Plastic Poetry 017
Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary
In August 2024, Free Plastic and O, Miami installed their 20th poem in a series of public art works entitled Plastic Poetry.
Plastic Poetry is a series of community activations that blends recycling plastics, plastic pollution, beach cleanups, public art, and poetry. The text was by written Nailah, a 4th grade student at Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary commissioned by O, Miami.
The five-inch letters are rendered in 5.62 lbs of recycled post-consumer plastic and plastic pollution harvested from various beach cleanups held throughout Miami-Dade County in 2023.
Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary’s Plastic Poetry Statistics
O, MIAMI’S SUNROOM PROGRAM: 2023-24
Participants: xx
Plastic Recycled: 5.62 lbs
UNTITLED
BY NAILAH, A 4TH GRADE STUDENT AT DR. WILLIAM A. CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY
JOY IS WHO WE ARE
COMING THROUGH THE DOOR SHINING BRIGHT
JOY IS WHERE WE COME FROM
Plastic Poetry is a project of O, Miami and Free Plastic in partnership with Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary and is made possible with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; The Children’s Trust; The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation | Crearte; The Miami Foundation; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more at O, Miami.
