Lorena Ostia, ITP Student, Conducts Bioplastics Workshop

Tuesday, Feb 14, 2023

Students creating and customizing bioplastics

The workshop explored the intersection of art practice and sustainability

On Friday February 3rd, Lorena Ostia (ITP '23) conducted a workshop on Substituting Plastics with Biodegradable materials at ITP/IMA. The series of BioArt Workshops are funded by the "NYU Green Grant", where participants discuss the intersection of Sustainability, Art Practice and Synthetic Biology.

In Friday's session, participants learned how to make Bioplastics in partnerships with two members of the Biomaterials Research Group at Genspace.

Reflective bioplastic with swirling colors

Bioplastic

Workshop Participants creating Bioplastics

Workshop Participants creating Bioplastics