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Utica Creative Reuse News:

  • 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

  • Thrift Shop Hours & Creative Reuse Events in June

    Thrift Shop Hours & Creative Reuse Events in June

    We’ve expanded the hours that our thrift shop is open! You can now visit us Wednesday through Saturday at 734 Columbia Street, Utica, NY 13502. Thrift Shop Hours Donations of arts & crafts materials in good condition are accepted on Fridays from 11am-4pm, or by appointment. Please check our list of accepted materials, and send… Read more

  • Postponed Sculpture Workshops & Extra Shopping Hours!

    Postponed Sculpture Workshops & Extra Shopping Hours!

    Found-Object Sculpture Workshops Postponed Please note that our May found-object sculpture workshops have been postponed to June, including the 5/10/25 Trash Treasure Hunt event (rescheduled to 6/17/25) and the 5/15/25 Sculpture Collage class (rescheduled to 6/24/25) . Visit Our Thrift Shop! Since our event tomorrow was postponed, we will have extra shopping hours at our… Read more

  • Spring Creative Reuse Events

    Spring Creative Reuse Events

    May Workshops: Found-Object Art We have lots of free events coming up in May that center reuse, repair, and found-object art! Learn new skills, or come practice your favorite arts and crafts with a supportive community. Don’t forget to take these skills and create a project for the Trash to Treasure Art Challenge! Submit your… Read more