Art installation & earth week activities
There is a joyous tradition of collaborative art that requires only participation. Pinnacle Presbyterian Church has embraced it, not only because there are artists in the congregation, but as a way of empowering members in the community at large. The Spiritual Art Committee, led by Carol Minchew, recently completed Caring for Creation, the fifth of the committee’s large-scale art installations to grace the sanctuary and intrigue visitors.
These inspirational works have been massive undertakings in unexpected mediums such as heavy flowing tapestries of crochet and knitting, soaring painted net streamers, and eight hundred suspended stars of balsa wood and white paper.
“Caring for Creation is a Dale Chihuly inspired nine foot high by five foot wide chandelier made of spiral-cut painted water bottles,” explained Minchew. Surprisingly delicate with spiraling tendrils, the individual pieces look like blown glass, especially from a distance. The circular wavy surfaces of the bottle bottoms, painted in brilliant colors, are also reminiscent of Chihuly’s fantastical floral-inspired glass creations. “We wanted to use every part of the bottle. The bottoms were cut off, drilled and strung on lines between bottles. And preschoolers used the bottle caps to create mosaic signs.”
With Caring for Creation, the committee hopes to raise awareness of single-use non-biodegradable plastic, with an emphasis on water bottles. 200 billion water bottles are consumed each year worldwide, but only 20% are recycled. It takes 400 years for a plastic bottle to begin photo degrading and it will never fully disappear. Nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists.
The art installation will be accompanied by lectures, a film screening of A Plastic Ocean, and an exterior exhibit open to the public and schools. For information, contact Pinnacle Presbyterian Church at 480-585-9448. pinnaclepres.org
25150 North Pima Road, Scottsdale AZ 85255
480-585-9448
pinnaclepres.org
April 22 – 26 | 9 am – 2 pm
Pinnacle Preschool Art Walk
RSVP Required 480-585-9448 ext 239
April 23 – 26 | 10 am – 3 pm
Schools invited to the Pinnacle Campus to experience Eco Art Exhibit
Wednesday, April 24
5:00 pm – Art Reception and Dinner | Fellowship Hall
6:00 pm – Lecture with Dr. Stucky – Does God Waste Anything? | Sanctuary
7:30 pm – Showing of film A Plastic Ocean | Rehearsal Hall
Thursday, April 25
9:30 am – Panel Discussion with Dr. Nate Stucky & David Smith
Saturday, April 27
8:00 am – 1:00 pm Family Activity: Gardening at St. Vincent de Paul
RSVP Required Contact: Hillary at 480-585-9448 ext 203
Sunday, April 28
11:15 am Guest Speakers | Fellowship Hall
J.B. Shaw, Recycling Coordinator for the Arizona Dept of Evironmental Quality Nivedita Rengarajan, Environmental Engineering – ASU
