Recology San Francisco

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2011 | Best Art from Trash

Unlimited access to a junkyard -- and all society's detritus. It's any artist's dream. Recology helps a handful of artists realize it by letting them inhabit a studio at the company's refuse transfer station for several months at a time, and earn a stipend for doing so. They find new purposes for existing things by sawing, painting, refinishing, sanding, and bolting them onto other objects. Late last year, Suzanne Husky created a number of Sleeper Cell Hotels, one resembling a porcupine... More »
2006 | Best Trashy Art

Some artists travel to Flax to get materials; others never get farther than their neighbors' trash cans. For the latter type, the golden gig is this program. Not only does the lucky artist get carte blanche to rummage through the city dump, a monthly stipend, and a 2,000-square-foot studio to work in, he also gets a solo show with pretty much guaranteed press coverage (nobody can pass up the garbage angle). Since 1990, more than 50 artists have filtered through the waste, and although shows... More »

Trash or Treasure? Yes

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, September 21, 2011

On the way here we notice the gulls. We call it a venue, but it’s mostly a transfer station, just across the freeway from the bay. It gets hordes of visitors in the form of birds, eager to scavenge from the piles of garbage brought for consolidati... More »
Trash and Treasure Become One at Recology's Artist in Residence Exhibitions

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, September 21, 2011

On the way to Recology San Francisco we notice the gulls. We call it a venue, but it's mostly a transfer station, just across the freeway from the bay. It gets hordes of visitors in the form of birds,... More »
New Literary Open Mic Is Special -- So Special, It's Gotta Have Some of Your Attention

By SB Stokes | Wed, August 17, 2011

Tucked into a nondescript little row of storefronts along Adeline is Berkeley's newest literary destination. Nick's Lounge has undergone a slight but meaningful makeover in the hands of new owner Bry... More »

2011 | Best Art from Trash