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Submitted by ARTS Southeast
Oct. 11, 2025 – ARTS Southeast is pleased to present Sediment: Pouring it On, a project by Harry DeLorme on display in the Drive Thru Art Box at Green Truck Pub through January 8th, 2026.
Harry DeLorme’s project for the Drive Through Art Box transforms plastic debris, most of it retrieved from Savannah-area waterways and beaches, into a visualization of consumption and accumulation. In this work, found plastic leftovers of drinks and meals – plasticware utensils, straws, mugs, cups, prescription medicine containers, and particularly bottle caps – speak to the omnipresence of this material in our lives. “Poured” from a variety of containers, the candy-colored sediment shown here demonstrates the allure of these objects, which persist in the natural environment.
About the Artist
Harry DeLorme, Jr. is an artist, curator, and educator, currently serving as Director of Education and Senior Curator at Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia.
DeLorme holds both Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia in Athens. Over the course of his career, he has curated more than thirty exhibitions, with a focus on digital and time-based art as well as work by self-taught artists from the coastal South.
His own paintings and installations have been exhibited for more than three decades in Savannah, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Veracruz, Mexico. Together with his wife, artist Rachel Green, DeLorme has created numerous collaborative, site-specific installations centered on environmental themes.
His work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (Atlanta), Telfair Museums, and the public art collection at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, as well as in corporate and private collections.
Recycled materials have long been a central component of DeLorme’s art. His current work addresses the global issue of plastic pollution, transforming discarded plastic intercepted from coastal waterways into paintings and assemblages that reveal the hidden presence of post-consumer waste in daily life.
About the Project
For the Drive Thru Art Box, Harry DeLorme transforms plastic debris—most of it collected from Savannah-area waterways and beaches—into a striking visualization of consumption and accumulation.
The installation features found plastic remnants from everyday life: utensils, straws, cups, mugs, prescription bottles, and especially bottle caps. “Poured” from a variety of containers, the candy-colored sediment illustrates both the allure and the persistence of plastic in the environment.
While some of these objects remain nearly intact for decades, others degrade into microplastics that infiltrate ecosystems and even human bodies—where researchers have detected plastic particles in the brain and other organs.
DeLorme’s work invites reflection on how pervasive plastic has become and encourages viewers to make choices that reduce reliance on disposable materials, thereby slowing the buildup of this artificial sediment in our world.
About the Drive Thru Art Box
The Drive Thru Art Box was launched in 2012 by Matt Hebermehl and Mike Williams as part of the SeeSAW (See Savannah Art Walls) public arts initiative. The first installation, a yarn bomb by Jessica Leigh Lebos, set the tone for the project’s creative spirit.
Now managed by ARTS Southeast, the Drive Thru Art Box continues to serve as a unique and accessible venue for public art in Savannah. Located in the parking lot of Green Truck Pub at 2430 Habersham Street, the Art Box is always on view and open to the community.
Artists interested in exhibiting their work are invited to submit proposals at artssoutheast.org/the-drive-thru-art-box.
Support
The Drive Thru Art Box is sponsored in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts, through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Council’s federal partner agency.
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