"The more we stop the community from buying them ... it will change the demand of the balloons and be less of a focal point in celebrations." ...

It’s called The Mylar Balloon Project Art Exhibit and it’s inspired by Teresa collecting mylar balloons from a very small shoreline in Little Compton over the past four years. She has taken ...

Balloons are often made of mylar, a synthetic material that takes hundreds of years to break down in the environment. Latex ...

Teresa O'Connor, a Rhode Island resident, creates art installations using mylar balloons collected from beaches to raise awareness about pollution. Her work has been featured in exhibits and ...