Using Beauty As a Weapon: Atlanta Artist Wins $50,000 Hudgens Prize

Whitby Bierworlf

Have you ever noticed a plastic bottle tucked in the sand on the beach? Or perhaps plastic soda rings entangled in seaweed?

Those exact objects are a part Pam Longobardi’s environmental exhibits.

The Atlanta artist and activist recently received one of the nation’s largest individual art awards.Listen to the audio version of this story.