The Art of Sustainability – Eco art, inspiration & action.
Description: Robi Smith is a visual artist whose work focuses on coastal ecosystems.
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INLAND: Unnatural History Collection is a community-engaged art project connecting inland communities with the ocean through the rivers that physically link them. The project is supported by the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition and was part of the 2022 Ocean Week Canada and Ocean Festival . You're invited to participate (see instructions below).
What can we lean about ourselves from what we leave behind?
Rivers play a critial role in the health of local ecosystems. They are also a conduit for pollution that ends up in the ocean, including single use plastics, food packaging, and other items dropped or forgotten near rivers or other waterways. The public is invited to explore a local waterway in their community to look for and collect a small object that someone else has left behind that might otherwise be swept away into the ocean. I am then cataloguing the collected items and creating an evolving installat
The Art of Sustainability – Eco art, inspiration & action.