2019-2020 Let's Talk Trash News

Let’s Talk Trash! NOV / DEC 2019

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MUSEUM OF LITTER AND PUBLIC AUCTION RAISING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SCHOOLS!

Iris Tennes ee Cheatham

April 2020 - UPDATE!

September Let’s Talk Trash news began this year- long school project to help bring awareness of the consequences litter has on our community, environment, and financial resources. Sycamore High School technical education class, directed by teacher, John Staggs, will be creating 16 wooden sculpture bases of the Tennessee Iris. One 3’ w x 5’ h wood sculpture will be delivered to each elementary, middle, and high school by January ready to cover, decorate, and colorize in order to create a Masterpiece! The mission is for all the students, parents, and teachers to get involved in decorating their school’s Iris sculpture only using found litter within the community. The sky is the limit as to what you can create. The mission is to gather “ugly and costly” litter using it to create a beautiful Tennessee Iris sculpture. These decorated art sculptures are to be completed by April 20th and delivered to the Museum of Litter location at the Cheatham County Court House for public voting and a public auction on Earth Day, April 22nd where each sculpture will be auctioned off by Auctioneer, Stephen Carr. Both the Tech Ed class that built the sculpture and the school who decorated the sculpture will share equally in the proceeds. Not only is it a litter awareness project, it is a fundraising effort to enhance the art departments at all the schools, or however each school chooses to allocate their funds. ALL MONEY RAISED AT THE AUCTION GOES 100% TO THE SCHOOLS! Let’s Talk Trash!

Your Iris will deliver to your school!

The basic iris sculpture will be constructed out of wood and will measure 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall. On this base sculpture, found litter items are to be attached in any form or fashion to beautify and colorize. They can be painted or whatever else is desired to make this a sculpture masterpiece. These sculptures will be displayed outdoors, so it must be reasonably weather resistant. This can be accomplished by using shellac, or other items that can withstand light rain. Create a mosaic of color! Just because trash is ugly, you can transform its use into a beautiful masterpiece! AMONG THE STANDARDS ARE: • Each piece of art must be safe for the public to interact with • Each must be durable for handling by the public • Design standards do not allow any direct product advertising, inappropriate verbage or images • Each must be able to withstand light rain

Cheatham County schools are blessed with an abundance of talented amateur artists! The art that will be represented at our fourth Museum of Litter will be the result of hundreds of hours of work by students, teachers, and parents. A special note: If the unpredictable April weather forecast is for rain, this event will be moved to Sycamore Square Government Offices lobby.

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