Washed Ashore Art Project and Movement

Angela Haseltine Pozzi is the lead artist and director of the Washed Ashore project, which was originally based in Bandon, Oregon. The project is now traveling the county to rise awareness of the mass amounts of waste that consumes our oceans and beaches. She originally went to the ocean to heal after her husband's death, but she came to find the ocean was in the need of real support and healing. She was disgusted by how many people went to see the beautiful ocean and choose to be blind to the horrific amounts of garbage on beaches. The massive amounts of debris is not only ugly and disgusting, it is devastating to animals who get killed, wounded, and suffer from all the effects of plastic, oil, and debris in the ocean. Therefore, Angela decided she had to take action and get an important message across to the public. Her Washed Ashore: plastics, sea life and art project is solely created by waste washed ashore, all found on beaches, into huge insinuations of art. None of her art is from anything purchased, every single inch of every art piece is from debris from our oceans. It is remarkable and devastating to see how much waste there is out there; however, her message is received loud and clear. People need to take action, need to stop littering, help clean up our beaches, to keep our oceans beautiful and our mammals alive and well. Currently the Washed Ashore project is at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California. Here are some pictures below of some of the art pieces.  If you want to read more go to their website: 
HERE: http://www.washedashore.org/
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