at the Walk of Fame Park September 26th through 28th. Special thanks making this possible @artvillenash @saturnsamantha @janet_decker_yanez @nashville.showroom @abbyhoelscher @turnipgreencreativereuse @fristartmuseum and all the River Dome participants!!@sp153060605

The work behind the scenes.... @artvillenash @vianneystlart @saabastudio @madgreen.art @artprize @nashville.showroom

River Dome is getting built! My great friend and art conservator Shelly Paine ran a panel making workshop a couple weeks ago and is running another one tomorrow at Kravet showroom in Nashville. (Thank you Mark and Drew for making this possible!) It's an exciting lineup of creatives coming together to help make this work possible. Oh and just in case you didn't notice in the last slide... We are getting very low on caps. So if you collect plastic bottle caps please please get in touch! I'm inspired everyday with how many people are participating in my national initiative addressing ecological stewardship. Thank you all! Want to participate?? Join River Dome for two, open to the public, drop-in workshops at the Frist Art Museum, 10am-2pm, Saturday, Sept 6 and 1 - 5 pm, Sunday, September 7! Visit River Dome for even more fun during ArtVille Nashville September 26th through 28th. It will be on display at the Walk of Fame Park downtown Nashville!! @artvillenash @fristartmuseum @nashville.showroom @janet_decker_yanez @sp153060605 @abbyhoelscher

I absolutely love the connections that the dome project is creating. The artist Laura Lebeda reached out sometime last year about a project I was working on in St. Louis. Unfortunately, we weren't able to connect at that time, but this time around not only did we meet, she invited me to include St. John Vianney High School, where she teaches, in the Dome project. I spent the afternoon working with some 40 students to introduce them to the ideas behind the work and the craft of making it. These young men were receptive, generous, kind, quick learners. I absolutely loved introducing them to the Dremel tool and how to properly connect a zip tie! Cannot wait to see what they make. @laura_lebeda_art @vianneystlart @artvillenash @artprize #makewaves #plasticart #socialpracticeart #geodesic