Going Green!

Jo Taylor with Charlie Lucas

What do artist Charlie Lucas and SpongeBob have in common?

If you attended the VA Institute this summer, you would know. The focus for Thursday was sculpture, especially found object sculpture which we studied beginning with Picasso. Seems that artists have been "Going Green" with recycled materials for some time now. Nothing new in the art world! Our guest artist, Charlie Lucas, is still creating sculptures from things that he finds in salvage yards. Charlie works with all kinds of metals and woods.

And SpongeBob? He is made from boxes, tape, and paper mache by students taught by Dr. James Bender at Bellingrath Middle School. An inspiration for our participants to create their own "Green" sculptures with recycled materials. So start saving those tubes, cartons, and boxes!

Go Green!

Durinda