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UpCycled: Turning Waste into Wonder

50 local and regional artists display works created from repurposed, recycled, and/or found objects and materials. The artists' works skillfully upcycled & re-imagined different types of materials to create visually satisfying and thought-provoking work. This month-long exhibit embraces the mindset of sustainability and comes just in time for Earth Day on April 22

This exhibit will be on display from April 7-29, 2023 at The Brick Gallery in downtown Ocala. For a list of events, please visit mcaocala.org. For questions or purchase inquiry, please contact gallery@mcaocala.com or call during business hours 352.369.1500.

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Rising Sun Blues
Rising Sun Blues
Jessica Carter
$2,500.00


Dimensions: 26 x 50 x 3
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Mixed media, acrylic found paper hand torn collage
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Found papers, maps and atlas', hymnals long forgotten from pews, and books in discard piles headed for the landfill are hand painted with acrylic paint to be torn into collage and repurposed into a work of art to last a lifetime.
Horse bar/ cabinet
Horse bar/ cabinet
Jonathan Fort
$500.00


Dimensions: 72 x 30 x 36
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Primarily wood with hinges and handles made of metal.
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: - Salvaged and upcycled wood from old buildings being torn down along with refuse from builders and contractors. - metal hinges and handles. - screws and nails.
"Don't Forget How Far You've Come"
"Don't Forget How Far You've Come"
Jordan Shapot
$200.00


Dimensions: 6 x 14 x 13
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Found objects
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: A wooden Wise Man from a nativity scene found at the Magnolia Art Xchange, a block of wood from a construction site dumpster, a piece of leftover sandpaper, and scrap paper painted
Yellow Mushroom
Yellow Mushroom
Julijana Prest
$75.00


Dimensions: 11 x 12 x 12
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Sculpture from cement and yarn
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Old found object such as doilies made from yarn.
Red Mushroom
Red Mushroom
Julijana Prest
$95.00


Dimensions: 11 x 15 x 15
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Cement and yarn
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Recycled doilies
Monarch Butterflies on Tin
Monarch Butterflies on Tin
Kathy Sage
$189.00


Dimensions: 15 x 9.5 x 0.25
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): acrylic
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Permission to display this piece without a frame. Hanging wire will be permanently mounted on the reverse. (If a frame is a REQUIREMENT, it will be from recycled wood from a recycled lobster trap, from the Florida Keys waters. Once the traps are damaged, the commercial fisherman repair what they can and throw away the rest. The frame will be from salvaged pieces. Tin Roof Tile, Florida Keys, remnant of Hurricane Irma when a roof was destroyed by the hurricane in 2017.
Journey
Journey
Kendra Conger
$1,800.00


Dimensions: 77 x 19 x 19
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Mixed media
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Mannequin, magazines, books, globe, wood, cardboard, polaroid camera
The Flamingo Looks Upon a Path to Fantasy Mountain
The Flamingo Looks Upon a Path to Fantasy Mountain
Laura Nell Britton
$500.00


Dimensions: 26 x 38
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Paper, fabric, food wrappers, stones, paint, markers and a reused frame on cardboard - $500
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Materials used - cut paper from many printed sources, old clothes, food packaging, reclaimed stones, paint, markers and a reused frame
The Panda
The Panda
Laura Nell Britton
$300.00


Dimensions: 20 x 25
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Materials used - cut paper from many printed sources, candy wrappers, cloth, paint, markers, reused mat and frame.
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Paper, candy wrappers, fabric, paint, markers, reused mat and frame
A Whale of a Time
A Whale of a Time
Liz Chojnacki
$50.00


Dimensions: 11 x 14 x 1
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Fabric
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Fabric Thread
Potted Flowers
Potted Flowers
Liz Chojnacki
$40.00


Dimensions: 8 x 10
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Fabric
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Fabric Thread
Hooked on art
Hooked on art
Lucy Pinkstaff
$135.00


Dimensions: 11 x 22.5
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Mixed media
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Scrap steel, plastic , other metals, glass
Chicken SALAD
Chicken SALAD
Melanie Bell
$500.00


Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): acrylic, watercolor,paste and paper
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: napkins, newsprint, cardboard and envelopes
Survivor
Survivor
Melanie Bell
$400.00


Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1.5
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): acrylic, watercolor,paste and paper
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: napkins, cardboard, newsprint and envelopes
Dali Diorama
Dali Diorama
Michelle Rhodes
$235.00


Dimensions: 7 x 9
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Sculpey Clay, and acrylic paint
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Old used watercolor paint tubes and a tree branch
Nothing But Scraps
Nothing But Scraps
Nancy Roberts
$35.00


Dimensions: 16 x 0.5 x 0.5
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Textile
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Recycled plastic drinking straws, strips of denim fabric from worn jeans, part from broken jewelry
Hearts Are Home
Hearts Are Home
Nancy Roberts
$20.00


Dimensions: 12 x 6 x 1.5
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Textile
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Fabric remnants from local interior decorator; produce bag, sari silk ribbon
Untitled
Untitled
Naomi Minner
$95.00


Dimensions: 16 x 8 x 2
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Plastic, glue, metal, alcohol ink, acrylic
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: PET 1 plastic clamshell containers
Reflection Unknown
Reflection Unknown
Nicole Upton
$600.00


Dimensions: 30 x 18
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): Acrylic, black light paint, recycled clay
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: Coffin nails, obsidian, racoon bones (treated), rose quarts, dried cactus from Santa Fe NM, teeth (source unknown/treated), quartz, moldavite, labradorite, jasmine, cloves, recycled, spell jars, fennel seed, black salt, Foliage, recycled jewelry, fake flowers, pine cones, rocks from Maine, recycled fairy stencil, assorted stones and crystals, sticks, moss, recycled crafting items, recycled clay mushroom made by Ms. Deah (artist’s daughter), recycled plastic.
"AMERICAN BUFFALO"
"AMERICAN BUFFALO"
PATRICIA A Gibson
$1,400.00


Dimensions: 12 x 18 x 13
What is the MEDIUM of the piece? (ie: acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, clay sculpture, etc.): RECYCLED HAY BALING WIRE MOUNTED ON A DISCARDED GRANITE SINK CUTOUT OVAL.
Please list the recycled/repurposed items used in this piece: RECYCLED HAY BALING WIRE MOUNTED ON A DISCARDED GRANITE SINK CUTOUT OVAL.

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