Art Made With Heart: PDE Sponsors Upcycled Art Contest

ART MADE WITH HEART: PDE Sponsors Upcycled Art Contest

Vincent Van Gogh once said, “great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”

Van Gogh’s quote inspired Delaware artist Christina Holubinka who created a three-panel art series from recycled materials for this year’s Christina River Watershed Cleanup.

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) and the Christina Conservancy sponsored the contest, whose goal was to teach people about trash in their waterways and help promote the cleanup.

Earlier this year, PDE asked Delaware artists to submit design concepts for art projects made from recycled materials. The artwork needed to be movable for easy display around Delaware for different purposes/ events. Holubinka’s mixed medium designs feature the PDE and Christina River Cleanup logos and a boater.

Holubinka composed the three images on three separate canvas panels from recycled materials, including packaging paper, a torn reusable bag, plastic bags, food boxes, food bags and wrappers, water bottle wrappers, a zip tie, balloons, a ribbon, bottle caps, and more. Holubinka, her daughters Ava and Sienna, and friends from the Delaware Forest Friends Homeschool group, worked together to collect trash and recycled materials while running errands and on nature walks at playgrounds and parks.

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