# Washed Ashore

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| type           = 501(c)3
| founded        = 2010
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| location       = Bandon, OR
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| region_served  = International
| product        = Educational art of sea life made from ocean debris
| focus          = Environmental impact of [plastic pollution](/source/plastic_pollution)
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| num_volunteers = 10,000+
| num_employees  = 11
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| website        = {{URL|www.washedashore.org}}
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'''Washed Ashore''' is a project of the Artula Institute for Art and Environmental Education [U.S.](/source/United_States) [501(c)(3)](/source/501(c)(3)) grassroots non-profit [environmental organization](/source/environmental_organization) that works to bring awareness to the world's growing [plastic pollution](/source/plastic_pollution) problem through art.  Washed Ashore is a large touring exhibit composed of massive sculptures made up of marine debris collected by volunteers primarily along the southern coast of [Oregon](/source/Oregon). [Angela Haseltine Pozzi](/source/Angela_Haseltine_Pozzi) is the founder and creative director. 

==History==
Founded in 2010 by Angela Haseltine Pozzi, an artist and educator for over 30 years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washedashore.org/about/team/ |title=Bio > The Washed Ashore Project |publisher=Washedashore.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> the unique non-profit organization has built over 66 giant sculptures from over 17 tons of ocean garbage, and the exhibit, including educational signage, has appeared at numerous venues including [SeaWorld Parks](/source/SeaWorld) throughout the US, The Virginia Aquarium, San Francisco Zoo, [The Marine Mammal Center](/source/The_Marine_Mammal_Center)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/Get-Involved/events/washed-ashore-plastics-sea.html#.U2lnT2RATPM |title=Washed Ashore: Plastics, Sea Life and Art |publisher=The Marine Mammal Center |accessdate=2013-10-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118132234/http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/Get-Involved/events/washed-ashore-plastics-sea.html#.U2lnT2RATPM |archivedate=January 18, 2013 }}</ref> in [Sausalito, California](/source/Sausalito%2C_California) [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Oregon) Visual Arts Center, the [Chula Vista, California](/source/Chula_Vista%2C_California) Nature Center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.org/members/parks-gardens/living-coast-discovery-center/events/washed-ashore-plastics-sea-life--art-exhibit.aspx |title=Washed Ashore: Plastics, Sea Life & Art (Seasonal Exhibit) |publisher=Sandiego.org |date=2013-10-09 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> [Portland Community College](/source/Portland_Community_College), America's Cup Healthy Oceans Exhibit and the [Oregon Coast Aquarium](/source/Oregon_Coast_Aquarium).

==Workshop==
Based in [Bandon, Oregon](/source/Bandon%2C_Oregon), the project uses local and area volunteers in workshops held at Bandon's Harbortown Event Center Thursdays through Saturdays (winter hours).  The workshops consist of assembling "piece work"  which involves drilling holes through plastic and stitching the plastic to wire mesh.  These panels will later be fastened by Lead Artist, Angela Haseltine Pozzi, and her team, to welded structures and other artwork as part of Washed Ashore's Traveling Exhibits.

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