April 2014
Ruby Re-Usable’s work is included in Sustaining, a group show at Abymeyer + Wood in Seattle, WA, 4/2 – 4/27
Ruby’s studio will be open for Spring Arts Walk in Olympia, WA, 4/25 & 4/26
March 2014
working in the studio
February 2014
Weird and Wild Art Talk w/Kelly Lyles and Ruby Re-Usable at Olympia Timberland Regional Library, 2/19
January 2014
working in the studio
December 2013
Make your own holiday cracker w/ Ruby at the State Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA 12/28
Ruby is once again participating in Duck the Malls! at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA (she has been one of the organizers since 2005), 12/14
November 2013
working in the studio
October 2013
Ruby Re-Usable’s Day of the Day drop-in workshop at the Dia de los Muertos Celebration at South Puget Sound Community College in the Student Union Building, 10/29 – 10/31 and at Yelm Timberland Regional Library 10/29
Visit Ruby Re-Usable’s studio during Fall Arts Walk in Olympia, WA 10/4 & 10/5
September 2013
Ruby will be at the Sustainability Fair at West Central Park in Olympia, WA, 9/7
May – August 2013
working in the studio
April 2013
At the Nectar Lounge: Renunu Earth Day Fashion Show includes Ruby’s trash fashion
Ruby joins Joint Base Lewis McChord to celebrate Earth Day on 4/19/13 with trash fashion show and drop-in trash fash workshop
Make Fantastical Flora and Fauna with Ruby Re-Usable at the Olympia Timberland Regional Library, 4/3 & 4/3, FREE for students in grades 5 – 12
January – March 2013
working in the studio
December 2012
going to Hawai’i … ALOHA!
November 2012
Ruby will once again be part of the Dia de los Muertos Celebration at South Puget Sound Community College in the Student Union Building, 10/31 – 11/1
October 2012
Day of the Dead figurine workshop with Ruby Re-Usable at Yelm Timberland Regional Library, 10/30
August – September 2012
Ruby has art work up at Matter Gallery in Olympia, WA
June – July 2012
Ruby’s trash fashion is at Trashion in the Indiana Welcome Center, Hammond, IN
June 2012
Ruby has an installation and a trash fashion collaboration in Trash Fashion Futures at the Intiman Theater, Seattle, WA
May 2012
Schack Art Center, Magic of the Mask, Everett, WA includes some of Ruby’s masks
April 2012
Ruby is part of The Plastic Propaganda Project, Westminter College, Salt Lake City, UT
March 2012
Kitzel“™s International Women“™s Day Art Invitational in Olympia, WA has work by Ruby
February 2012
Ruby Re-Usable was once again voted “Best Non-traditional Artist in Olympia” by the Weekly Volcano readers in the “Best of Olympia 2012” survey
Matter Gallery’s Art From Scrap exhibit at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts includes one of Ruby’s babies made from plastic scraps
January 2012
working in the studio
December 2011
Ruby participated in Duck the Malls! at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA
November 2011
Learn about Dia de los Muertos with Isaac Shultz-Reyes and Ruby Re-Usable at the Olympia Timberland Regional Library, November 4, 6 pm – 9 pm
Ruby will once again be part of the Dia de los Muertos Celebration at South Puget Sound Community College in the Student Union Building, November 2 & 3, 10 am – 2 pm
October 2011
Reloved plastic bag babies by Ruby are part of artEast’s RecylArt show in Issaquah,WA, now through October 30, 2011
Learn how to create Day of the Dead figures from scraps with Ruby at the Shelton Timberland Regional Library on October 22, 2 pm – 3 pm, and at the Yelm Timberland Regional Library on October 27, 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Ruby will give a presentation about her recycled art dolls at the Washington Art Education Association conference in Tumwater, WA on October 15, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
September 2011
Ruby Re-Usable will be one of the guest artists at the Icicle Arts Recycled Art Fest in Leavenworth, WA, September 9 – 11
Laura Frost Gallery at Blowing Sands in Seattle, WA group show includes art work by Ruby Re-Usable, opening reception September 10, 6 pm – 9 pm (through October 30)
The Recycled Art Show at the Wenatchee Valley Museum includes several of Ruby Re-Usable’s art works, September 3 – October 1, 2011
August 2011
Olympia Framemakers is hosting a Sweet Wishes/Trash Fairy workshop with Ruby Re-Usable, August 20, 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Ruby is opening up her studio for the Olympia Film Society’s What You Got Fest trash fashion workshop on August 14 & 15, 4 pm – 8 pm
Two of Ruby’s repurposed plastic bag flower fascinators are part of a juried art show in New Orleans that features artsy fascinators: Fascinate Me (August 4 – September 30)
July 2011
Yelm Timberland Regional Library is sponsoring a Ruby Re-Usable Sweet Wishes/Trash Fairy workshop on July 14, 1 pm – 3 pm
June 2011
Two of Ruby’s trash fashions are included in the Trash to Treasure Trashion Show in Hammond, Indiana (through July 21)
May 2011
Trash Fairies, Kitchen Goddesses, and Garbage Monsters: Recycled Art Dolls from Household Junk with Ruby Re-Usable at the Seattle RE Store, May 21, 1 pm – 3 pm, more info HERE
April 2011
The Seattle RE Store’s 10th Haute Trash Fashion Show happens April 16, and Ruby will once again be one of the designers sending reusable trash down the runway
March 2011
Make Art Not Waste workshop with Ruby, part of the annual Student GREEN Congress, happening at TESC
February 2011
The Weekly Volcano Best of Olympia 2011 Reader’s Picks, Arts & Entertainment: Ruby Re-Usable, Best Non-traditional Artist
On February 3, Ruby will be leading a recycled art hamsa workshop at the Olympia Timberland Regional Library, 5 pm – 6:30 pm
January 2011
Ruby participated in Landfillart’s Hubcap Art Project
November 2010
Ruby is a guest artist at South Puget Sound Community College’s annual DÃa de los Muertos celebration on November 4 & 5, and the guest speaker for Olympia Art League’s November meeting
September 2010
Tether Design Gallery in Pioneer Square (Seattle, WA) will present a solo show of Ruby’s recent recycled art, September 3 – September 30. Ruby’s work is also included in a group show with a light theme at Childhood’s End Gallery in Olympia, WA: 15 Ways with Light runs August 20 – September 15.
July & August 2010
summer time … working in the studio when it isn’t too hot, getting ready for 2 shows in September! oh, and Ruby did mail something to the Olympia Film Society’s Postmark mail-art show at the Capitol Theater Mezzanine Art Gallery.
June 2010
The Timberland Regional Library in downtown Olympia will host a “Who’s Your Dada? redefining the art doll through mixed media” book talk with artists Ruby Re-Usable and Clarissa Callesen on June 3 at 7:30 pm
May 2010
“Art From Detritus” at the PureLight Gallery in Turners Falls, MA will include some of Ruby’s recycled art work
Thurston County Fair’s Secondhand Safari and Reuse Fair happens May 1 and Ruby will be there with a Creative ReUse display
April 2010
Earth Day will be celebrated early at Ft Lewis ( April 17 ) and Ruby will be there with an hands-on recycled art activity.
Seattle RE Store will have a Haute Trash Fashion Show with some of Ruby’s latest recycled art fashion on April 17.
Horizons Elementary in Lacey, WA invited Ruby to be a guest artist for a week; read about it in The Olympian
March 2010
Ruby was once again a juror for the Seattle RE Store’s 9th Annual Recycled Art Show in Ballard
Ruby once again leads a “Make Art Not Waste” workshop for the South Sound Green Congress at TESC
February 2010
The Hands On Children’s Museum in Olympia, WA displays Ruby’s work in their Looking at Art Gallery through April 2010
January 2010
Sunset Magazine visited Cast Off Art Lab and gave Ruby a shout out in the January edition (Northwest day trip: Olympia)
December 2009
Four of Ruby’s plastic bag babies will be exhibited at Drap-Art 09 International Creative Recycling Festival (16 Dec. – 10 Jan. 2010)
Timberland Regional Library hosted a “Sweet Wishes” trash fairy workshop with Ruby Re-Usable
November 2009
see Ruby’s art work at matter! in Olympia (ongoing); opening celebration on Friday, November 6, 6- 10 pm
October 2009
Now available: the art book, Who’s Your Dada? redefining the art doll through mixed media by Linda and Opie O’Brien, which includes one of Ruby’s repurposed plastic bag baby dolls
Ruby was the keynote speaker at the Washington Art Education Association Fall conference in Tacoma on Friday, October 9
Cast Off Art Studio was open on Friday, October 2 for the Fall Olympia Arts Walk; Ruby Re-Usable and Second-hand Sid had new recycled art work on display
August 2009
Two Vaults Gallery in Tacoma, WA includes Ruby’s repurposed plastic bag bunnies in the group show “Rabbitual” (Aug 15 – Sept 10)
July 2009
Oregon Home Magazine’s Living Green 2009 edition feature some of Ruby’s upcycled art work
Ruby will be the special guest artist at the Museum of Glass Education Studio on July 4th
June 2009
Leave No Plastic Behind Episode 5, “United: The Plastic Quilt Project,” includes one of Ruby’s crocheted plastic bag squares
Ruby’s recent upcycled plastic bag babies are part of the “Eco Art” exhibit sponsored by the Sammamish Arts Commission at the Commons Gallery (June 24 – September 11)
Ruby is once again the guest artist in the education studio at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA; more info HERE
May 2009
Ruby will be part of an arts education panel for the City of Olympia Arts Commission Community Arts Roundtable on May 4, which is free and open to the public, more info HERE
Ruby is working with the City of Olympia Public Works Waste ReSources out at DirtWorks, teaching 3rd graders about recycling and composting by creating Trash Trolls out of discarded cardboard, twisty ties, aluminum pop tops and other junk
April 2009
Three of Ruby’s plastic bag and tape babies have been accepted into the Northwest Designer Craftsman exhibit Fragile Existence at the Bellevue Community College Gallery (April 22nd through May 23rd)
March 2009
Another White Trash Wedding, Ruby’s latest art installation, is on view now, 24/7, through June 13, 2009 at Tacoma Contemporary (TaCo) Urban Art windows, corner of 11th and Commerce at the old Woolworth’s building in downtown Tacoma, WA USA. The Weekly Volcano Spew posted about it HERE and the News Tribune’s GO Arts blogged about it HERE
On March 24, Ruby will be part of the jury for the Seattle RE Store’s Recycled Art and Fashion show
Ruby will again participate in the South Sound Green Congress at TESC on March 20, presenting Make Art Not Waste!
On March 12 & 13, Ruby worked with The Evergreen State College’s program, Imagining the Body, to install student art work for The Body Fair in the Big Room at the old K records building
February 2009
Ruby was the guest speaker for the Contemporary Quilt Art Association in Seattle on February 14
January 2009
well, Ruby has been working in the studio, but nothing to report yet … check back later for updates!
ps you can always take a peek at Ruby’s flickr page to see where she has been/what she has been working on
December 2008
Ruby worked with The Evergreen State College’s program, Imagining the Body; the identity dolls from detritus are now on display at the TESC library through winter quarter.
Ruby Re-Usable is once again one of the volunteer coordinators of Duck the Malls, a fund raiser for the Olympia Film Society at the Capitol Theater, and will be selling her latest handmade upcycled wares on Saturday, December 13, 2008, 11 am till 4 pm, along with about 40 other local artists. Ruby will be upstairs in the mezzanine, come up and say hi!
November 2008
Ruby Re-Usable had her recycled art work in Re-Art ’08 at Gallery Madera in Tacoma, WA; more info HERE