POLA MUSEUM ANNEX
Charity auction “Plastic Revives” exhibition Report on donations to WWF ……
Pola Museum Annex (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) held the 4th charity auction “Plastic Revives” exhibition from November 10th (Friday) to December 3rd (Sunday), 2023. We would like to inform you that we have donated all of the proceeds from this project, 15,387,300 yen, to marine conservation activities conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature Japan (WWF Japan).
[Image: https://prtimes.jp/i/69355/40/resize/d69355-40-cff8e76034aaead2e615-0.jpg&s3=69355-40-edd05b0d63a4a2dd7b8982b0ac3b3996-1500×1071.jpg] Presentation of certificates of appreciation (Left: Mr. Yamagishi, Director of Nature Conservation Office, World Wildlife Fund Japan; Right: Naotaka Hashi, Executive Officer and Director of Corporate Communications Office, World Wildlife Fund Japan)
In this project, we asked artists to create original works with the theme of “rebirth” and held a silent auction* for their works. We also held lottery sales of drawings, sales of related goods, and workshops, and at the end of last year, we donated all of the proceeds of 15,387,300 yen thanks to the generous support of many people. This time, for the first time, we attempted to use plastic recycled from cosmetic containers from the Pola Orbis Group as the material for an original work, and the artist and a research team from Pola Chemical Industries worked together to create the work. By combining recycled materials with art, added value can be added, and the creation of a cycle that can be made available to customers was a major achievement. We will utilize the knowledge we have gained through the process of giving form to ideas from artists to help realize resource recycling within our group.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the customers, artists, and everyone involved who supported and participated in this event.
The works exhibited in the “Plastic Revives” exhibition can be viewed in the online catalog until April 30, 2024.
URL:https://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/information/20240229_catalog.html *A silent auction is a bidding-only auction in which there is no bidding, and the highest bidder among those who bid becomes the successful bidder.
∥Donation report∥
Donation recipient: World Wide Fund for Nature Japan (WWF Japan) Donation amount: 15,387,300 yen
Number of applications: 678 (Number of applications for
auction/lottery sales, number of related goods sold, number of workshop participants *including total number of people)
Purpose of use: Used for marine conservation activities by WWF Japan ∥Plan overview∥
Exhibition name: Charity auction “Plastic Revives” exhibition Meeting period: November 10th (Friday) to December 3rd (Sunday), 2023 Contents: Auction of art works by 19 artists, lottery sales, sales of related goods, and workshops using recycled plastic, with all proceeds donated.
Participating artists: Iino Naho, Yuka Kashihara, Kengo Kito, Kosuke Kimura, Hiraku Suzuki*, Kyo Takemura, Noritaka Tatehana, Miyuki Tsugami, Hiroko Nakajima, Hiromine Nakamura, Moe Nakamura, Manika Nagare*, Tetsuya Noguchi, Risa Fukui , Sebastian Masuda, Rina Mizuno, Mai Miyake, Miyuki Yokomizo, Osamu Watanabe *Only drawing works are participating
Exhibition venue: POLA Museum Annex https://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/ Sponsor: POLA ORBIS Holdings Co., Ltd.
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