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Is it Trash? Is it Art? Is it Useful?

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If you have creative kids, you probably have had boxes full of construction paper drawings, macaroni necklaces, Popsicle stick structures, towel roll telescopes, candy wrapper bracelets and various other creations. Eventually they pile up, they break, they're not useful, and so you throw them away. At least their life was prolonged for a little whi...
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Material Spotlight: Clothing

Material Spotlight: Clothing
Reweaving the Threads Upcycled clothing is more than a fad; it's something that addresses social and environmental injustices around the world. Americans throw away over 32 billion pounds of textiles each year. With clothes being made cheaper and cheaper, they wear out a lot faster. However, while some people throw away clothes because of a hole or...
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Wayne Deaton – Metal Creations

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Standing in a garage cluttered with buckets of iron rods, piles of rotary blades, and a vast array of rusty scrap metal, Wayne Deaton picks up a large metal wrench and says, "This will be a grasshopper." Pointing to tight coils of wire, he says, "Those are Wiener dogs." He pulls a handheld scythe out of a bucket and says, "What is this?" Running hi...
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Sculpture Garden 2017

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Our Sculpture Garden Curator Joel Rupley, is a fabulous volunteer. Not only was the Sculpture Garden Joel's idea, but he's been volunteering to manage it for four years now! 
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Sculpture Garden 2016

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
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