Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Creative ReUse Showcase

What’s the best way to finally clean out that dreaded junk drawer, basement or garage? Make some art! The 17th annual Creative ReUse Showcase, a competition and exhibition put on by Frog Hollow Craft Gallery and the Chittenden Solid Waste District, show how to do it. Local high school students were challenged to create artwork out of trash and recyclables, in the spirit of CSWD’s motto, “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reimagine.” From quirky creatures constructed from bolts to a table made with corks, the exhibit gives new life to items assumed to be useless. With plenty of creative pluck, these young artists redefine the terms of “waste.” Pictured: Best-in-Show winner “Put a Cork on It,” a table made from wine corks, PVC pipe and old Christmas-tree stands, by Sarah Ferry and Alex Groen of South Burlington High School.