The Branigan Cultural Center will present Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic? at 6 p.m. July 21 as part of the monthly Art Salon program. The film complements the Plastics Unwrapped exhibit that explores how material culture was rapidly and, perhaps permanently, changed by plastics. The exhibition is on display through Saturday, August 20.
Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often funny film, we follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags, evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic’s effects on our oceans, environment, and bodies. We see how our crazy for plastic world has finally caught up to us and what we can do about it.
The Plastics Unwrapped exhibit examines how plastics have changed the world through a range of topics. Discover what life was like before plastics, how they are made, why they’re so convenient and beneficial to use, and what happens after we throw them away.
Plastics Unwrapped is a traveling exhibit organized by the Burke Museum, University of Washington. The national tour has been generously sponsored by The Boeing Company and the University of Washington.
The Branigan Cultural Center is located at 501 N. Main S. and open Tuesday through Fridayfrom 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For additional information, visit the website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call 575-541-2154.
If you need an accommodation for a disability to enable you to fully participate in this event please contact the museum 48 hours prior to the event.