Lane Patterson's fabulous lamps are one of the show's biggest hits!

 

A sampling of the 2007 Trash Fashion & Costume Contest participants. Photo by Bob Easton.

 

The Wired Glass booth hosted by artist Mitch Berg. Photo by Bob Easton.
 

HISTORY OF RECYCLE SANTA FE

The Recycled Art Market was the core idea for this whole festival. Conceived at a local craft show on a lazy Sunday afternoon in 1999 by Mark Dabelstein and Joe Buffalo Nickels, they both wanted a specialized market to showcase recycled art. A serendipitous connection with Nancy Judd at Santa Fe Beautiful propelled the idea to our first efforts that November.

Eight years and four venues later, the Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival is, according to the Santa Fe Reporter, "... a shockingly good time... the weekends biggest can't miss event... a highlight of the fall season."   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Recycle
Santa Fe Art Festival

 

Thank you everyone for a GREAT 2011 Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival. The 13th annual event had over 4,000 visitors enjoying the recycled art, Trash Fashion and Costume Contest, Adult & Youth Juried Art Displays and make and take art activities. We will be returning to the downtown Convention Center for the 2012 show after 6 great years at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe.

In cooperation with Keep Santa Fe Beautiful and their recycling efforts surrounding America Recycles Day (November 15th) and New Mexico Recycling Awareness Month, Recycle Santa Fe is one of the hippest, eco-conscious art markets and juried art events of its time. 

The 2012 show will take place on November 2, 3 and 4 at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. Applications for the 2012 show go out via email in June of 2012.

To purchase a DVD of the 2011 Trash Fashion & Costume Contest, please contact Doreen Gallegos of Wildfire Productions at wildfirepro6@gmail.com

If you realized you need a few more recycled art pieces and you'd like to contact any of the 2011 Recycle Santa Fe Artists, please visit the following link.

2011 Recycle Santa Fe Participating Artists

If you would like to view/purchase photos from the 2011 Trash Fashion & Costume Contest taken by Santa Fe photographer Katie Macaulay, please email Katie katiemacaulay@earthlink.net

If you were a contestant in the Trash Fashion & Costume Contest and you would like to purchase your photos by portrait photographer LuAnne Jackson, please email LuAnne at lujac22@gmail.com

Check out the hippest, eco-conscious weekend long art market. Best place in town to buy your holiday eco-gifts! A few of the show's highlights include:

Friday Highlights

  • The famous, wild and crazy Trash Fashion & Costume Contest. The most original fashion show in Santa Fe at 7:00 pm! Limited seating, please plan on arriving early to secure a good seat. Tickets go on sale at the door at 5:00 pm. There is a free overflow seating area with a closed circuit live projection and a 2nd stage that models will also walk on.
  • Trash Fashion & Costume Contest will include an American Sign Language Interpreter
  • Announcement of Juried Art Exhibit winners (adult & student) following the Trash Fashion Show.

Saturday & Sunday Highlights

  • Kids of all ages can enjoy the recycled art activities (make and take art)
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm on Saturday recycled art artist Janet Hoezel will lead a workshop on how to give old moth eaten or worn out sweaters a new life by transforming them into hats, arm warmers, pot holders, etc. Supplies provided, but bring an old sweater if you have one!

Applications for the 2012 market will be released in June of 2012. Please email Sarah Pierpont at skpierpont@yahoo.com, if you'd like to be put on the mailing list.

2009 Show Summaries/Photos - If you'd like to view the winners of the 2009 Trash Fashion & Juried Art show, please click on the following link. 2009 Trash Fashion & Juried Art Winners.

The Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival episode of Enchantments, a New Mexico travel show, is out and on the air.  It has aired on New Mexico's CW (KWBQ), My50-TV (KASY), and on PBS (KRWG).  If you would like to purchase your own copy of this show, please visit http://bigbask.com/enchantments.htm

If you'd like to be added to the Recycle Santa Fe electronic mailing list, please email Sarah Pierpont at skpierpont@yahoo.com

Bring the family, get your holiday shopping started early and learn a thing or two about recycling. 

 

Elementary students' youth juried art entry created from paper mache and other recycled materials.  Photo by Bob Easton.

 

 The Juried Art Exhibition, Art Market, Student Art Competition, and the opening night Recycled Trash Fashion & Costume Contest all include prizes for the winners. This three day event features the best in creative recycled arts and fun for the entire family.

Evening Gown created from knitted, ironed and sewn plastic grocery bags by Jayne Ottesen - 2006 Fashion Show Winner.  Photo by Bob Easton.

Finally, don't miss the wildly popular and always outrageous Trash Fashion & Costume Show!

 

 

Recycle Santa Fe offsets its carbon emissions through Green Energy New Mexico.  To learn more, please click on the following link: 

The festival features a Juried Art Market where top recycling artists sell their funky and innovative arts and crafts constructed with a minimum of 75% rescued/reused materials.

Global Man - Juried Art 2005 Winner by David Cudney

  Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival in the News

 

 

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