SanFrancisco Recycling Artist in Residence
Trash to Treasures
The Artist-in-Residence Program at SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc. is an innovative program that inspires and educates people about recycling and resource conservation by providing local artists with access to materials, a work space, and other resources at our Solid Waste Transfer and Recycling Center.
Since 1990, artists have worked in a large, well-equipped studio next to our Transfer Station west of Highway 101 near 3-COM Park in San Francisco. The Transfer Station is located within a 44 acre property that includes several recycling facilities and the Public Disposal Area (also known as “the dump”).
Art is created from what would have been sent with the rest of San Francisco’s trash to landfills across the Bay or recycling plants across the nation.
“Many artists find and recycle materials in their art, but no one else has this much material to pick from,” says Program Director Paul Fresina.
February 22nd, 2007 13:22
I believe this is a great idea and defintely has a large positive effect on the environment. The artists are so creative that they are able to take trash and turn it into art. They keep damaging trash out of landfills and they add beauty to the world. I think that is a wonderful skill to have and it helps the environment so much. I’m glad that people are creative enough and care that much about the environment that they are willing to make art out of trash.
March 29th, 2007 08:57
This is amazing but it makes me wounder why more projects like this are not being done. I am currently an art student at Central Saint Martins in London, England and for my final piece I’ve decided to make a collection of hand bags made completely out of recycled products. My slogan is “Global Luxuries” I’m trying to produce awareness that no one has to give up their style and life style in order to be more eco friendly. I am just one person that is very interested in this matter and I know that many of my fellow art students are interested as well. We are encouraged at my university to used recycled products but what you are offering as amazing. I hope it catches on, on a more global scale. Artists and designers are constantly solving problems in the production of their work, why not try and change a bigger problem at the same time.