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In The Bag Show


  • Municipal Center 3 Primrose Street Newtown, CT (map)

This art exhibit is a project that traces the beginning of the movement to ban plastic bags and presents the growth of creative alternative to plastic. Featuring  a selection of colorful reusable bags made from billboards, juice boxes, rice bags and discarded plastic. The exhibition aims to introduce grass roots recycling movements sprouting up in small resourceful communities in the Philippines, Cambodia, India, and Africa, among others. The exhibition also highlights the work of contemporary artists employing reusable processes and exploring the iconic and physical characteristics of plastic as a medium.

Later Event: October 4
In The Bag Show