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Inguna Gremzde: Detail of Landscape for Emergency (2012), oil paintings in 64 upcycled plastic bottle caps


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Sunday: 5-20
4:00 - 6:30 pm
Symposium:
Dreaming it out of the
Waste Stream

Presentations, Film Screening
& Panel Discussion with local
Green Experts
:
Chris Caswell
Proprietor; Junk South
Heidi Davison
former mayor on her personal foam ban

Suki Janssen
A-CC Waste Reduction Administrator
Bart King
Cleantech Comunications
Rosemary Kimble
NE GA EarthShip
Andrew Lane
St. Gregory's Tithing with Trash
Diana E. Lee
Filmaker, Upcyling in Action

+ others TBA
Moderated by Assistant Curator, Katie Faulkner
Followed by a reception with participants


*PLEASE BRING US YOUR:
-used white plastic spoons
-old bottle caps
-babybel cheese wax
for art upcyling
& terracycle  items on
5/20 only


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Thursday: 6-7
Walk & Talk
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Curators & area artists lead an informal tour of the exhibit.

ATHICA voted BEST PLACE
TO SEE LOCAL ART for 2nd Year:



10th Anniversary Letters:
 
 From the Artistic Director
  
From the ATHICA Board

Thank You Larry Forte for the 10th anniversary adaption of Laura Floyd's original 2002 ATHICA logo!


Tiberiu Chelcea, Bucket Fill (Violet) (2011), monoprints made using circuit boards,
collage on canvas, 36" x 36"



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Saturday, June 9
1:00 - 6:00 pm
The Fan-trash-tic Transformations Festival
Upcyled junk-to-masterpiece contests, arts & crafts activities for kids & adults and more will inspire and challenge us to see how creative we can get with materials that otherwise will end up in our overflowing landfills.
$6 individuals/$9 family donation. Includes instruction and most materials.

i. La Great Junk Off:
Artists will compete for prizes using materials provided by Junk South.

ii. Fan-trash-y funshops:

Turn un-recyclable discards into things of function and fantasy using materials such as  old T-shirts, electronics, Ziploc baggies, cheese wax, scrap wood and more.

iii. Swap-O-rama-rama led by Gretchen Elsner
A Creative Commons event, this successul global recurring clothing swap entails community members bringing in a bag of clothes to swap with others.

iv. UGA Entomology Club: Bugs Who Recycle

v. JUNK SOUTH swap & freemarket
Score free art materials, swap out your own extras, and learn all about Junk South's plans to provide artists with a warehouse full of liquidation materials that will be available for free!

vi. Recylomania
Bring those hard to recycle items to ATHICA for a special ACC pick-up event of your used Batteries, appliances, cyber-trash and more.


PAST:

Sunday: 4-22
Opening Reception
3:00 - 6:00 pm

Trashion Fashion Show
4:30 pm

with celebrity judges

Saturday: 4-28
7:45 pm
Exhibit Photo
A participatory conducted
Improv MUSIC event:

Pico Dorado- Scott Bazar

with co-host Killick
$6 suggested donation

Thank You

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 - Sunday, June 24th, 2012
Upcycle
...dreaming it out of the waste stream
Curator: Lizzie Zucker Saltz | Assistant Curator: Katie Faulkner
Exhibit Photo
Exhibit Photo
Featured Artist - Reid McCallister: Bird with Tractor (After Braque) (2012), construction debris David Hamlow: Detail of Pulse, (1998-2012),
mylar snack bags
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  • Upcyling is distinct from recycling in that no energy is expended returning materials to a raw form to be used in the production of new objects; existing products are rescued from the waste stream to  find new life as marketable products or fine art objects through creative re-use.

    Joni Younkins-Herzog, Pollen Count, upcycled Tempur-pedic and urethane foam, vinyl, filament
     
    Upcyling
    focuses on finding use for production waste that cannot be recycled easily or at all, such as styrofoam serving containers, ziplock bags, soda straws, bottle caps, milk & juice containers pop-tabs and caps, toothpaste caps and tubes, plastic cutlery, mesh produce bags, video & audiotape, and electronic components such as circuit boards.
       
    Jamison Edgar, Title TBA (2012)        Two views of Jourdan Joly's Mountain Goat Mountain (2012), upcycled
    upcycled styrofoam cups                     insulation foam rescued from refuse, paint,  resin, plaster, steel, steel.

    By saving these materials from their usual destiny as landfill fodder these artists help reduce landfill methane gases, the expansion of landfills and in the worst case scenario, pollution of the environment by toxins, which results in wildlife genocide, such as sea turtles and birds such as the albatross who die by the thousands every year as a result of ingesting discarded plastics.

    Marianna Popp, Detail, site-specific installation, title TBA,(2012

    The Upcycle exhibition is ATHICA’s positive response to the zero-waste movement. This movement questions our culture’s addiction to cheap disposable goods and the resultant evil twins of global industry—environmental degradation and municipalities’ struggles to cope with accelerated landfill expansion.


    cap man, Lil Gem (2009- )
    1960s era mini-camper, bottle caps, mixed-media

    These memes gave curator Lizzie Zucker Saltz the impetus to put out an artists’ call, garnering the international, national and regional artists in Upcycle. They employ a diverse a range of approaches and materials.
                   
    F. Geoffrey Johnson, Currents II (2011), KOMALU series, upcycled satellite dish, reflector plate, e-waste, paper, plexiglass, metal toy train tracks, memorabilia, acrylic paint, acrylic ink, 48" x 60" x 7"

    They have been selected for their innovative upcycling of materials we usually regard as trash, transforming them into arenas of contemplation and wonder.


    Participating Artists
    Featured Artist:
    Reid McCallister (Athens, GA)


    Other Contributors:

    A-CC Recycling Division

    Elizabeth Barton (Athens, GA)

    cap man (Winterville, GA)

    Tiberiu Chelcea (Nashville, TN)

    Jamison Edgar (Athens, GA)

    Inguna Gremzde (England/Latvia)

    David Hamlow (Good Thunder, MN)

    F. Geoffrey Johnson (Atlanta, GA)

    Jourdan Joly (Athens, GA)

    Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful

    Diana Lee (Athens, GA)

    Doug Makemson (Athens, GA)

    Jay Nackashi (Athens, GA)

    Charles Pinckney (Athens, GA)

    Marianna Popp (Athens, GA)

    Paula Reynaldi (Athens, GA/Argentina)

    Noah Saunders (Athens, GA)

    The Story of Stuff Project (Berkeley, CA)

    Jill Townsley (London, England)
    Spoons installation and deinstallaton time lapse video.

    Joni Younkins-Herzog (Sarasota, FL)




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