SU Art Museum’s ‘Reclaimed’ asks visitors to view trash as treasure
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Alicia Santiago believes that not enough people recycle, especially in Syracuse. Santiago has noticed this through the amount of trash in the city and the various boxes or cans thrown onto the street. After visiting Syracuse University Art Museum’s “Reclaimed: The Art of Recology” exhibit, Santiago, a business student at Le Moyne College, admired various art pieces — all made from trash.
“It’s all connected to spreading awareness and trying to uplift the environment or people or society in general,” Santiago said.
Open until Dec. 11, “Reclaimed: The Art of Recology” invites students to see once-everyday trash in the artwork displayed in the exhibit. The SU Art Museum is the traveling exhibition’s last of 12 stops made across the country since 2023.
San Francisco-based recycling program Recology serves Oregon, California and Washington with a mission to recover and reuse materials in ways that benefit the community. Through an Artist in Residence program, Recology allows artists from the San Francisco Bay Area to make artwo...