Ruby Re-Usable has a solo show of her work at Tether Design Gallery in Pioneer Square (323 Occidental Avenue South in Seattle, WA), which opens on First Thursday (September 2) and runs through September 30, 2010. Creepy? Cutie? Creepy cutie? … Continue reading →
Marita Dingus, cork baby, photo: Spike Mafford Juan Alonso and Marita Dingus are showing their latest work at Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle, WA, August 13 – September 5. Juan is a painter, and Marita works with recycled materials to … Continue reading →
When Ruby Re-Usable arrived in the Pacific Northwest way back in 1982, she was delighted to discover Viewland/Hoffman Substation, a Seattle public art project that included art created from recycled materials by Emil and Vera Gehrke. The Gehrkes made whirligigs … Continue reading →
what Ruby Re-Usable did recently: Went to the Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade in Seattle last week (more pics HERE), where people are amazingly creative with their junk: Zero Waste-Scapes at the Fremont Solstice Parade in Seattle Worked on a … Continue reading →
Dumpster Divers Evan Blackwell and Anne Baumgartner are the first 2 artists participating in the The Fremont Vacant Space Exhibition, an ongoing series aimed at utilizing vacant storefronts in Fremont for art installations in-between tenants: Cabinet of Consumerosities by Evan … Continue reading →
Heya all you remarkable recyclers and fans of trash art! IF you are in the Olympia area on Thursday, June 3, please come to the Olympia Timberland Library, where Clarissa Callesen and Ruby Re-Usable will discuss their artistic process in … Continue reading →
Garbage never looked so good: Rayona Visqueen (Robin Worley) wears her Trash Gyre Gown while hosting the Seattle RE Store Trash Fashion Show at NYFA Seattle RE Store’s recycled art juried show at the Blowing Sands/Laura Frost Fine Arts … Continue reading →
Our upcycle artist friends Stuart Gullstrand and Russ Morgan of Just A Rumor art studio aren’t trashy bag queens; they are spokesmodels for the Trash Fashion Show happening this Saturday, March 17, at the New York Fashion Academy in Seattle; … Continue reading →
The ReStore is doing it again: the 9th Annual ReStore Recycled Art & Fashion Shows are happening in Seattle and Bellingham this month. Ruby Re-Usable had the honor of being part of the jury for the Seattle recycled art show, … Continue reading →
Our friend Marita was all excited about the big bottle man at the Seattle Art Museum, and so yesterday Ruby went to SAM to see for herself what Marita was raving about: Jerry Pethick’s Le Semeur/Sunlight and Flies, 1984/2002 is … Continue reading →
