Newark Bottle Cap

Newark Students Recreate Van Gogh’s Starry Night Using 5,000 Bottle Caps

03/26/2013

Newark Bottle Cap

Students at <a href="http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/sou/site/default.asp">South Street Elementary School</a> in Newark, New Jersey are both artists and conservationists. After collecting over 5,000 bottle caps in their local community, the students arranged the caps into an eco-friendly 8-foot by 12-foot rendition of Vincent van Gogh's famed <a href="http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starryindex.html">Starry Night</a>. The project, currently at <a href="http://www.newarkmuseum.org/">The Newark Museum</a>, was officially completed in June 2012 and was designed by South Street’s teachers as a way for students to get hands-on knowledge about conservation and to encourage them to become responsible global citizens.

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Newark Bottle Cap

Students at <a href="http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/sou/site/default.asp">South Street Elementary School</a> in Newark, New Jersey are both artists and conservationists. After collecting over 5,000 bottle caps in their local community, the students arranged the caps into an eco-friendly 8-foot by 12-foot rendition of Vincent van Gogh's famed <a href="http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starryindex.html">Starry Night</a>. The project, currently at <a href="http://www.newarkmuseum.org/">The Newark Museum</a>, was officially completed in June 2012 and was designed by South Street’s teachers as a way for students to get hands-on knowledge about conservation and to encourage them to become responsible global citizens.

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bottle cap van gogh

Students at <a href="http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/sou/site/default.asp">South Street Elementary School</a> in Newark, New Jersey are both artists and conservationists. After collecting over 5,000 bottle caps in their local community, the students arranged the caps into an eco-friendly 8-foot by 12-foot rendition of Vincent van Gogh's famed <a href="http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starryindex.html">Starry Night</a>. The project, currently at <a href="http://www.newarkmuseum.org/">The Newark Museum</a>, was officially completed in June 2012 and was designed by South Street’s teachers as a way for students to get hands-on knowledge about conservation and to encourage them to become responsible global citizens.

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Newark Bottle Cap

Students at South Street Elementary School in Newark, New Jersey are both artists and conservationists. After collecting over 5,000 bottle caps in their local community, the students arranged the caps into an eco-friendly 8-foot by 12-foot rendition of Vincent van Gogh's famed Starry Night. The project, currently at The Newark Museum, was officially completed in June 2012 and was designed by South Street’s teachers as a way for students to get hands-on knowledge about conservation and to encourage them to become responsible global citizens.

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