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The Boulder Open Space Conservancy (BOSC) is a non-profit organization that protects, enhances, and preserves Boulder's natural legacy of open space and mountain parks for all our citizens and visitors, for current and future generations.

BOSC was established in 2017 through a public-private partnership with the City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks (OSMP) department to leverage public resources with private philanthropy to fulfill its mission.

This partnership is a unique collaboration of two equal and independent entities: OSMP and the community nonprofit BOSC. Each will bring the shared goal of better fulfilling the charter for OSMP with mutual trust & respect, diverse skills, and strengths.

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The Boulder Open Space Conservancy (BOSC) is a non-profit organization that protects, enhances, and preserves Boulder's natural legacy of open space and mountain parks for all our citizens and visitors, for current and future generations.

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Training & Education Leave No Trace training creates a world of Leave No Trace advocates, practitioners and stewards. > LEARN MORE Research & Science We design and support ground-breaking research to inform new ways to protect our natural world. > LEARN MORE Partner With Us Together, we can advance the Leave No Trace movement and [...]

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Nonprofit Overview

Causes: Environment, Forest Conservation, Land Resources Conservation, Water, Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management

Mission: To foster a community spirit of shared responsibility for the stewardship and restoration of public, protected, and ecologically important lands.

Results: In 1999, 20 volunteers planted willows to enhance shoreline habitat around Heron Pond in Pella Crossing Open Space near Longmont, Colorado. Since this humble beginning, WRV was formally incorporated as a nonprofit, and since has completed over 1,100 restoration projects, hosted over 42,000 volunteers including 4,500+ youth, through which volunteers have contributed over $10 million in labor and expertise to the stewardship of our natural heritage. We accomplish our mission of healing the land and building community by organizing over 100 volunteer projects per year to complete a wide variety of critical habitat restoration and conservation work, mostly in northern Colorado. Our constituency is diverse, including urban and rural residents, adults, retired seniors, middle and high school students, under-resourced youth, watershed protection groups, outdoor club members, motorized recreation groups, and other recreational users of public lands. We have a formal leadership training program, a tool cache, 4,000 active volunteers, and a diverse youth service learning and leadership development program. Read more about the benefits of WRV's work at http://wlrv.org

Target demographics: diverse Colorado communities of all ages and from all walks of life

Geographic areas served: Colorado and southern Wyoming

Programs: completing 100+ ecological restoration projects on public lands each year; build a community of land stewards; train and mentor youth and adult volunteer leaders; monitor results of restoration work and contribute knowledge to the restoration community.

Community Stories

16 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

WRV does a great job of partnering with the community and doing projects that have high impact locally. I found out about them while working to reopen a local trail that had been closed from a highly damaging wildfire, and have continued to do service with them for the past several years. I was impressed by WRV's organizational structure, which trains and encourages volunteers to help lead projects, and organizes work into small groups on each work day. This means I have always felt that the work I have done with WRV is done well and the purpose of doing something a particular way is clear to volunteers, and have gotten to know people who were total strangers at the beginning of the day. Because WRV's vision is for the long term, in a community they understand and are part of, they foster a great sense of community and leadership as well as improving the local environment potentially for generations. WRV truly embodies the "think globally, act locally" call to action!

Not long ago, I volunteered to help on a seed gathering event on Marshall Hill.
It was such a well organized event filled with some of the happiest people I've had the pleasure to meet.
We worked together while chatting the whole time.
The staff at WRV are so wonderful. Near the end of the event a women stepped forward to tell me how this makes her feel connected to her community and the area. As dusl settled, She explained how these moments are more valuable than gold.
I am officially hooked on WRV.

WRV has very high quality, experienced staff, so I have always felt like my volunteer time has been well spent in helping to restore the degraded landscapes we've worked on. In addition, they have such a wide range of different kinds of projects, from heavy rock work at high altitudes to gentle seed collecting nearby, that everyone from children to young people at the height of their strength to seniors who enjoy taking a break a little more often than we used to can find a project that is fun and a great fit for their interests and abilities.

I have taken part in sereval of their projects and trained as a crew leader with them. I hate to gush, but they are well organized, professional, and effective. They work well with private, NGO, and government organizations to produce great results. They take good care of their volunteers, providing them with food and entertainment after a hard day's, or weekend, of work. Their training is professional and affordable for people of all walks of life. They invite volunteers to get involved in all levels of their organization from field work, to cooking, to crew leading, project planning etc. They are an open organization attracting peple from all walks of life.

I look forward to continue working with them.

feeling a need to give back to our mother I became involved with WRV. Over the next years I have come to be welcomed into a family of sorts. Between the two factors I have expanded my self worth greatly

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Wildlands Restoration Volunteers Reviews and Ratings | Boulder, CO | Donate, Volunteer, Review | GreatNonprofits

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Causes: Environment, Forest Conservation, Land Resources Conservation, Water, Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management Mission: To foster a community spirit of shared responsibility for the stewardship and restoration of public, protected, and ecologically important lands. Results: In 1999, 20 volunteers planted willows to enhance shoreline habitat around Heron Pond in Pella Crossing Open Space near Longmont, Colorado.

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Home to our Rocky Mountain regional work, and also experts on air quality, energy and water use.

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Nonprofit Overview

Causes: Environment, Forest Conservation, Land Resources Conservation, Water, Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management

Mission: To foster a community spirit of shared responsibility for the stewardship and restoration of public, protected, and ecologically important lands.

Results: In 1999, 20 volunteers planted willows to enhance shoreline habitat around Heron Pond in Pella Crossing Open Space near Longmont, Colorado. Since this humble beginning, WRV was formally incorporated as a nonprofit, and since has completed over 1,100 restoration projects, hosted over 42,000 volunteers including 4,500+ youth, through which volunteers have contributed over $10 million in labor and expertise to the stewardship of our natural heritage. We accomplish our mission of healing the land and building community by organizing over 100 volunteer projects per year to complete a wide variety of critical habitat restoration and conservation work, mostly in northern Colorado. Our constituency is diverse, including urban and rural residents, adults, retired seniors, middle and high school students, under-resourced youth, watershed protection groups, outdoor club members, motorized recreation groups, and other recreational users of public lands. We have a formal leadership training program, a tool cache, 4,000 active volunteers, and a diverse youth service learning and leadership development program. Read more about the benefits of WRV's work at http://wlrv.org

Target demographics: diverse Colorado communities of all ages and from all walks of life

Geographic areas served: Colorado and southern Wyoming

Programs: completing 100+ ecological restoration projects on public lands each year; build a community of land stewards; train and mentor youth and adult volunteer leaders; monitor results of restoration work and contribute knowledge to the restoration community.

Community Stories

16 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

WRV does a great job of partnering with the community and doing projects that have high impact locally. I found out about them while working to reopen a local trail that had been closed from a highly damaging wildfire, and have continued to do service with them for the past several years. I was impressed by WRV's organizational structure, which trains and encourages volunteers to help lead projects, and organizes work into small groups on each work day. This means I have always felt that the work I have done with WRV is done well and the purpose of doing something a particular way is clear to volunteers, and have gotten to know people who were total strangers at the beginning of the day. Because WRV's vision is for the long term, in a community they understand and are part of, they foster a great sense of community and leadership as well as improving the local environment potentially for generations. WRV truly embodies the "think globally, act locally" call to action!

Not long ago, I volunteered to help on a seed gathering event on Marshall Hill.
It was such a well organized event filled with some of the happiest people I've had the pleasure to meet.
We worked together while chatting the whole time.
The staff at WRV are so wonderful. Near the end of the event a women stepped forward to tell me how this makes her feel connected to her community and the area. As dusl settled, She explained how these moments are more valuable than gold.
I am officially hooked on WRV.

WRV has very high quality, experienced staff, so I have always felt like my volunteer time has been well spent in helping to restore the degraded landscapes we've worked on. In addition, they have such a wide range of different kinds of projects, from heavy rock work at high altitudes to gentle seed collecting nearby, that everyone from children to young people at the height of their strength to seniors who enjoy taking a break a little more often than we used to can find a project that is fun and a great fit for their interests and abilities.

I have taken part in sereval of their projects and trained as a crew leader with them. I hate to gush, but they are well organized, professional, and effective. They work well with private, NGO, and government organizations to produce great results. They take good care of their volunteers, providing them with food and entertainment after a hard day's, or weekend, of work. Their training is professional and affordable for people of all walks of life. They invite volunteers to get involved in all levels of their organization from field work, to cooking, to crew leading, project planning etc. They are an open organization attracting peple from all walks of life.

I look forward to continue working with them.

feeling a need to give back to our mother I became involved with WRV. Over the next years I have come to be welcomed into a family of sorts. Between the two factors I have expanded my self worth greatly

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Wildlands Restoration Volunteers Reviews and Ratings | Boulder, CO | Donate, Volunteer, Review | GreatNonprofits

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Causes: Environment, Forest Conservation, Land Resources Conservation, Water, Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management Mission: To foster a community spirit of shared responsibility for the stewardship and restoration of public, protected, and ecologically important lands. Results: In 1999, 20 volunteers planted willows to enhance shoreline habitat around Heron Pond in Pella Crossing Open Space near Longmont, Colorado.

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The Alliance Center exists to solve systemic problems. Our award-winning green building is a demonstration site for sustainability in action. It is also a coworking and event space, home to many of the state's leading nonprofits focusing on social, economic and environmental wellbeing. We mobilize our diverse network to accelerate solutions at the intersection of environment, community and economy.

We are explorers and innovators-working at the leading edge of sustainability to support a healthy planet, a strong democracy and a thriving economy. We create solutions through the strength of partnerships.

Learn more about the Alliance in this short video!

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The Alliance Center I About Us | The Hub of Sustainability

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The Alliance Center exists to solve systemic problems. Our award-winning green building is a demonstration site for sustainability in action. It is also a coworking and event space, home to many of the state's leading nonprofits focusing on social, economic and environmental wellbeing.

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This non profit focuses on working with communities to inspire change and has a youth program.

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Nonprofit Overview

Causes: Animals, Environment, Land Resources Conservation, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, Protection of Endangered Species

Mission: The WILD Foundation protects wilderness while meeting the needs of human communities.Too often organizations take on ambitious conservation projects all by themselves. This trend is no longer sustainable as problems confronting wildlife and wild places grow larger and more challenging. The WILD Foundation specializes in collaboration and coalition-building, bringing together governments, NGOs, and grassroots communities to collectively solve problems and create long-lasting protections for nature.

Geographic areas served: Global

Programs: CoalitionWILD works with youth under the age of 35 to lead conservation initiatives in their own communities by giving them access to the tools and resources they need to be successful. The Mali Elephant Project works with local communities in Mali to create a culture that values and protects one of just two remaining herds of desert elephants while also meeting the needs of those communities. NAWPA is a committee facilitated by WILD that works with land management agencies from the US, Mexico, and Canada to pursue conservation that affects North America as a whole.

Community Stories

3 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

Previous Stories

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The WILD Foundation Reviews and Ratings | Boulder, CO | Donate, Volunteer, Review | GreatNonprofits

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Causes: Animals, Environment, Land Resources Conservation, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, Protection of Endangered Species Mission: The WILD Foundation protects wilderness while meeting the needs of human communities.Too often organizations take on ambitious conservation projects all by themselves. This trend is no longer sustainable as problems confronting wildlife and wild places grow larger and more challenging.

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From city parks to forests of redwoods, from the air we breathe to the water we drink, everyone depends on a vibrant and healthy world.

Our voices can influence leaders and transform how industries are powered. Join us in embracing bold, positive, and future-focused solutions to the climate crisis.

300 dirty power plants retired!

The Green New Deal

The Green New Deal is a big, bold transformation of the economy that will tackle the twin crises of inequality and climate change by mobilizing public resources to help transition from an economy built on fossil fuels to one driven by dignified work and clean energy.

The health of our environment shapes the health of our communities. For over 125 years, Sierra Club members have worked to protect the earth's vital resources, natural beauty, wild creatures, and scenic landscapes. Learn how you can help.

Bears Ears National Monument contains over 100,000 Native American sites.

We're protecting more than trees. The most vulnerable among us are the first to feel the impacts of the environmental crisis. And we'll settle for nothing less than a healthy world for all.

The Sierra Club mobilized its members to join one of the 600-plus rallies held from coast to coast to demand that the nearly 2,500 immigrant children detained be returned to their parents.

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From city parks to forests of redwoods, from the air we breathe to the water we drink, everyone depends on a vibrant and healthy world. Our voices can influence leaders and transform how industries are powered. Join us in embracing bold, positive, and future-focused solutions to the climate crisis.

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Accelerate Neighborhood Climate Action (ANCA) is designed to create shared,

place-based climate action on a block-by-block, neighborhood-by-neighborhood level.

Our passion is providing the support and resources to equip

neighborhood residents with the tools to take action and be a force for good.

Together we can move Denver closer to a sustainable future.

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Accelerate Neighborhood Climate Action (ANCA) is designed to create shared, place-based climate action on a block-by-block, neighborhood-by-neighborhood level. Our passion is providing the support and resources to equip neighborhood residents with the tools to take action and be a force for good. Together we can move Denver closer to a sustainable future.

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Has a very useful website. Chapter in Boulder. Scientists, photographers, and tackle many different issues that we might be interested in. -Chelsea

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Across aisles. Across sectors. Across borders.

The Nature Conservancy is tackling the dual threats of accelerated climate change and unprecedented biodiversity loss. Science determines where we focus and equity guides how we achieve lasting results. Grounded by decades of local on-the-ground experience, we maximize our ability to affect change by bringing together real-world solutions, policy expertise, sustainable financing and collaborative partnerships.

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Across aisles. Across sectors. Across borders. The Nature Conservancy is tackling the dual threats of accelerated climate change and unprecedented biodiversity loss. Science determines where we focus and equity guides how we achieve lasting results. Grounded by decades of local on-the-ground experience, we maximize our ability to affect change by bringing together real-world solutions, policy expertise, sustainable financing and collaborative partnerships.

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Laura McCord has over 18 years of food retail experience with experience as a grocer, and account manager, with the majority of her time spent in category management. After obtaining her Master's degree in Sustainable Management, she transitioned to a newly created position at KeHE, Sustainability, and Corporate Responsibility, which focuses on environmental stewardship, employee engagement, and community involvement. Laura is also the co-founder of CAREtrade, which focuses on suppliers that share KeHE's mission to serve to make lives better and DIVERSEtrade, which focuses on certified Women and Minority suppliers at KeHE.

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Sustainable Food Trade Association | Organic Leaders for Sustainability

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Laura McCord has over 18 years of food retail experience with experience as a grocer, and account manager, with the majority of her time spent in category management. After obtaining her Master's degree in Sustainable Management, she transitioned to a newly created position at KeHE, Sustainability, and Corporate Responsibility, which focuses on environmental stewardship, employee engagement, and community involvement.

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The Nature Conservancy is tackling the root causes of some of the toughest problems facing people and nature today, replicating good ideas to save many places and improve people's lives.

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Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that is devoted to the rehabilitation and release of orphaned, injured and sick wildlife. We are the largest wildlife rehabilitation center treating mammals, birds, and waterfowl on the Front Range. We treat thousands of animals annually and over 200 different species have come through our doors since we were founded in 1982.

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We provide technical expertise on disaster and climate resilience and transformation

Learning from

Extreme Events

ISET-International has long-term partnerships with established and emergent

organizations. These organizations bring local legitimacy, substantial implementation

capacity, and strong intellectual engagement to the ISET network.

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We provide technical expertise on disaster and climate resilience and transformation Learning from Extreme Events ISET-International has long-term partnerships with established and emergent organizations. These organizations bring local legitimacy, substantial implementation capacity, and strong intellectual engagement to the ISET network.

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We could get our resources from art parts creative refuse center. A Colorado business that recycles materials for art

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We believe that outdoor enthusiasts can be impactful climate advocates. But we get it, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the scope of the problem and it's hard to know where to begin.

Consider POW your guide to climate advocacy. We'll meet you where you are-whether in the backcountry or the climbing gym, we'll connect you with other like-minded adventurers and we'll show you the ropes of advocacy. It's a lot easier and more
impactful than you realize.

Then, we'll turn you loose with all the easy-to-deploy tools you'll need to make your voice heard

We'll create opportunities for advocacy across local, state and even federal campaigns so that you can use your voice to protect the places and lifestyles you love from climate change. Whether it's contacting elected officials, volunteering at a local event or getting your friends registered to vote, we've made sure to place all kinds of tools for effective advocacy at your fingertips.

Political and policy wins hinge on thin marginal gains. By bringing passionate outdoor people like you into the fold, we're able to create decisive policy shifts where they matter most. But the work doesn't stop there. We're also going to turn our community's passion for the outdoors into a sweeping climate movement; a movement that will lead to a cultural shift of our nation's attitude on climate to ensure that those policy wins are resilient and long lasting.

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Elaine- used to be local, not sure where she is now- but I LOVE her work.   https://www.reganrosburg.com/ever-falling-forest/hqbhehb7ebgyny2t4f26r2o8kycd7x

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Elaine- used to be local, not sure where she is now- but I LOVE her work.   https://www.reganrosburg.com/ever-falling-forest/hqbhehb7ebgyny2t4f26r2o8kycd7x

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The cut mylar is awesome, plus her work in resin

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Regan Rosburg's complex 3 dimensional resin paintings, addressing both her love and concern for the environment

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"I do this art because I feel like I have to. There's always that dissatisfaction that lingers. Creating helps satisfy the itch."
Nestled among rows of sinks and stacks of wood in the Globeville Riverfront Art Center (GRACe), a warehouse-turned-artist-community, is Emma Balder-the Denver, Colorado artist behind @balderthanyou.

Emma specializes in fiber art and 3D installations, and has a NO-WASTE policy. She uses donated or found materials and scraps to create her artwork, which is incredibly GORGEOUS! Enter our giveaway this week to win one for yourself!

Recently, while on business in Denver, I got the chance to meet Emma and see her work in person. Hearing her story was so inspiring! This girl makes her living with materials the rest of us throw out! Brilliant!

M: First things first, what is fiber art?
E: That's a great question. And I'm glad to answer, especially because I've never quite thought of myself as a fiber artist. I still very much think of myself as a painter. I think that fiber art accentuates the beauty in fibers, usually in an alternate context. When people think fibers or textiles, they automatically think clothing, or rugs or something utilitarian. But fiber art exists beyond that. It can certainly be aesthetically pleasing, but beyond this it is heavily process based. When I think of fiber art, I think of time, and care and technique and a long, intimate process with material. The tactility of fiber art allows the artist to develop a relationship with the material within that process, and that bond is so beautiful to me.

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My #freelancelife True Story: Emma Balder

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"I do this art because I feel like I have to. There's always that dissatisfaction that lingers. Creating helps satisfy the itch." Nestled among rows of sinks and stacks of wood in the Globeville Riverfront Art Center (GRACe), a warehouse-turned-artist-community, is Emma Balder-the Denver, Colorado artist behind @balderthanyou.

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https://phillewisart.com/

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Official website & store of Phil Lewis Art, a visionary artist from Boulder, Colorado. Gallery, prints, canvas, puzzles, blankets, summer gear, laser-engraved products, & much more

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LOCATION: Bruges, Belgium

SIZE: 38' high, 38' wide (fin to fin), 12' diameter

SCOPE: Public Art, Installation

STATUS: Completed

"Skyscraper is a physical example of why we need to change how we use and dispose of plastic in the world today" -Lesley Chang, Principal, STUDIOKCA

DESCRIPTION:

5 tons of plastic waste pulled out of the Pacific Ocean, turned into a 4 story tall whale for the 2018 Bruges Triennial - a reminder of the 150,000,000 tons of plastic waste still swimming in our waters

The organizers of the 2018 Bruges Triennial, approached us to create an artpiece interpreting the idea of the "liquid city", a concept that defines the city as an ever changing set of consumer transactions, whose identity is in flux as cities grow more and more connected through globalization.

Our first thought led us to thinking about the biggest liquid city on the planet (the ocean), how it connects us all, and how the waste produced and consumed in our cities, specifically plastic waste, ends up in the ocean.

SO, we proposed collecting as much plastic waste out of the oceans that we could in 4 months, and shaping that waste into Skyscraper, an almost 4 story tall whale pushing out of one of Bruges' main canals, and arching over historic Jan Van Eyck Square at the city's center.

Skyscraper was selected along with 14 other installations proposed by a select group of international artists and architects to be brought to life for the event!

Scientists estimate there are 150 million tons of plastic trash in the ocean right now, with an estimated 8 million tons added every year. That means, pound for pound, there is more plastic waste from our cities swimming in the ocean than there are whales. A whale, breaching from the water, is the first "skyscraper of the sea", and as the largest mammal in the water, it felt like the right form for our piece to take in order to show the scope and scale of the problem.

Working with the Hawaii Wildlife Fund and the Surfrider Foundation Kaui Chapter, we were able to pull over 5 tons of plastic to create Skyscraper.

For a video of the process see:

Skyscraper_the making of by StudioKCA

Thank you to our sponsor: Triennale Brugge

Special thanks to: Hawaii Wildlife Fund, Surfrider Foundation Kauai Chapter, Thornton Tomasetti, Fourth State Metals, Luma Projects. Additional thanks to: Young Brothers, Matson.

Thank you to our Kickstarter supporters, and a special supporter recognition to our Day in Bruges and A Whale of a Friend supporters: T. Leysen, D. Griesinger, J. Kasten, D. Hsiao, J. Lin.

Photos:

Matthias Desmet

Chuck Choi

Jason Klimoski

Videography:

Luma Projects

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studiokca (studio klimoski chang architects)

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LOCATION: Bruges, Belgium SIZE: 38' high, 38' wide (fin to fin), 12' diameter SCOPE: Public Art, Installation STATUS: Completed "Skyscraper is a physical example of why we need to change how we use and dispose of plastic in the world today" -Lesley Chang, Principal, STUDIOKCA DESCRIPTION: 5 tons of plastic

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Benjamin Von Wong - A viral creative focused on telling epic stories through his surreal photography and videography experiences. Enter and explore his unique universe.

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http://www.nicolebanowetz.com/

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The forms in Outbreak are based on microscopic bacteria and viruses. These forms are beautiful and complex yet menacing as they replicate and fly along the building, seeming to escape into the world. All at once they are playful and frightening, decorative and destructive, delicate and diseased.

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Artist John Sabraw is an activist and environmentalist, Sabraw's paintings, drawings and collaborative installations are produced in an eco conscious manner, and he continually works toward a fully sustainable practice.

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Chelsea-Not local, just inspiration

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Eight leading artists championing sustainability | Christie's

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To celebrate Earth Day, we showcase eight contemporary artists using their work to advance environmental issues | Christie's'

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http://www.trinebumiller.com/

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Bill Vielehr PO Box 19734 Boulder, CO 80308 303.443.9657 bill@vielehr.com kitty@vielehr.com

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2021. Taraxacum Officinale. Video and performance. Costume constructed of handmade recycled paper....

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michelle lamb assemblage sculpture art artist denver found objects

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Artist Michelle Lamb, creates a variety of 2d and 3d art including assemblage sculpture of repurposed found objects.

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An interview with Margaret Burton, an ex-artist who found her way into the fringes of fashion to criticise the industry from within.
Margaret Burton was one of those cases destined for art, nothing else made sense to pursue. In grade school she would win awards yearly and unlike all other subjects, art was where she would receive a sense of accomplishment. However, when she dedicated her time to studying art at university, she grew "tired of the social bullshit" and started seeking something that was, as she says, "more wholesome". This surprisingly lead her to work in a scene that is often assumed to be the most vacuous: fashion.

Superficial engagement with art is direly common in fashion, but Burton's approach to clothes is thoroughly researched, sculptural, conceptual, critically engaged and perhaps even disruptive to the very industry in which it operates. It hasn't been so easy for her to convince her art peers that clothing can be compared to artworks, but nevertheless it speaks to the most pressing issues of our time; as an update to Jean Baudrillard's words, we not only "live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning", but a world with more and more production, less and less quality, and more and more trash.

Americans discard approximately 13.1 million tons of textiles per year, only 15% of which is assumed to be recycled. Textiles are estimated to contribute 5% of all landfill waste, with millions of tons of unused fabric discarded each year when dyed the wrong color. Additionally, for each ton of fabric dyed, up to 200 tons of water can be required, meaning 20% of all freshwater pollution is due to the making of clothes. Burton addresses issues such as these, now using her eponymous fashion label to pose questions such as: How can we operate outside of this destructive cycle?

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Did you study art originally?
I studied at Cleveland Institute of Art, from 2010 to 2012, where I gained knowledge in visual communication and conceptual work. However, I was tired of students partying all week then coming to class with some deep mumbo jumbo and the professors ate it out of their hands. There were also students just making work for shock value - for example, putting crosses inside condoms, but having no reason behind it. I did not like pieces that left the viewer feeling just as, if not more, lost and confused than before having seen it. I wanted to make meaningful work that leads us somewhere nearer to wholeness.
Could you tell me what "wholeness" means to you?
One of my favorite authors, Madeleine L'Engle, once said that "to write a story is an act of Naming; in reading about a protagonist I can grow along with, I myself am more named ... To identify is to control, to limit. To love is to call by name and so open the wide gates of creativity."

So wholeness, to me, is knowing one's true identity. Neither philosophy nor theology has influenced my understanding of wholeness as much as art has. It is an indescribable feeling when you are touched deeply by a film, book, or piece of music. Art has a way of connecting you with something bigger than yourself. When you connect with an art form, you are naming a part of yourself - discovering another aspect of who you are.

When artists continue to be vulnerable in their process of seeking what is good and life-giving amongst the chaos, they create great art. Their works are an expression of their identities and the names they have discovered through their artistic journeys. When they grow in their identities, into greater wholeness, their works grow in their ability to help others in the naming process. Great artists help others discover themselves.

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I'm curious to know more about how you went from making art to working with clothes and how you feel the two differ from each other?
I saw the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met in 2011 and was impressed with how this fiber medium linked so many other art forms, such as performance, sculpture, photography, and video. This lead me to Pratt Institute to get a more technical understanding of garment construction. Since then, I feel as though I have to consistently fight to convince people that clothing can be an art form and to treat it as something valuable.

Through the process, I came to understand that fast fashion is my greatest enemy. My research led me to the Panipat district of Haryana, India, which is the Western waste capitol for clothing. I first-handedly saw mountains upon mountains of clothes. Although India has created a market of turning our waste into reusable fibers, it is not as good as it sounds. By making money off of our waste, they are happy with us throwing away more and more. From my point of view, the waste mentality in the West is having horrible effects without people realizing. Cheap clothes make the buyer feel rich, which leads to accumulation and careless disposal.

"I came to understand that fast fashion is my greatest enemy"
Fast fashion, like clothing from H&M, Zara, etc.?
Yes, brands like Forever 21, H&M and Zara create a lot of cheap products and quickly move on to the next seasons and preseasons contribute to this cycle of collecting and discarding - whether they intend to or not. This leaves consumers poorer than had they bought better quality products that last longer. Additionally, people are sold the idea that products buy happiness. Therefore, in order to keep up, they need the next or newest products. Too many consumers feel it is embarrassing to not be up to date with the latest trends or to be seen wearing an outfit more than once or twice. They have been conditioned to toss what they have - or hoard it - and buy what's new. But the damage does not stop with consumers. As this vicious cycle goes around it is leaving a devastating footprint on our global environment.

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So how are your clothes constructed?
It starts with the deconstruction of old clothes - everything is seam ripped. The goal is to take the garment back to its 2D beginning before it was ever sewn. I want the viewer to see how many pieces of the puzzle it takes to make the garment they are stepping inside or putting over their head. By ironing out all the seams, taking away all the threads, you can see where stitches and folds used to be. T.S. Eliot says, "Poetry takes something that we know already and turns it into something new." Perhaps art is seeing the obvious in such a new light that the old becomes new. I then assemble my clothing in a controlled but chaotic way. The reason is for the viewer to be enticed to look closer and maybe think: "I recognize that as a pocket but what's that piece next to it?"

"Raf Simons said: 'You have only one design team and six collections, there is no more thinking time. And I don't want to do collections where I'm not thinking.'"
What are your feelings about the current structure of fashion with its seasons, the designing of collections several months ahead, "capsule collections", and so on?
To be honest, I try to ignore it. There may be people that will disagree with me, but for my personal sanity, I shut it out. Everything in our culture today is so fast, and quality is dying to quantity as a result.

I think there is a lot of pressure on creatives to produce work quickly to stay relevant, but then it lacks depth and respect. In my own process, I see how the result of many mistakes actually leads to something great. I have to allow myself time to make bad pieces. Through the process of creating any kind of art, the work tells me what it needs. I can only hear it if I take time to listen. So I feel it's impossible for me to follow the current structure. In an interview where Raf Simons talks about his choice to leave Dior, he said: "You have only one design team and six collections, there is no more thinking time. And I don't want to do collections where I'm not thinking."

Circling back to what I said before about wholeness, I never want to get trapped making clothes for money. I want my work to always serve as a gift. Without the gift aspect, my work can never speak to anyone on an artistic level. Currently, I have been following one structure and that is the Lydia Rodrigues Collection in NYC. I would describe Lydia as a fashion curator: She chooses designers from around the world and sells their pieces twice a year at her salons. She has been selling my pieces since 2016.

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That is great. It was through Lydia Rodrigues I found your work. Her approach removes the whole supply chain, connecting the buyer with the maker and therefore taking a big step backward, which actually feels like a crucial step forward: reconnecting communities, sharing knowledge of labour, and re-evaluating craft and value.
I couldn't agree more.
You say you don't want to get trapped making clothes for money, yet I feel like we are all, to some degree, trapped in wasteful production cycles just to generate living wages. So what do you do for money?
I now teach refugee and inner-city high school students in Charlotte, North Carolina, how to sew. The decision to leave the art communities of New York and Los Angeles was really hard because I thought if I left I would be cutting my chances of being an artist forever. But seeing how badly fast fashion affects these communities, it seems like the work of teaching is a better platform for reaching the wholeness that I want for everyone.
How did you come about teaching refugee and inner-city students specifically?
I was working for Jeremy Scott in LA, when I got a Facebook message from an old friend explaining his youth outreach work for Project 658. He had noticed how kids were selling drugs and getting involved in gangs, just to spend that money on designer clothes and the latest Jordans and so asked me if I would come to teach the students how to sew.

This was pivotal, I always wanted to pursue my own collections, and I thought after graduating I had to go and work for someone like Jeremy Scott, but I wasn't learning anything new, and they were taking advantage of me. So I quit, and went to Charlotte.

During my first time there the boys learned how to create their own basketball shorts. A stylist saw one of the boys shorts on my Instagram and bought them for $175 dollars. The first thing he bought with them were Jordans.
CHÉ ZARA BLOMFIELD is a curator and writer. She lives in Berlin and Palma de Mallorca.
After Art is a series about people who have left the art world and what can be achieved out there. Last time she spoke to the founders of Nonfood, the company that challenges earth's eating habits with algae bars.

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After Art: Margaret Burton on Fast Fashion

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An interview with Margaret Burton, an ex-artist who found her way into the fringes of fashion to criticise the industry from within. Margaret Burton was one of those cases destined for art, nothing else made sense to pursue. In grade school she would win awards yearly and unlike all other subjects, art was where she would receive a sense of accomplishment.

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Je détourne fils et rubans synthétiques de leurs usages industriels pour tresser des filets souples et légers. Grace à leur résistance aux intempéries, je crée des structures aériennes modulables que je recycle dans des installations éphémères successives.

Les œuvres rythmées par le cycle des saisons ne sont jamais figées, elles se transforment avec le temps et la lumière, contrastent puis se fondent dans le paysage.

L'ECLAIRCIE, Forêt d''Halatte, novembre 2023

DA NS L'INTERVALLE, (détails)Aumont, octobre 2020 - Fresh Air Sculpture Park, Quenington, GB, juin 2022 -

Parc du Louvre-Lens été 2020

EFFERVESCENCE, (détail) Musée de Belgrade, 2016, Serbie

EFFERVESCENCE (détail), Musée de la Ville, Belgrade, Serbie, avril 2016 - ESCAPADE (details), Sculpture Trail, Forest of Dean, GB, été 2021

LEGER FLOTTEMENT (détail) Forêt d'Halatte, mai 2017 - ANTIDOTE, (détail)Aumont, janvier 2016

Forêt d'Halatte, (détail) mai 2021

À l'intérieur, (détail) juillet 2021

LA RONDE (détail), Dans le ciel de Picardie, septembre 2018

EN FILIGRANE (détail), Garden of Eden, Neuhaus Castle, Haslach, Autriche, juillet 2019

EN OBLIQUE

Forêt d'Halatte, avril 2018

Espace Monte-Cristo, (détail) Paris 2019

EFFERVESCENCE (détail), Musée de la Ville, Belgrade, Serbie, avril 2016 (détail),

A L'ECART (détail) Forêt de Blanchefort, septembre 2019

LA RONDE (détail), Dans le ciel de Picardie, septembre 2018

À L'ÉCART (détail), Forêt de Blanchefort, septembre 2019

PARTITIONS (détails)

Forêt d'Halatte, (détail) octobre 2016

Jardin du Prieuré,(détail) Genest, été 2017

DÉBORDEMENT, (détail) Forêt d'Halatte, novembre 2015

EFFERVESCENCE (détail), Musée de la Ville, Belgrade, Serbie, avril 2016

"En Contrepoint"( détail), Aumont-en-Halatte, avril 2013

SUITE LUNATIQUE (détail),Château de Villevêque, septembre 2020,

HORS-SERIE (détail), Manoir de Couesme, septembre 2013 -

EQUIVOQUE (détail), Ploumagoar, septembre 2015

"En Contrepoint", Aumont-en-Halatte, été 2011

Forêt d' Halatte, novembre 2011

HORS SÉRIE (détail), Manoir de Couesme, automne 2013

IMPROMPTU (détail), Drée, été 2014

Aumont-en-Halatte, avril 2011

Lac de Grand Lieu, septembre 2011

ENTRE-DEUX (détail), Stosswirh, printemps 2006

LEÏTMOTIV (détail), Landen, Belgique, été 2007

ÉCLOSION (détails), Jardin Mosaïc, Lille, mai 2015 et novembre 2015

SUITE LUNATIQUE(détail), Château de Villevêque, juin 2014 et octobre 2014

ARTEFACT(détails), Bois de Belle Rivière, Québec, été 2010 et hiver 2012

L'ENTRETEMPS, Vern sur Seiche, été 2009

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Alternately traps or offering, my structures vibrate between light and shadow, they move in the wind, in a succession of contradictory images.

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Trine Bumiller explores the relationship between memory and experience through paintings and installations that hover between environment and abstraction. She has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and studied in Rome with the European Honors Program. Her numerous solo exhibitions include the University of Wyoming Art Museum, the Las Cruces Museum of Art, the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Fort Collins Museum of Art. She has also exhibited her work at the University of Colorado Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, and the DMZ Museum in Korea. In the past year she has had exhibitions in Colorado, Italy, The Netherlands, Uganda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, and Cambodia.

Bumiller has been awarded grants and fellowships through the Colorado Council on the Arts, Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, and the Colorado Federation of the Arts. Publications such as Art in America, artltd., ArtNews, the New Art Examiner, the Christian Science Monitor, the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, and Westword have all reviewed her work. Artist residencies include Yaddo, Ucross, Denali National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Brush Creek Arts Foundation, and the Rocky Mountain Women's Institute. Bumiller's large-scale public art commissions can be found at the Colorado Convention Center, Four Seasons Denver, Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong, and the University of Colorado.

Trine Bumiller was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to a Danish mother, and an American father who made documentary worldwide travel films. After RISD, she lived in New York City for a number of years, beginning her exhibition history and working for several prominent galleries and artists; she became a full time artist after moving to Colorado. She draws inspiration from the mountains and landscapes of the American West, as well as from her travels.

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Trine Bumiller explores the relationship between memory and experience through paintings and installations that hover between environment and abstraction. She has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and studied in Rome with the European Honors Program.

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Andy Goldsworthy, leaves, rocks, environmentalist, not local:  https://www.google.com/search?q=andy+goldsworthy&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS934US934&hl=en&sxsrf=AOaemvIJbqZLuB4e04NqUdU6dyv1oJDFJg:1632269378466&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqm-yjpZHzAhVgkmoFHWm3DrwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1251&bih=867&dpr=1.5

Parisa Tashakori, Graphic Designer, CU: https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/advertising-public-relations-and-media-design/parisa-tashakori

Laura Tyler, Encaustic, local, does workshops: https://www.lauratyler.com/about/https://www.lauratyler.com/about/https://www.lauratyler.com/about/

Marco Montanari, Encaustic, local, does events: https://www.marcomontanari-encausticart.com/

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wood line san francisco ephemeral magical land art sycamore tree environmental art sycamore leaves photography woodline ice sculptures

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Patrick Maxcy is a painter, muralist, adventurer and humanitarian.

Patrick was born and raised in Florida, where the ocean became a source of inspiration for his art work. Drawing from his personal experiences and the places he has traveled to, Patrick highlights nature as a prominent force in the stories he tells in his paintings. Patrick studied painting at Florida School of the Arts and Florida Atlantic University. While at FAU he also received his teaching certificate and upon graduating began teaching high school art classes.

In addition to painting, Patrick has become known for his humanitarian work. He's partnered with non-profit organizations to help communities fight economic instability and poverty in North America, South America and Africa. Humanitarian work has provided Patrick with the opportunity to share joy through his art. In Jinja, Uganda Patrick painted five murals at schools and other buildings. He has also been painting murals in Nicaragua for 11 years. Patrick has also used his talents as a painter to raise money for scholarships, cancer patients and ocean conservation. In 2016, Patrick was chosen as the Guest Artist of the Year for the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards. That year he was also nominated for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, an international humanitarian award.

In 2018, Patrick completed a month-long artist residency in Homer, Alaska with Cook Inletkeeper. Several of Patrick's marine-life murals can now be seen throughout the town. In the same year Patrick's mural in historic downtown Littleton, Colorado was voted as the best public art display. Patrick has done projects for many organizations and companies such as RedBull, Ocearch, Pangeaseed and Nike. Patrick's work has been featured in publications such as Relevant, Scientific American and World Artist Network. When Patrick isn't traveling he can be found working at his studio in the mountains of Colorado, where he currently resides.

Artist Statement

Nature, animals and design elements are themes that my drawings, paintings and murals focus on. My work sparks conversation on disappearing nature and the encroachment of the modern world with subjects and their surroundings depicted in a harmony and balance that they wouldn't normally interact with. Travel and personal experiences drive the imagery used to tell specific stories in my work. I weave rich surreal elements and high detail-intensive components to create a unique viewing experience.

What others are saying about Patrick Maxcy

"It wouldn't be farfetched to describe Maxcy's most recent exhibit of pop-surrealist-cum-graffiti-art meditation on animals as brazenly fantastical."

- Sun Sentinel | Miami, Fl

"This work is emblematic of a new conversation happening with modern painters and nature. More specifically, how a disappearing nature interacts with the encroachment of the modern world. Ultra-realism is front and center in much of this style, and Maxcy is quite skilled in developing a clear and powerful message that does nothing more than spark a conversation."

- The Bluto, A Denver Art Magazine

"Unlike artists who like to disassociate from the common person or else espouse a life of eclectic bohemianism, Patrick strongly believes that his gift was meant to go beyond creating something beautiful or profiting from it monetarily. "We were all given a gift in life, and that gift is best used when shared with others... Helping others, you get back so much more," he says."

- Huffington Post, Christopher Atamian

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Bio

Noelle Phares brings a fresh perspective into her contemporary landscape paintings through examination of the tension between organic and synthetic. As an environmental scientist by training, she allows the same topics that drove her work in the natural sciences to now guide her creative endeavors. Her body of work combines landscape elements with structural geometry to create fractured architectural landscapes that explore the ever-encroaching presence of humanity into previously pristine open spaces. Noelle exhibits regularly via fine art galleries domestically and internationally and has collaborated with outdoor brands such as Merrell, Wylder Goods, 4FRNT Skis, and Smartwool. She holds a BS in Biochemistry, and an MS in Environmental Science. She has been painting throughout the American West over the last decade, and currently lives and paints full-time out of Denver, Colorado.

Statement

Sometimes I hear people remark at the marriage of abstract structure and landscape in my work. But in reality, that is what the world looks like these days: the stark break of a distant mountain view by the foreground shapes of the built environments we live in. I choose to paint places that have been altered, for better or for worse, either directly or indirectly by human development. I hope to both raise awareness of the fragile beauty of these places while also highlighting how beautiful and functional manmade design + nature can be if done with symbiosis, instead of nemesis, in mind.

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Noelle Phares brings a fresh perspective into her contemporary landscape paintings through examination of the tension between organic and synthetic. As an environmental scientist by training, she allows the same topics that drove her work in the natural sciences to now guide her creative endeavors.

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Chris Jordan (born 1963) is an American artist, photographer and film producer based in Seattle, Washington.

Many of Jordan's works are created from photographs of garbage and mass consumption, a serendipitous technique which started when he visited an industrial yard to look at patterns of color and order. Jordan uses everyday commonalities such as a plastic cup and defines the blind unawareness involved in American consumerism. His work, while often unsettling, is a message about unconscious behaviors in our everyday lives, leaving it to the viewer to draw conclusions about the inevitable consequences which will arise from our habits.

Jordan's work can be grouped in the following series:

Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption (2003-2006) - A series of large format photographs depicting the magnitude of America's waste and consumption.

In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster (2005) - A series of photographs taken in 2005 depicting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Running The Numbers I: An American Self Portrait (2006-2009) - A series of photographic mosaics depicting visualizations of statistics related to America's consumerism, social problems, and addictions.

Running the Numbers II: Portraits of global mass culture

Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009-2013) is a series of photographs depicting rotting carcasses of baby Laysan albatrosses filled with plastic. These birds nest on Midway Atoll and are being fed plastic by their parents, who find floating plastic in the middle of the ocean and mistake it for food. This is a part of an ongoing arts and media project called Midway Journey, which has its own website.

In relation to the Midway photographs, Jordan created another project that was going to be a documentary. It was about the pollution on Midway Atoll called "The Midway Film Project". The project was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2012 with over $100,000 worth of donations. There has been little activity regarding the project (since 2014) although it was stated to be "in progress" as of 2016. By 2017, the film was finished and being screened in select locations.

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Chris Jordan (born 1963) is an American artist, photographer and film producer based in Seattle, Washington. Many of Jordan's works are created from photographs of garbage and mass consumption, a serendipitous technique which started when he visited an industrial yard to look at patterns of color and order.

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​My art visually dissects and explores the intricate relationships between humans and nature, specifically during environmental perturbations. As human-driven changes, such as climate change, overfishing and pollution, physically alter the Earth and shift how organisms interact, it is unclear how humans, plants and wildlife will fit into this unstable landscape.

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What new relationships will form or disintegrate?

What are the direct and indirect effects of such profound environmental shifts?

A focal interest of mine is the cryptic, unexpected links between the functionality of natural ecosystems and their dependence on interconnectedness. For instance, clearing land for agriculture affects not only native plant populations, but also it can alter the biology, hydrology and chemistry that shape ecosystems in nearby rivers and coastal waters. These downstream, indirect connections fascinate me and motivate my frequent combination of aquatic and terrestrial life in the same sculptures.

This theme of indirect connections also encompasses the inextricable link between women and Mother Nature: a growing, fertile resource. Analogous to symbiosis, women are juxtaposed to men in a male-dominated society at the brink of self-induced environmental catastrophe. Yet, recent empowerment of women contrasts our vehemently exploitative culture. Thus, I often include the female figure or abstract forms evoking fertility to delve into the oft-forgotten relationship between femininity, maternity, harvest, and our finite natural resources.

Clay is my chosen medium because it is easily molded and harvested from the Earth. A unifying theme of my work is the force, explicit or hidden, of humans on nature. Thus, clay is a perfect conduit for exploring the fragility and resilience of nature and our resources in a human-dominated world. I also combine natural materials, such as seeds and agricultural products, with clay or place my works outdoors, to further contrast man-made versus nature-made. The clay, shaped by my will, can either be fired to an indestructible state or remain raw and vulnerable to the forces of nature.

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By combining human figures, wildlife, natural materials, and biomorphic shapes, I seek to create sculptures that balance realism with the fantastical to explore central and unexpected unexpected connections between humans and nature. I intend my creations to inspire critical thought about how deeply all life is connected.

"I HAVE ALWAYS FELT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN ADVANCE, THEN YOU WON'T DO IT. YOUR CREATIVITY STARTS WITH WHETHER YOU'RE CURIOUS OR NOT."

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​My art visually dissects and explores the intricate relationships between humans and nature, specifically during environmental perturbations. As human-driven changes, such as climate change, overfishing and pollution, physically alter the Earth and shift how organisms interact, it is unclear how humans, plants and wildlife will fit into this unstable landscape.

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We had the good fortune of connecting with Leigh Cabell and we've shared our conversation below.

Hi Leigh, how does your business help the community?
Hopefully, impacting by educating. One of my business goals is to create awareness, which I try to accomplish in unexpected ways. Right now, everything is loud and in your face about all sorts of social subjects from race to the environment. Maybe we should be loud, but...no one is listening. Maybe it would be better to be quiet, listen and lead by example. My message is mostly about the environment but also about people. I want people to look at the ordinary everyday things in their lives, be it trash (what and how we are consuming) or people. To make a conscious decision to do something positive for our community. Everything has value, it is about discovering it. Taking the time to think about something or someone else. Whether it be reusing a plastic bag, buying American made products or stop ignoring the value of an entire race. Due to the following I have gathered over the last several years, I frequently receive unexpected packages of discarded items from people all over the country. People who appreciate my conversion of these items into places they have loved visiting, have fond memories of or have fed their soul. It is especially rewarding as it confirms for me that my art is making an impact in how people think about items that would have gone into a landfill.

Let's talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I think the most exciting thing about my work is that I use items that would otherwise end up in a landfill, e.g. chip bags, coffee bags, dog food bags, etc.. The part I like the best is when someone brings me a picture of a trip (and sometimes some trash) and asks me to recreate the image of their trip. I love how this has become a wonderful way to commemorate their trip and I get to be part of it.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Day 1: Tour the Capital, my favorite. Peek in the Brown Palace, great lobby. Stroll up Colfax, an iconic Denver street. Dine at Pete's.\

Day 2: Hike around the flatirons near NCAR. Tour NCAR. Go to McGuckin's Hardware (who doesn't love a good hardware store). Have tea at Dashanbe.

Day 3: Art museum (love the Hamilton building. Great architecture). Dine at Domo in their gardens.

Day 4: Hike around Red Rocks and take in a concert. Picnic from the original Chipolte.

Day 5: Coffee at Devil's Food. Bike, paddle, walk around Washington Park. Enjoy nature and the locals. Dine on Reiver's Patio. ]

Day 6: Museum of Nature and Science. Amazing collection, especially the Gemstone carvings. Chef Zorba's.

Day 7: Art Galleries on Santa Fe Dr. and the Golden Triangle. Dine at El Noa Noa, again on the patio. Hard to beat the weather in Denver.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Ken for Everything! From dinner to believing. Thank you! Macy for the opportunity.

Website: www.leighcabell.com
Instagram: artistleigh
Other: gallery: Artists on Santa Fe 747 Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO 80204
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Nominate Someone: ShoutoutDenver is built on recommendations and shoutouts from the community; it's how we uncover hidden gems, so if you or someone you know deserves recognition please let us know here.

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Colorado based artist that has used materials such as: Ice sculptures, recycled paper that can be used over and over again, Printmaking(she was upset about the chemicals in the process).
https://www.vice.com/en/article/paaqxn/sarah-wallace-scott-sustainable-art-colorado-50statesofart

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'For Our Fear' (2011) by Sarah Wallace Scott. All images courtesy Sarah Wallace Scott

Growing up surrounded by Colorado's fresh air and mountainous landscape, artist Sarah Wallace Scott's love for the great outdoors blossomed at an early age. But it wasn't until college that she began focusing on sustainability in her work. "You'd spend all this money for these materials, and I would make something to fulfill an assignment, and it was this big, heavy thing that you can't just throw away in the trash," Scott remembers of her first sculpture class. "It just felt so wasteful to me, and I was having a really hard time with it."

The Colorado-based artist studied fine art with a focus on printmaking, and since graduating with her masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Scott has been printmaking and sculpting environmentally aware installations. A 2008 project called Your Ice Curtain featured ice sculptures that melted away in real time. It was a piece commenting on global warming, but was also art made out of natural material. Her other work makes use of items like recycled paper, which can be broken down and made into new sculptures.

"I got really caught up in the chemical processes in printmaking, and I felt like a hypocrite," Scott says, noting the guilt she felt in college as an artist using non-sustainable materials. "Here I am trying to make a comment on the environment, and I'm using acids and all these inks and chemicals that are going down the drain, and it really bummed me out. I was having a difficult time with it, honestly. I was having an identity crisis as an artist."

This year, Scott is assembling a collection of installations to host her first solo show. Her aim is to create sculptures that will eventually return to nature and become part of the ecosystem again-a sustainable practice she finds rewarding but frustrating, since she encounters other artists who advocate for environmental issues but don't follow similar eco-conscious practices.

"Plastics definitely bother me, especially when there's a lot of people using different epoxy or things that are going to be around way longer than any of us are on the planet," Scott says. "But as much as I want to get on my soapbox and be like, 'Everybody should be making sustainable work regardless of whether they're in an art-making practice or not,' that's the mental shift that we all need to be making."

That shift is even more important this year, Scott says, with President Trump at the helm of a new administration that either denies human involvement in the escalation of global warming or flat-out refuses to acknowledge its existence. For Scott, much of the focus of her work is trying to introduce viewers to the natural world around them-the same one she grew up admiring in Colorado.

"It's this idea of how do you get someone to care about something that they know nothing about?" Scott says. "That's what we deal with, with everything-with any sort of prejudice. If I create something and I have an intention behind it, all I'm hoping is someone will slow down long enough to notice the differences, or heighten their senses, or have a relationship with the world around them."

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'For Our Fear' (2011) by Sarah Wallace Scott. All images courtesy Sarah Wallace Scott Growing up surrounded by Colorado's fresh air and mountainous landscape, artist Sarah Wallace Scott's love for the great outdoors blossomed at an early age. But it wasn't until college that she began focusing on sustainability in her work.

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My name is Michael Grab, and I began balancing rocks via "happy accident" in the Summer of 2008 while exploring Boulder Creek (Boulder, CO, USA). Since then, curious spark has spiraled into creative passion, way of life, and prolific international phenomenon/movement.

I quickly noticed the therapeutic/transformative effects that balancing and working with nature had on myself and others; in an artistic sense, but also nurturing something uniquely human, inspiring a sense of magic and peace, luring awareness out of the mind and into the moment - ultimately cultivating a meditative presence.

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"GRAVITY GLUE" Gravity is the only "Glue" that holds these structures in equilibrium. ARTIST: Michael Grab Gravity Glue exists to share my (Michael Grab's) experience in the art of stone balance... All Gravity Glue images and videos exhibit real rocks that I've balanced and photographed myself...