MS Coast residents’ treasures will become part of sculpture at Hurricane Katrina museum
Few places value their history like South Mississippi, where hurricanes have washed away too many treasures of the past.
A project in Waveland on Saturday, Nov. 30 will preserve mementos that are special to the Coast into glass tiles and make those tiles part of a new steel and glass sculpture.
Studio Waveland and Art Gallery open house is from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at at Waveland’s Ground Zero Hurricane Museum at 228 Coleman Ave.
It will be an event to captivate all ages who may be together this Thanksgiving weekend, and it’s free.
“Gather around the 2,000-degree furnace at Studio Waveland as we cast molten glass tiles for a new public art sculpture,” the organizers invite. The sculpture “Groundswell” is built by artists Erica Larkin Gaudet and Mitchell Gaudet. It was designed to honor community resilience and memory, and to stand taller than Katrina’s flood waters.
If you go
Bring an object that’s about 4-5 inches wide or tall at most. It should be something that has significance, perhaps your grandfather’s pocket watch, a special ring that remained when Katrina’s flood waters receded or an ornate key.
Once at the event, you’ll press your object into sand to create a mold, then watch as molten glass is poured into the mold, creating an imprint of your object.
Your object will be unharmed and it will be part of a lasting imprint to to story of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
