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  • September Creative Reuse Events

    September Creative Reuse Events

    Celebrate our 2nd year in Utica with us by taking a free class, checking out our exhibition of found-object art, or visiting our thrift store! Read more

  • Trash to Treasure: A Group Exhibition of Found-Object Art

    Trash to Treasure: A Group Exhibition of Found-Object Art

    Join us for the opening of the 2025 Trash to Treasure Found-Object Art Exhibition and an artists’ reception on Friday, September 12 from 6-8pm at Utica Creative Reuse, 734 Columbia Street, Utica, NY. Read more

  • Utica Creative Reuse Events in August

    Utica Creative Reuse Events in August

    Join us for a free event in August focused on reuse, upcycling, or learning a new creative skill! Register and see our calendar on our events page! Tuesday 8/19, 6-8pm: Jewelry-Making FundamentalsLearn the fundamentals of jewelry-making and how to make a pair of earrings!Instructor: Krista Heath Wednesday 8/20, 6-8pm: Crochet 102Learn double crochet and magic ring stitches Read more

  • Upcoming Events: Found-Object Mosaics, Pinhole Cameras

    Upcoming Events: Found-Object Mosaics, Pinhole Cameras

    Free Mosaics Class This Weekend! There are still a few seats left in our Beginner’s Mosaic Workshop on July 19 & 26! Learn everything you need to know to create your own mosaics using found-objects, and make a small project to take home with you. Found-Object Mosaics What: Learn everything you need to know to create Read more

  • July Creative Reuse Events

    July Creative Reuse Events

    Join us for a free event in July focused on reuse, upcycling, or learning a new creative skill! Register and see our calendar on our events page! Read more

  • Special Donation Request!

    Special Donation Request!

    We’ve updated our list of accepted materials to include some common household materials! For a limited time, we are collecting colorful plastic bottle caps and plastic coffee containers with lids for some of our upcoming free art workshops. We can also now accept pop-tabs from aluminum cans and metal bottle caps again! Now Accepting: Household Read more