'Persistence: A Community Response to Pervasive Plastic'
| Hours: | 24/7 |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Arts & Culture |
The culmination of a year-long, town-wide collaborative, Persistence: A Community Response to Pervasive Plastic comprises a series of 37 brilliantly colored forms inspired by microorganisms found naturally in water.
Calling attention to microplastics that invade the marine ecosystem, they are fabricated from thousands of single-use plastic bags rendered into “plarn” or plastic yarn and crocheted by brigades of volunteer crafters led by noted fiber artist Michelle Lougee — the town’s first Artist-in-Residence.
Intended to build community and support environmental activism, the ambitious project expands Pathways, an outstanding public art program curated by Cecily Miller for the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture that enlivens one the town’s busiest spaces – more than 4,800 people use the Bikeway in a day.
Persistence will be on view until October 31, 2021, suspended from select trees along the Minuteman Bikeway near Spy Pond between Linwood Street and Swan Way.
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This Artist-in-Residence project was generously supported by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, the Grants Committee of ACAC, and the Friends of the Fox Library.
Library workshops, meet-ups, and installations are also supported by the Friends of the Fox Library.
Additional support provided by generous donations through ACAC’s annual fundraiser Chairful Where You Sit and from individual contributors.
| COST | ↑ top |
FREE
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
artsarlington.org/programs/pathways-art-on-the-minuteman-bikeway/persistence/
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, 02476 map
Installed between Kickstand Cafe and Linwood Circle on the Bikeway
| TIPS | ↑ top |
- Look up in the trees and find all 37 micro-critters!
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