On June 13, the artist Eduardo Srur will launch another edition of the project Natureza Plástica with the participation of 500 elementary and middle school students. The program will feature the opening of a group exhibition created by the students, with free admission and open to the community in the Capão Redondo. Beginning in May, the project offers a creative and ecological immersion in which students learn to recreate renowned works of art using plastic as raw material — transforming everyday waste into artistic expression and environmental awareness. For the opening, Srur will present 90 works developed by the students during the workshops, as well as original works 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 new element: it takes place at the José Saramago Bilingual Education Center for the Deaf, expanding the project’s inclusive reach. After the Capão Redondo stage, the initiative will move on to the CEU Navegantes, in Grajaú, and to CEU Vila São Rafael, in the Guarulhos. “This stage of the project is especially important because it surpasses the milestone of 10,000 students benefiting from it and includes, for the first time, a bilingual public school for the deaf,” the artist notes. In 2026, the Natureza Plástica will continue its touring schedule and will 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 the sponsorship of the Motiva Institute through the Rouanet Law for Cultural Incentives.