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| Details: | Similar to the mission of many art organizations, San Francisco's waste management service, Recology, is guided by the belief that art plays a unique role in educating and inspiring the public. Each year, Recology awards residencies to artists, which include a stipend, coveted studio space, and scavenging privileges at their Transfer Station and Recycling Center. While many would view the facility as the dump, Recology artists consider the site the Big Store, providing unique opportunities to recycle and reclaim discarded waste as reimagined art objects. This exhibition, Reclaimed: The Art of Recology, presents a fascinating survey of thirty-three artists from diverse backgrounds who were awarded space, financial support, and four months to create wondrous, meaningful, and thought-provoking artworks that speak to the past, present, and future. The Recology Artist in Residence (AIR) program was founded by local artist and environmentalist Jo Hanson, who was well-known in the 1970s for her public art practice of street sweeping in the Lower Haight District. Hanson's actions caught the attention of San Francisco City officials and Recology senior management, who invited the artist to the SF Transfer Station to see where the trash she collected ended up. There, Hanson saw the immense artistic potential of the materials headed to the landfill and proposed the Artist in Residence Program to involve the community in environmental education through the arts.
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| Audience: | All Welcome | | Category: | Exhibit | | Submitted by: | contributed |
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