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Northeast Ohio artists Ron Shelton is known for turning trash into art — literally creating his sculptures and installations from detergent packages, cat litter jugs and other items typically tossed away and clogging landfills.
Appropriately, Shelton has joined with the Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls public art installation to celebrate World Art Day and Earth Day, spotlighting the intersection of art and the environment. He invited community members of all ages and skill levels to join him last month to make pieces for the finished installation and learn about the lifespan of plastic in the environment
Shelton’s finished piece will feature a wasp nest pattern made from recycled plastic will be installed in Riverside Park in downtown Chagrin Falls from April 15-22. It will be taken down on Earth Day, Saturday April 22, and recycled to be part of Valley Art Center’s September show Contemporary Debris.
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