We're sure you've heard this in reference to a work of art before but never has it had such positive connotations.
Yesterday, at 30 Rock in Studio 8H - the famed home of Saturday Night Live - hundreds of NBC Universal employees and students from various middle schools around New York City joined acclaimed environmental artist Tom Deininger to create a 12-foot, 3-D eco-trash art mural inspired by Ansel Adams photograph Aspen Groves. NBCU volunteers worked with repurposed, recycled and reclaimed materials from around the company, including electronic devices, DVDs, and SNL cue cards.
The project was done in the spirit of fun and education - encouraging students and employees to find creative ways to reduce or eliminate unwanted items from the waste stream.
It is still undecided where the mural will live permanently, but it will be donated to a public school or arts program in New York City.
Click here to watch a time-lapse video of the event.
Color scale diagram for pieces of trash to be used.
A sample of some of the waste used in the mural.
NBCU Volunteers had fun assembling their pieces of art.
Each volunteer created a single panel, when all panels were placed on the mural, the effect became one beautiful piece of art.
Critically acclaimed environmental artist, Tom Deininger explaining concept to NBC Chief Environmental Correspondent, Anne Thompson.
WNBC President & GM, Tom O'Brien, WNBC reporters Andrew Siff and Lynn Berry, artist Tom Deininger and middle school students from Urban Arts partnership.
Constructing the mural.
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