WINNSBORO, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A New Orleans artist is turning old Mardi Gras beads into modern-day art.
Always have beads lying around after Fat Tuesday? Well, why don't you recycle them and create a masterpiece. That's what German-born artist, Stephan Wanger, is doing in New Orleans, where he has a special connection with the city.
The rebuilding efforts in South Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina reminded Wanger of growing up in post World War II Germany.
"People say it's not worth rebuilding, and so there were some of these sentiments after Katrina hit if New Orleans is worth rebuilding and I had a problem with it," says Wanger.
He moved to the Crescent City to help rebuild, and he has not only helped revitalize NOLA, but he is now on a mission to inspire all Louisiana residents.
"I started cutting the Mardi Gras beads one-by-one and then I started creating pieces that promote the state of Louisiana, it also recycles and teaches other people, you know, to take care of discarded materials, and what they can make out them," says Wanger.
The "Bead Town" exhibit is now traveling the state to meet with local schools and help add to the art collection.
"We are looking for other Bead Towns...where we can do mask making events, frame making events, where we can go into the schools, you know, the children creating it," says Wanger.
The Bead Town Winnsboro exhibit is open from 9-5pm Monday-Friday until November 4, 2012 at the Old Post Office Museum.
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