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The economy is in trouble & we still have too much garbage! If you Upcycle trash into art, your art could be part of the solution!!!
If you make art from things that would have been thrown away - broken stuff, old stuff, burned stuff, torn stuff transformed into art- 2D & 3D in any media rescued from trash, your art is eligible.
It’s happening again! The exhibit “Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination" features fine art from cast-off materials created by professional artists from throughout the world. The heart of this exhibit is the message of the three R's: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle & UPCYCLE!
The 2011 Art From Detritus Exhibition is a juried competition for dynamic, inventive and provocative work created from a multitude of materials that would have been discarded if not rescued for artmaking.

The exhibit will occur April 23 to May 29, 2011 at the Willilamsburgh Art and Historical Center. You can see their website at www.wahcenter.net

This show will be curated by Vernita Nemec, artist/curator, former director of Artists Talk On Art in New York City and currently Director of Viridian Artists as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Soho20 in Chelsea NYC.

She conceived the first Detritus Exhibition in 1993 & over the years has received funding from The Puffin Foundation, the Kaufmann Foundation and the National Recycling Coalition. Since then, there have been more than a dozen Detritus exhibitions through out the U.S. You can see images of and information on past Detritus shows at www.artfromdetritus.com.
Submit your best work now!
Email 3-6 jpegs of work no larger than 500 dpi in either direction. Include in your email an Artwork List with size, materials used, title & date, plus an artist bio & statement.
Submit by March 1, 20111 to: ncognita@earthfire.org.
There is no submission fee, but accepted artists will be asked to pay an installation/show fee of $50.
Best,
Vernita
www.ncognita.com

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