Create your own sketchbook or journal using the Cartonera style of bookbinding! This workshop is appropriate for ages 16+ Using recycled cardboard, paper and linen or hemp threads, you will learn to sew a multi section book and personalize the front. This is an indoor workshop, masks and...
Each month, we’ll fill our workshop with a variety of materials and tools for you to create based on the Reuse and Rethink contest. Come explore the possibility of wood architectural samples with us on the 2nd and 4th Fridays from 12pm – 4pm. No...
This is an indoor workshop. Masks and social distancing required. About Craft Night: Falling on the last Thursday of each month, Craft Night is a long held tradition led by two of ACR's dedicated core volunteers. Craft Night is not only an opportunity to celebrate the pure...
In this workshop, we will use discarded fabric sample books to create one of a kind stuffy friends to share or keep as our own. Kids can practice their fine motor skills by learning how to hand sew, and explore their attention to detail as we...
Using a variety of reuse materials and lots of creativity, participants will have the opportunity to learn about jewelry-making. You'll work with and try out different tools to make multiple pendants and at least one pair of earrings! There may even be time left at...
Stop by the front of the center this Saturday, July 10th for a FREE make & take activity. Volunteer and card-making wonder, Audrey R. will be on hand to show you how to make Christmas cards using treasures from our Bucket Section. This activity is...
The Trash Project, a dance with 24 sanitation workers and 16 large vehicles of Austin Resource Recovery premiered on the misty Mueller tarmac in 2009. The documentary Trash Dance chronicled what it took to make trash trucks and workers dance on that tarmac and how hundreds...
Now introducing the ReThink Tank! Each month, we’ll fill our workshop with a variety of materials and tools for you to create based on the Reuse and Rethink contest. Come explore the challenge of bicycle tubes with us on Friday, June 11th and Friday, June...
This is an indoor workshop. Masks and social distancing required. About Craft Night: Falling on the 4th Thursday of each month, Craft Night is a long held tradition led by two of ACR's dedicated core volunteers. Craft Night is not only an opportunity to celebrate the pure...
Learn about monoprinting with ACR and local artist Virginia VanHoogstraten! About this event: In this workshop you will learn about monoprinting using acrylic paint on a gel surface to create one of a kind abstract prints. We will be using recycled materials as mark making tools. The...