On June 13, artist Eduardo Srur will launch another edition of the Natureza Plástica project, featuring 500 elementary and middle school students. The event will include the opening of a group exhibition created by the students, with free admission open to the community in the Capão Redondo neighborhood. Launched in May, the project offers a creative and ecological immersion in which students learn to recreate renowned works of art using plastic as their raw material —transforming everyday waste into artistic expression and environmental awareness. For the opening, Srur will present 90 works created by the students during the workshops, as well as his own pieces from the Natureza Plástica series. The exhibition will also feature the installation Renascimento, a large-scale sculpture composed of 30,000 used pencils.

This edition also features a first-of-its-kind element: it takes place at the José Saramago Bilingual Education Center for the Deaf, expanding the project’s inclusive reach. Following the Capão Redondo phase, the initiative will move on to CEU Navegantes in Grajaú and CEU Vila São Rafael in the Guarulhos region. ““This phase of the project is especially important because it surpasses the milestone of 10,000 students served and, for the first time, includes a public bilingual school for the deaf,” the artist notes. In 2026, the Natureza Plástica project will continue its touring program and benefit 1,500 students by promoting environmental education, artistic awareness, and reflection on plastic consumption. In each edition, the school and the local community become protagonists in a collective process that unites art, ecology, and citizenship. This edition of the project is organized by Eduardo Srur with sponsorship from the Motiva Institute through the Rouanet Law for Cultural Incentives.