Saturday, April 25, 2009

Recycled Art in Arizona

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Because of the constant rise of the issue involving global warming, we citizens are constantly faced with ways to contribute to the betterment of our environment. In this article we will tackle one solution that artists embraced in answer to caring more for our environment and that is making art through recycled items. Almost anything can be done through recycled items including making splendid artworks.

Harvey Whitcomb is a green artist who uses pieces of used compact discs and frames it to create an abstract artwork. Judging from his website, one can clearly conclude that he had mastered the art of recycled art. His famous artwork of bits and pieces of CD's to form an incredible multi-colored mosaic art left anyone fascinated and in awe.

Green artists are what you call artists or creative artisans that make use of recycled or environmentally friendly material in conjuring their artworks. They are conscientious people who are very concerned about the earth's environmental issues. The word "green" took on a whole new meaning this year for it no longer connotes the color but a term that describes the advocacy of creating a better environment. As of now, we have "green-collared" jobs in line with blue collar and white collared jobs.

Recycled art is also called as junk art where unconventional medium for making art is used to express or convey a specific feeling to the viewers. Junk art is making use of used materials and gives it a new life. Example of a very common recycled art is a kids' craft project of origami where they make use of newspaper to form the origami craft. This can also be achieved by using old pieces if paper.

There is going to be a Recycled Art Exhibition at Flagstaff, Mormon Lake in Arizona and all art aficionados and enthusiasts are requested to join and take part of this great and inspiring event.

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