2024 Open Call for Artists: Trash to Treasure Art Challenge

Join in on the Trash to Treasure Art Challenge! Participants must choose a place in Utica, NY, to clean up litter and then create a work of art incorporating trash or found objects from their cleanup. A group exhibition in July 2024 will showcase a selection of works and offer space for community members to participate in discussions about the environment.

Register to participate at: https://trash-to-treasure.com/about/

Project submission deadline: May 31, 2024

Submit documentation of your cleanup and photos of your project by the deadline to be considered for inclusion in the group exhibition. A selection of submitted works will be chosen for the Trash to Treasure Group Gallery Exhibition, and exhibiting artists will receive a stipend of $100.

Submit a project: https://trash-to-treasure.com/submit/

Earth Day Eve Community Cleanup Event: Sunday April 21, 2024, 1-3pm

Pick up supplies and meetup with other participants!

• Meetup location: Utica Vintage Club, 421 Seneca Street, Utica, NY 13502
• RSVP: https://trash-to-treasure.com/rsvp-for-our-earth-day-community-cleanup/

(Participation in the Community Cleanup is encouraged but not required!)

Do your own trash-ure hunt any time!

Free trash bags, gloves, and high-visibility vests are available on request and for pick-up at all Utica Creative Reuse events until May 31, provided by Keep Mohawk Valley Beautiful. You can help us track our impact by registering your cleanup at: https://trash-to-treasure.com/claim-a-site/

More information including FAQs, inspiration from creative reuse artists around the world, video tutorials on assemblage, and resources for working with unusual materials is available at trash-to-treasure.com.

Trash to Treasure Art Challenge is made possible through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement regrant program thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature, the Office of the Governor and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts – with thanks to our fiscal sponsor, Mohawk Valley Economic Development District.