Washed Ashore: Exposing the Dangers of Plastics Pollution

An art exhibit exposing the dangers of plastics pollution in the world’s oceans is coming to the PCC Sylvania Campus.

“Washed Ashore,” is a community effort to build giant sculptures of sea creatures most threatened by discarded plastics in the ocean. Sponsored by the Artula Institute, hundreds of volunteers and school children have helped create these sculptures, including a sea turtle, giant fish, jellyfish, coral, squid and even a whale skeleton.

The exhibit will be open to the public from 3pm to 7pm, Tuesday through Thursday, and 10am to 4pm, Friday and Saturday, April 20th through June 10th at PCC Sylvania (12000 SW 49th Ave). The large-scale pieces will be outside, near the Performing Arts Center.

All of the plastic that make up the pieces have been picked up from Oregon beaches. Community members have been working together to gather the plastics and construct giant sculptures of the marine animals most affected by the plastic pollution. Since the inception of the project, thousands of pounds of plastic pollution have been processed into art supplies by the “Washed Ashore” effort.

The art exhibit is currently at the Oregon Coast Aquarium and is headed to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito after PCC.

For more information, visit www.washedashore.org or www.pcc.edu.