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 →
Star Spangled Red White and Blue Bunny by Ruby Re-Usable, repurposed plastic bags, reused bubble wrap, and tape, 2009 Despite trying to remember to bring reusable bags to the grocery store, those plastic bags seem to reproduce like rabbits in … Continue reading →
April’s recycled art rabbit is made from repurposed plastic Wonderbread bags by Ruby Re-Usable … Continue reading →
Diane Kurzyna, aka Ruby Re-Usable, just finished installing Another White Trash Wedding at the Tacoma Contemporary Urban Art Installation Windows at the old Woolworth’s building in downtown Tacoma, WA. It is on view 24 hours a day, 7 days a … Continue reading →
Well, it was the fall Arts Walk here in Olympia on Friday, and while the rain did not keep everyone away, it sure did put a damper on the fun! Luckily, most of Ruby Re-Usable’s art work was inside: at … Continue reading →
In Flander’s Field by John McCrae In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are … Continue reading →
The Black Front Gallery announces its April group show, which includes Ruby Re-Usable’s most recent plastic bag and tape sculptures: There will also be stencils, wheat paste, and spray painted graffiti on the gallery walls, but those artists wish to … Continue reading →
That’s the title that Molly Gilmore, freelance writer and calendar editor for daily 0, wrote for this great little blurb in The Olympian’s Weekend Planner (the best of the next week and beyond): The Capitol Theater debuts two new shows … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable regrets that she was not at the Seattle Art Museum this past Saturday for the Trash Bash fashion show, which was sponsored by the International Sustainability Institute; nor did she make it to Portland for this year’s Junk … Continue reading →
Well, Jessica Corey-Butler came by Cast Off Art Studio the other day to chat with Ruby Re-Usable; you can read about it in this week’s Volcano here. Just a few clarifications: I really do go around with a black garbage … Continue reading →
