Unlikely Universes Presents: Plastics vs. People in Portland, Me.

Unlikely Universes: From Waste to Wonder by artist Ann Tracy is an art exhibition, featuring digital works on canvas, metal, and paper originated from the colorful residue that gathers when Ann cleans her brushes. To keep acrylic paint microplastics out of groundwater, she washes brushes in a metal cup and evaporates the colored liquid in an aluminum pan—creating swirling, Hubble-telescope-like “universes” that she photographed and used for this series.

On Saturday, October 24, Dr. Rolsky will present Plastics Vs People, a lecture that cuts through the confusion and separates facts from fiction about widespread plastic use. He will address critical issues like microplastic pollution threats to human and environmental health, as well as greenwashing practices. Lecture begins at 4 PM.