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Pam Longobardi & Governor's School students create art installation

January 1, 2011

Internationally known environmental artist Pam Longobardi is returning to The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities on January 9th to install a collaborative sculpture created with the help of students from the school. The piece will span the Reedy River and is constructed of recycled plastic materials collected at the Governor's School and from materials gathered through a clean up of the Reedy. The actual site for the sculpture is in Falls Park, just below the picnic shelter, and the piece will be installed through mid February, 2011. The sculpture deals with the problem of plastics in our waterways and oceans, and connects our community with the stewardship of our valuable  waterways. This project is made possible through a grant from the Surdna Foundation and through the generous assistance of The Greenville Parks and Recreation Department, and American Recycling of South Carolina.

Please contact Joe Thompson (Department Chair, Visual Arts, SCGSAH) at (864) 282-3702 for more info

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