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Made from 30,000 collected, non-recyclable plastic bottles + recyclable materials

“What could the Sculpture program do with 30,000 collected plastic bottles?” This is the question Deirdre Healey, Director of the Office of Community Service & Partnerships at the Leduc Center posed to Art & Design Professor Stacy Latt Savage last August 2023. The question was natural as the sculpture program has partnered with the Leduc Center many times over the years creating large-scale public artworks. To take on this new challenge, the sculpture program paired with Assistant Director of Campus Sustainability Jamie Jacquart to bring visiting Artist-in-Residence Rebecca McGee Tuck, a Boston-based activist artist, to lead this endeavor for our campus: making trash into a sculpture that will bring visceral awareness to our global environment crisis. What has ensued over the last 8 months has been a “super collaboration” across the ½ûÂþÌìÌà campus and evolved into Sculpture Monster: A creature from the Plasticine Era (now).

Collaborators include Be the Solution to Pollution, Campus Sustainability, Leduc Center, , the sustainability studies program and Professor Rachel Kulick’s "SOA 339: Sustainable Cities" course, the CVPA fibers program, the CVPA music program, ½ûÂþÌìÌà Honors Program, UMassD Alternative Spring Break, and hundreds of student volunteers and participants from and our community.

Sculpture Monster has evolved into a massive performative sculpture needing nearly 50 volunteers to activate and parade for Earth Day. The Corsair Athletic Band leads our procession with a samba ensemble inspired by Music Professor Jamie Eckert.

Sculpture Monster will make her debut at the Earth Day Parade at New Bedford’s April 11th AHA! Night:

What happens next is up to you.

Questions? Contact info:
stacy.savage@umassd.edu and rebeccamtuck@gmail.com

Sculpture Monster! A Creature from the Plasticine Era (now)

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