{"id":19956,"date":"2026-04-30T09:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=19956"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:14:43","slug":"plastic-waste-art-show-at-eckerd-college-cultivates-elementary-school-conservationists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/plastic-waste-art-show-at-eckerd-college-cultivates-elementary-school-conservationists\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic waste art show at Eckerd College cultivates elementary school conservationists"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”19979″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Olivia Kneebone ’27 to home the prize for Best Environmental Message with her piece “Intertwined” at the 4th Used Once, Lasts Forever Art show at Eckerd College on April 15. Photos by Robbyn Hopewell<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”news_subhead” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Madeleine Banfield used plastic scraps and a single-use water bottle to form a stingray on a canvas painted ocean blue.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]The Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School fifth grader beamed on April 15 as she held up her first place certificate for \u201cGo Rays\u201d at the <\/span>Used Once, Lasts Forever Art Show<\/span><\/a>\u2014an annual exhibition and competition of art made of found plastics hosted by <\/span>Reduce Single-Use at Eckerd College<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just did this for fun, and I didn’t even know I was gonna get to the art show and be a grand winner,\u201d Madeleine exclaimed. \u201cWe were supposed to make a sea animal. I thought a stingray would be really nice art. I love stingrays, and it seemed like a nice challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Madeleine was one of four elementary school students to win recognition for their entries in the art show. Reduce Single-Use started a pilot program at Midtown Academy and Lakeview where plastic education was woven into the curriculum throughout the academic year. Teachers also worked with students to craft their pieces for the show.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin_tablet=”32″ top_margin_phone=”32″ flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation 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text_direction=”default”]Twenty-four entries came from the local elementary schools, Eckerd College students and community members. <\/span>Professor of Marine Science and Biology Shannon Gowans, Ph.D.<\/span><\/a>, says the purpose of this show is to keep the subject of reducing plastic consumption in the conversations happening outside scientific circles.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”19975″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” 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shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\u201cWe want people looking at [the plastic problem] from many different perspectives,\u201d Gowans added.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]In its fourth iteration, the show drew its largest audience of 200 attendees circulating through Wrenn Hall at the <\/span>James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences<\/span><\/a> to view the creative processes and poignant messages from the artists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Olivia Kneebone, an Eckerd junior <\/span>environmental studies<\/span><\/a> student from Newport, South Carolina, managed to sculpt a bird out of plastic found around her dorm and then placed a piece of fishing line recovered while volunteering at a bird rescue in the statue\u2019s beak. She was awarded \u201cBest Environmental Message\u201d for her piece titled \u201cIntertwined.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was really fun,\u201d Olivia said. \u201c<\/span> Even if you don’t win, it doesn’t matter, because it’s just fun to come here and see everyone’s awesome stuff. It’s just cool to see how different people interpret with what they have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Standing proudly behind a bouquet in a vase made of records she called \u201cVinyl Flora\u201d,\u00a0 Eckerd student Madi Day explained she never thought something she created for a class would be useful in competition. Madi won \u201cBest Overall Artistic Presentation\u201d for her piece made of albums thrifted and discarded by others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn our First-Year Experience class that we take, we talk a lot about how nature connects people,\u201d explained the first-year <\/span>marine science<\/span><\/a> student from Brownsburg, Indiana. \u201cAnd so I thought to myself, \u2018What else connects people? Music! So, I decided to take the media of music and depict nature through music. Everything was very intentional. 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\u201cI think they really loved it,\u201d Gowans said. \u201cIt was great to see the children energized by talking to the college students. The college students were also impressed by the kids\u2014a\u00a0 wonderful interconnected evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since its founding in 2018, Reduce Single-Use at Eckerd College has made strides in reducing plastic consumption through various educational initiatives including having Eckerd College leadership sign a Break Free From Plastic Pledge<\/a> to eliminate spending non-essential single-use plastic items; development of the Remora app<\/a> designed to track plastic usage; environmental cleanups; make-your-own reusable events; and the annual art show.<\/p>\n

Gowans credits grant funding, dedicated volunteers and student engagement for fomenting a change in the way Eckerd College approaches plastics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve created a culture of awareness and interest in being more sustainable across all members of the campus community,\u201d Gowans said.<\/p>\n

Art Show Winners 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lakeview Fundamental Winner:<\/strong>
\nMadeleine Banfield, Grade 5
\n\u201cGo Rays\u201d<\/p>\n

Midtown Academy Winner:<\/strong>
\nBrooks Carter & Liam Whisenhunt, Grade 3
\n\u201cBob the Alien\u201d<\/p>\n

People\u2019s Choice<\/strong>
\nRuby Nicol
\n\u201cA Fearful Fate\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Use of Recycled Material<\/strong>
\nRyan Moralevitz
\n\u201cPompilius\u201d<\/p>\n

Most Creative Concept<\/strong>
\nJace Weldon
\n\u201cReducing Plastics Challenge\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Environmental Message<\/strong>
\nOlivia Kneebone
\n\u201cIntertwined\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Overall Artistic Presentation<\/strong>
\nMadi Day
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