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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: New Orleans Artists Turn Katrina Wreckage into Oil Spill Art [Watch (HLS stream): New Orleans Artists Turn Katrina Wreckage into Oil Spill Art](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NQPYQfZS.m3u8) (3:51)  _Published 2010-05-27. As oil from the massive spill reaches shore, New Orleans artists raise money for coastal restoration by turning Katrina wreckage and recycled Mardi Gras beads into new works of art_ --- Jul 27, 2023 2:16 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [2 People Killed by New Orleans Mardi Gras Floats in Separate Incidents](/video/bVsRU9Wa/) ### 2 People Killed by New Orleans Mardi Gras Floats in Separate Incidents [Evicted by the Oil Spill](/video/7QmVOip9/) ### Evicted by the Oil Spill [Portraits From the Oil Spill](/video/DxeqNR0P/) ### Portraits From the Oil Spill --- ## Transcript >> It's been over a month, and thousands of gallons of crude oil a day continue to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Many native New Orleanians, like artist David Bergeron, feel that they can only wait and see just how bad things are going to get. >> A lot of people that I talk to, sort of a feeling of helplessness. Like, we all wanna do something but it's different than Katrina where we all got out in the streets and picked up trash. And you know, we're helping people fix their houses. >> This is, after all, the city that still bears the scars of hurricane Katrina, perhaps most visibly in the number of blighted homes that still exist in the poorer parts of the city. >> You know, this is a piece of a door. That is just amazing color in this stuff. >> But one thing that David has done for several years is recycle wood from some of the many abandoned homes and dumpsters around New Orleans to make artwork and furniture. >> We save all of our scraps and re- saw them into this stuff-- to show you. So, we save all of our trash, and the panels is what we make the boxes and stuff out of. >> And now, David and other artists in New Orleans are donating proceeds from their sales toward coastal restoration and relief. >> I'm very concerned about what's gonna happen down the line. For now, we're all sitting here and thinking, " Well, the inland waters are fine." But people underestimate how fragile that is. >> David and other artists in New Orleans are now selling work through an organization called Save NOLA, which was started by Clare Durrett and her friends after hurricane Katrina. >> Now, for making it through Katrina, our primary goal was to build homes and get people back in their homes. I mean, we are as [ unk ] as you get. And we've proven that if you'd spend a little bit of money on a T- shirt or a drink, you can raise a lot of money and build a house. So, we'd like to raise some money for coastal restoration. >> In addition to David's work and the " Save Our Coast" T- shirts, you can also find unique items like these, made by local artists Mark Kirk and Heather Macfarlane, who used melted Mardi Gras beads to make candy- colored sculpture and lighting. >> It gets the same effect of stained glass, [ unk ] it's plastic. >> It's taken Mark weeks to make this life- size alligator. Proceeds from its sale will go to the Gulf Restoration network. For these local artists, donating proceeds from their work provides some distraction from the images of oil beginning to envelop sections of the Louisiana coastline. For David, the feeling of impending loss is all too familiar. >> Katrina really woke up how special the place was to us when we thought we didn't have it for a while. And people took things that have a connection to the place more seriously, I think. I mean, we hear a different kind of music, we eat a different kind of food. It's-- truly is a different kind of city. >> A city once again at risk. >> With the oil spill, it feels like it's all happening all over again. But you come together when something tragic happens in the family, and we do that here. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"New Orleans Artists Turn Katrina Wreckage into Oil Spill Art","description":"As oil from the massive spill reaches shore, New Orleans artists raise money for coastal restoration by turning Katrina wreckage and recycled Mardi Gras beads into new works of art","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NQPYQfZS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2010-05-27T02:53:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NQPYQfZS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/NQPYQfZS/","duration":"PT3M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/NQPYQfZS/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```