Page 35 - Life in Naples November 2018

Washed Ashore was founded by Angela Haseltine Pozzi,
an artist and teacher from Oregon. She grew up visiting
Oregon’s ocean shore every summer, and wished to educate
others about the importance of the arts and the beauty of
nature. Recycling and repurposing materials were part of
her life from the beginning and was the basis for her first
body of exhibited work entitled, “Undetermined Species”,
a collection of coral reefs and invented invertebrates made
from recycled clothes and thrift store items.
Her artwork was thriving and her work fulfilling when
tragedy hit in 2002 with the sudden death of her husband
of 25 years. Looking for meaning in life, she went to
the ocean to heal, but what she found was an ocean that
needed healing. Pozzi found her life’s calling: to make art
to save the sea. Today more than 10,000 volunteers have
helped clean beaches and worked with Washed Ashore to
fulfill its mission. Pozzi vows, “Until we run out of plastic
on the beach, we will keep doing our work.”
Pozzi will be visiting Naples Zoo on November
15, 2018 to speak as part of our Conservation Lecture
Series. The event will be from 6 pm – 8 pm. Naples
Zoo members get in free and general admission is $10
at the door. RSVP at napleszoo.org/speakers.

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