The Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence (AIR) Program is an art and education initiative that supports Bay Area artists. As part of the Sustainability Education Program, the four-month residency provides an immersive environment for artists to develop their practice while engaging with sustainability and community outreach.
Since 1990, over 190 professional artists and 60 student artists from local universities and colleges have completed residencies. These emerging, mid-career, and established artists have worked across disciplines—including new media, video, painting, photography, performance, sculpture, and installation—to explore a wide range of topics.
The artist studios are located at the San Francisco Recycling and Transfer Center—a 47-acre facility that includes multiple recycling operations. Artists source materials for their artwork from the Public Reuse and Recycling Area, affectionately known as “the dump,” and paint from the Household Hazardous Waste Facility. Throughout the residency, artists speak to groups of students and adults who visit the artists’ studios as they tour the company’s recycling and composting operations. These interactions create meaningful opportunities to highlight the transformative potential of creative reuse.
At the conclusion of each residency, Recology hosts a public exhibition and artist talk which draws hundreds of guests to the studios. Artists contribute one to three works made during their residency to Recology AIR’s permanent collection. Artworks from this collection are frequently curated into off-site exhibitions at galleries and public venues that serve to promote the artists, recycling, and reuse.
Recology AIR fosters the conservation of natural resources by offering artists the time, space, and materials to create meaningful works. Through this program, artists inspire new perspectives on sustainability by educating thousands of individuals each year about the importance of environmental stewardship.
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Recology San Francisco Artist In Residence Program's categories are Artists and Writers
Recology San Francisco Artist In Residence Program's founding year is 1990
