Chen Yu An

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Chen Yu An

Chen Yu An | Taipei, Taiwan

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Sea! We Art Ready

With growing interest in marine litter in Taiwan, Chen Yu An’s project would establish a website and a network of locations in Taiwan’s coastal villages to hold regular beach cleanups, collaborate with artists to turn the collected litter into art, and provide a platform for the artists to exhibit and sell their works. With a core value of bringing communities together, the project would train a growing elderly and eager-to-contribute population to give classes or serve as tour guides focused on marine litter, art, village culture and history, and beach cleanups. The project would also train corporate employees, schools, and university service clubs, providing them with opportunities to meet corporate responsibility and service-learning requirements. Material collected during the beach cleanups will be separated into trash, recyclable, and artwork material bins. The art materials would be used in art classes or by local artists to create and sell original works to sustain the project over time.

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