setting the stage...

Trash Fashion Futures!

Join us on Friday and Saturday nights June 8th and 9th in the Intiman Playhouse at Seattle Center as we present for you an irreverent glimpse into this disposable culture.

  

All a part of the Next 50, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World's Fair and the building of the Seattle Center, hosted by the Seattle Center Foundation.

Local Haute Trash Fashionistas will team up with others from across the country to present a stunning collection of couture designed entirely from society's rubbish. 
Stage Set created by Barbara De Pirro, including photo imagery from Chris Jordan.

Expect the unexpected!

  

More details HERE


More images HERE


View the SHOW 

Image provided by Michael Cline

'flourish', Museum of Glass

'flourish' (detail)  Barbara De Pirro

My new sculptural installation is in process... 
created using recycled plastics.

So far I've used,

2300 bottle caps, 200 water bottles 

and it is still growing…

Come see this project in person at

Museum Of Glass

Tacoma, WA

Here it tis at 1600 bottle caps

 'flourish' (detail)  Barbara De Pirro

'flourish' (in progress)  Barbara De Pirro

now at 2300 bottle caps!

With buckets of bottle caps, ready to drill & soon to be installed... the canopy continues to expand.  Stay tuned for more!

'flourish' (in progress)  Barbara De Pirro

'flourish' (in progress)  Barbara De Pirro

Intertwined, requiem for the trees

First exhibited at the Harbor History Museum in Gig Harbor, October 2011. 

'Intertwined, requiem for the trees' 

will now be hosted by the Washington State History Museum 

in Tacoma, WA

March 10 - May 6.  

Laminated root rot problems at Kopachuck State Park, Henderson Bay, resulted in local artists creating artworks to remember the diseased trees before they are cut down. Local artists Robin Peterson and Margo Macdonald spearhead the project.

Opening Reception

March 15, 5 - 7 PM

( third Thursday art walk )

More images & information HERE

and HERE

Earth + Water

'cherish'  (detail)  De Pirro

Fraker/Scott Gallery

121 Prefontaine Pl S.

Seattle, WA

206/883-4633

January 2012

More details HERE

'pollinate'  (detail)  De Pirro

Surface Design Article

Mixing Invasive Media to Create Environmental Awareness

How many times had I stopped to examine this grand old tree with its gnarled and ruptured bark?

I was in awe of its unsettling beauty, utterly engulfed in a web of invasive ivy, with a strangle hold so deeply rooted into the surface; the tree bulged from underneath the vine’s unrelenting grip.

The spark. This is where it began.

Click here for the FULL ARTICLE

Many thanks to Surface Design Association!

Botanica

Fraker/Scott Gallery

121 Prefontaine Pl S.

Seattle, WA

206/883-4633

November 3 - December 31

Opening for Seattle's Pioneer Square Art Walk

Thursday, November 3, 5-8 PM

Artist Presentation and Holiday Reception

Saturday November 19, 5-7 PM

More details HERE

'pollinate' (detail)    Barbara De Pirro

'conifer' (detail)    Barbara De Pirro

Intertwined, Requiem for the Trees

The Harbor History Museum is hosting an exhibit that explores the human connection to trees.

Outreach to the arts community was initiated by Pat Lantz, WA State Parks Commissioner, in response to the pending removal of trees in Kopachuck Park.

Artists were called to bear witness and memorialize the magnificence of trees.

The exhibit runs from
October 1-16, 2011
in the lobby of the Harbor History Museum.

More images & information HERE

'roots & vines'   Barbara De Pirro