The Creators Project 08 January 2016: The apposite adage, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” is perhaps the best way to describe the mission of
Recycled Artist In Residency (RAIR).
The Philadelphia-based artist residency program that allows artists
access to 400 tons of recycled trash to source materials for upcoming
projects. The contemporary works created from what the program’s
coordinator Lucia Thome calls “clean waste” is used to achieve the
resident artist’s vision and raise awareness about sustainability issues
through art and design.
“RAIR is an artist-in-residency program with traditional artist studio
space but we are situated within Revolution Recovery, a construction and
demolition waste recycling center. We are trying to challenge the
wasteful culture specifically in...
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