Artist to show how waste starts at home

Pam Longobardi, the 2013 winner of the $50,000 Hudgens Prize for her work in turning plastic waste that floats on ocean currents into thought-provoking sculpture and installations, is making her environmental message hit home.

Photographic prints of decaying plastic objects (or gyre) the Georgia State University professor has collected, along with nets and other flotsam she retrieved, are on view by appointment at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve gallery through Nov. 28.

On Saturday, Longobardi will lead a 2-4 p.m. hands-on art making workshop there. Fee: $75.

Open since 2000 north of the heart of Buckhead, the trails and greenspace of the 25-acre preserve along Nancy Creek are free and open to the public during daylight hours. 4055 Roswell Road, Atlanta. To register: 404-3451008, www.bhnp.org.

CONTRIBUTED BY WHITBY BIERWOLF Pam Longobardi is showing photographs at Blue Heron Nature Preserve.