Even the most passionate recycling enthusiast can get a shade greener this weekend by visiting an environmental art exhibit that showcases ways to create more and waste less. GLEAN runs through Sunday, Sept. 30 at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center of Portland.
The collection was created by five local artists using trash salvaged from garbage delivered to the Metro Central Transfer Station in Northwest Portland. The works range from sculpture to mixed media assemblage to wearable art.
Disjecta
8371 N. Interstate Ave., Portland
Gallery hours: noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday
Free
The project is a public, private, nonprofit partnership between Metro, the regional government that guides the region’s garbage and recycling system; Recology, an employee-owned company that manages resource recovery facilities; and Cracked Pots, an environmental arts group that manages the program. Now in its second year, GLEAN takes its inspiration from Recology San Francisco’s renowned artist in residence program.