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Morningside K-8 Elementary
In August 2024, Free Plastic and O, Miami installed their 19th 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 written by Alicia, a 5th grade student from Dr. Rosete’s class at Morningside K-8 Academy commissioned by O, Miami.
The five-inch letters are rendered in 4.35 lbs of recycled post-consumer plastic and plastic pollution harvested from various beach cleanups held throughout Miami-Dade County in 2023.
Morningside K-8 Elementary’s Plastic Poetry Statistics
O, MIAMI’S SUNROOM PROGRAM: 2023-24
Participants: xx
Plastic Recycled: 4.35 lbs
UNTITLED
BY ALICIA, A 5TH GRADE STUDENT FROM DR. ROSETE’S CLASS
FOREVER I’LL WAKE
AND LOOK AT THE SUN WAVING
HI SUNSHINE, HI SUN
Plastic Poetry is a project of O, Miami and Free Plastic in partnership with Morningside K-8 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.
