Ruby Re-Usable and Jane Junkton attended the opening of this show back in January, but there is still time to view the more than 160 paintings, sculpture, photography, mixed-media, video, and 3-dimensional installations by more than 50 Pacific Northwest artists of … Continue reading →
Marita Dingus‘ latest art exhibit, The Girls, is at Traver Gallery until March 28. Marita continues her fearless exploration of recycled materials in this fierce display of female figures of the African Diaspora that range in size from 6 1/2 … Continue reading →
Since 1997, Michelle Reader has been working to make recycled materials into sculptures, often incorporating mechanical elements such as the working parts of toys and clocks. Her materials come from city dumps, roadsides, and thrift shops, and include both household and industrial … Continue reading →
Last Friday, Olympia Dumpster Divers attended the Percival Landing sculpture exhibit kick off party here in Olympia, WA. It was a lovely little reception at the Harbor House, where chips and dips and non-alcoholic beverages were served and ballots passed … Continue reading →
The otherworldly art of Aurora Robson: Aurora Robson: The Great Indoors At Rice University Art Gallery, New York artist Aurora Robson recycles 15,000 plastic bottles into one spectacular, room-sized work of art called The Great Indoors. Visitors enter the gallery through … Continue reading →
Just discovered Khalil Chishtee‘s compelling plastic bag sculptures: Khalil Chishtee is a Pakistani artist that uses trash bags to form and mold life. The sculpture“™s poses of emotions release and brings out a connecting value that together allows our souls … Continue reading →
Tacoma artist Holly A. Senn is a sculptor and installation artist. She “explores the life cycle of ideas–the organic process in which thoughts have a genesis and then are disseminated, forgotten or referenced.” A part-time virtual reference librarian … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable first encountered Leo Sewell on the beloved TV show Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood, where Leo was showing Mr Rogers how he attaches found junk onto wooden armatures to create his recycled art animals. She also read about how he … Continue reading →
Olympia Dumpster Diver Second-hand Sid aka Steven Suski has a solo show at South Puget Sound Community College’s Kenneth J. Minnaert Gallery. While most of the work is painting and some of the paintings are on reused stuff like styrofoam … Continue reading →
Uptet (Baylonian Gunship) by Kyle Fokken The Canton Museum of Art has an exhibit that makes Ruby Re-Usable really want to visit Ohio: Something from Nothing: Contemporary Recycled Sculpture From America’s Rustbelt features work by 13 artists from New Jersey … Continue reading →
