Marita and Ruby pose in front of Recycled Child (detail) by Marita Dingus Ruby Re-Usable and Second-hand Sid journeyed up north to visit our friend and recycled art queen Marita Dingus, who was teaching one of her mixed recycled media … Continue reading →
Seattle is celebrating Black History Month with an exhibit at Seattle City Hall that features Marita Dingus and Roosevelt Lewis. You have until February 26, 2010 to see our friend Marita’s 60 foot long Buddha as an African Enslaved (pictured … Continue reading →
Inspired by the original Japanese cooking show Iron Chef, Tacoma Art Museum’s Iron Artist Challenge invites artists to create competitive, improvised art out of recycled materials in 60 minutes. This past summer, Team James Washington (Esther Ervin, Romson Bustillo, and … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable has been blogging about This Re-Usable Life since July 13, 2006. Olympia Dumpster Divers was originally started as a way to document Ruby’s “HERE TODAY” City of Olympia downtown temporary art installation project, Ephemeral Folks, which featured four … Continue reading →
Pull Tab Figure by Marita Dingus, photo by Mark Sullo Viable Resources is the title of the art show at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center (Level 2 Galleria) in Seattle, on view now until June 30, 2009. Featuring … Continue reading →
Our idol Marita Dingus does it again: Bending Life, her current solo show at Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle, is a testament to how ordinary materials become extraordinary when the artist is fearless and fierce. This particular installation feels more … Continue reading →
As promised, here is a pic of the piece that Marita Dingus gave Re-Usable for her birthday, along with an original Marita embellished shirt to wear during artist-in-the-school gigs. Ruby presented Marita with a plastic bag baby, a SkeletonKrewe can, … Continue reading →
Since there are no official Earth Day events happening here in Olympia, WA, USA, Olympia Dumpster Divers will simply give a shout out to some of our favorite artists who do their recycled/upcycle/sustainable eco-art thing not just for Earth Day … Continue reading →
Don’t Throw This Valentine Away was the title of the pic that was in the Seattle P-I on Valentine’s Day, when our favorite recycled materials artist Marita Dingus showed Donna Amira’s art class at Dunlap Elementary School in south … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable retrieved her four plastic wrap and tape sculptures from the Snohomish County Arts Council Gallery in Everett on Thursday, and also went to see the Simply Recycling Art Show at the Arts of Snohomish Gallery in Snohomish. Confused? … Continue reading →
