The Greenway Guardians Youth Committee has officially chosen the local artist they will be working with on this project, Kalliopi Monoyios! Through much of her environmentally-themed work that deals with plastic, Kalliopi seeks to embrace the complexity of our relationship with the material. She incorporates materials that would have traditionally been thrown away into her work trash into something beautiful. Kalliopi is thrilled to be selected by the youth to work on this project!

Kalliopi: “I used to think that as an artist, I couldn’t do anything to help my community and all the problems in the world. But what I’ve learned is that everyone has a role to play, whether you’re an artist, a teacher, an activist or a scientist. Each one of you has interests and talents we can put to use to make our world better. By creating a collaborative sculpture with you about how trash impacts our environment, I hope to remind people that we cannot tackle this problem alone, but together we can raise awareness and find more sustainable solutions.”

Find out more about Kalliopi at https://www.kalliopimonoyios.com/

Together, Kalliopi and Commerce City will be working hard through the middle of July to create a sculpture made out of litter collected from the Sand Creek Greenway. We are now in the process of collecting litter from to be incorporated into the sculpture. Support this project by joining us for one or more of our community trash clean-ups! Event details below.