Recycled, ReInvented- From the Artists of SCRAP October 4, 2010

Exhibit runs now to Jan 5, 2011; Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm, weekends by appointment

The Gallery at Ruth's Table presents
Recycled, ReINVENTED - From the Artists of SCRAP
Artists Reception: Friday, Sept 24, 6-9pm

View the works of a group of talented artists who dedicate a portion of their time and energy as staff members at SCRAP. This exhibit is a collective demonstration of how the SCRAP environment shapes us and helps the communities we live in.

SCRAP, Scroungers' Center for Reusable Art Parts, is the oldest non-profit creative reuse center in the San Francisco Bay Area.

For artists, writers and actors, working at SCRAP offers constant visual and tactile stimulation while handling, assessing and organizing the never-ending flow of donated materials that pass through SCRAP, and that will ultimately be reinvented or repurposed as they pass into new hands. Working at SCRAP requires the ability to decipher, break down and organize a seemingly infinite stream of materials. The challenge is a brainteaser of creative decisions made quickly and constantly. After absorbing and reacting to the SCRAP work environment, these artists leave and engage in their individual creative processes. The resulting works of art explore the concepts of inevitability, disconnection, reinvention and re-distribution.

Artists: Ellen Felcher Burns, Stacey M. Carter, Air Feller, Jake David Lindsay-Ceniceros, Jennifer Morningstar, Sandra Murray, Jeff Rahuba, Lisa Ryan, Jane Schafgans, Kenan Shapero, Ute Zaunbauer
Guest Curator: Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator Emeritus, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

"...As someone who appreciates beauty in the overlooked in my collecting and writing about anonymous photography, I applaud the board and workers of SCRAP for their respectful redistribution of useable resources that might otherwise be lost....." -- Robert Flynn Johnson

For many years Ruth Asawa served as president of the SCRAP Board of Directors and is now president emeritus.

Official Website: http://www.scrap-sf.org/recycled-reinvented-from-the-artists-at-scrap-at-ruths-table-gallery