Upcoming Kid's Workshops
ReCycle/ReCreate! Series (Kids)
Sign up for Summer workshops!
The Secret Keeper
Beginning Wire Jewelry Class
Urban Foraging for Basketry
Pashtun Felted Hats
Want to receive emails about MECCA events?
Send your name and email address to:
info@materials-exchange.org
Store Hours Are:
Tuesdays 10am-3pm
Wednesdays 10am-3pm
Thursdays 10am-3pm & 6pm-9pm
Saturdays 11am-3pm
Call to Artists
All Hallow's Eve art exhibition
In October, MECCA is hosting an All Hallow's Eve art exhibition and is looking for artists to display and sell their creeepy creations. If interested, email MECCA.
ReART Festival
NextStep Recycling's Annual ReART Festival on August 8, 2010 seeks to provide Lane County with yet another unique and entertaining event, while educating the community abou the importance
of reusing and recycling as much as we can. The Festival brings together artists, vendors, craftspeople to downtown Eugene to celebrate the extraordinary and beautiful art being created
by repurposing everyday items.
Object Afterlife is back!
MECCA (Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts) once again presents the Object Afterlife Art Challenge, a unique opportunity for the arts community. A chance for artists to brave a new approach to their creative process while participating in an awareness raising community event.
In an effort to bridge the worlds of fine art and scrap art, we challenge artists to create thought-provoking, intentional works with scrap materials provided by MECCA and BRING. Artists will be given two months to complete their creation.
Artwork will be chosen for awards in multiple categories. This challenge encourages artists to work outside their usual mediums or incorporate scrap materials into their art. Based on submitted information, our staff will choose objects for each participant to use in the work created for this challenge.
The artist can use all or part of the objects given and is free to incorporate other materials and mediums as well. Artwork submitted can be made available for purchase during the exhibition.
The artwork created for this event will be on exhibit downtown during the Eugene Celebration, August 27, 28 & 29, and throughout September. Our intention is to connect with and promote the local art community,
inspire the creative use of scrap materials, raise awareness of our universal need to re-imagine the objects surrounding us, and most of all, to have a fun and creative experience!
Open this application form (MS Word) for more details.
Eugene Storefront Art Project
ESAP is looking for artists interested in exhibiting in empty storefronts. Their mission is to help demonstrate Eugene's c
ommitment to the arts, while allowing artists a unique canvas and beautifying downtown areas. For more info contact Paula Goodbar.
Or go to ESAP's Facebook page for more info and submission forms.
Crafty Birthday Parties at MECCA
MECCA is now on FaceBook!
Become a fan and you can receive up-to-date information about MECCA on our facebook page!
Employment Opportunities
Community Art Workshop Instructors
The Art of Recycling!
The Secret Keeper: A workshop with Assemblage Artist Michael deMeng
MECCA is happy to announce that Michael deMeng, the Reverend of Rust, Devotee of Detritus and Aficionado of Found Objects, will be teaching a two-day assemblage workshop at MECCA in September.
You can register for this class online with Paypal or you can bring, or send, a check to MECCA. For more information call 541-302-1810. Supply list will be sent after registration.
Download the PDF registration form and fill it out if you wish to send a check.
Sidewalk Sale!
ALL SUMMER LONG!
We are pulling materials from the warehouse and out onto the sidewalk in front of MECCA... no prices.. just give a donation and take what you want! Lots of house paint, wood scraps, cardboard tubes, and a bunch more!
Come by and get inspired to create this summer!
One of the easiest ways to help MECCA raise funds is Goodsearch.com... a yahoo based search engine where funds are raised for your designated charity each time you search. Check it out! Try Good Search right now:
www.goodsearch.com
About M.E.C.C.A
M.E.C.C.A., the Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, is a nonprofit organization located in Eugene, Oregon.
Our mission is to divert reusable materials from the landfill and put those items back into the hands of people that can make use of them, from artists and teachers to youth and their parents.
We are dedicated to providing access to low-cost arts education and art experiences in an inclusive environment that reflects the personality of our community.
The Store
MECCA operates a recycled art supply store where you can find fun materials such as flooring and wallpaper samples, corks
and bottle caps, glass and ceramic pieces, fabric scraps, used cards and calendars, and much more.
We collect these items from Lane County businesses, artists, and individuals; most of what we sell
would have been destined for the trash bin if it hadn't found its way onto our shelves!
Community Workshops
Our eclectic collection of "junk" provides an abundant resource for all manner of creative endeavor.
At a MECCA workshop, you might learn to make scarves out of fleece scraps, weave baskets out of
telephone wire, turn Altoid tins into pocket shrines, or forge jewelry out of bottle caps. By
encouraging the creative reuse of scraps and discards, MECCA offers a low-cost and environmentally
friendly way for people to express themselves artistically.
Network Charter School Classes
Beginning in September 2003 MECCA began teaching classes to middle and high school students as part of the
Network Charter School (NCS).
NCS provides opportunities for experiential work projects in local non-profits and small businesses,
and stimulates students to take responsibility for their own learning.
We are excited to be part of this groundbreaking educational model.