Mint Artists Guild was fortunate to connect with artist Adrienne Outlaw last year during ArtPrize. This year, we’re even more lucky to partner with her on the Grand Dome geodesic art sculpture that’s up now near the Blue Bridge in Grand Rapids.
The Grand Dome was created using Adrienne’s designs, vision and connections from colorful plastic covered triangle panels made by Mint and groups in Holland, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids.
We thought you’d like to know more about Adrienne and why she’s so passionate about working in reclaimed plastic bottle tops – 100,000 of them in the Grand Dome. So Mint’s Abriana Walton interviewed Outlaw recently. Here’s the interview and then read on for three ways you could help save our rivers and our world:
Now that you’ve heard Adrienne Outlaw, here’s how you too can be part of the ecological solutions:
- Save your plastic bottle caps. Then when you have a box or carton full, send them to us at Mint or drop them at an upcoming event. We will turn them into some kind of art piece in 2026, or else, we or you could turn them over to Adrienne Outlaw.
- Find creative avenues to reuse or repurpose Join a Freecycle Group. Buy items in glass or reusable containers. And check out the Sierra Club’s 100 ways to “save the planet,” many quite easy.
- Head to ArtPrize and check out the Grand Dome, then vote for it, again and again. We’re #79573 .
If you have ideas for other ways to use these colorful plastic caps in future art projects, please drop us a line. We have ample Trash to Treasure experience but think the best ideas sometimes develop collaboratively.