Free Crafting, Teacher Resources, Community Service

Art of Recycle is a grassroots project that began in 2008 with the simple idea of teaching people how to re-use the everyday items around them to create art rather than discarding unwanted items into the landfill. Not just any art, but useful art that people would treasure and utilize for years.

As our programs developed, we discovered ways of using the discarded materials to better our community through community service programs and volunteer opportunities that our volunteers and staff created, and ways to use the resources to help other organizations. AoR is a nonprofit organization.

Art is a fundamental need. 

Art is probably one of the most stress relieving and therapeutic ways of healing your body and mind. Our nonprofit organization believes that art and music belong in the same category as diet and exercise, and people who are robbed of the ability to create art because of economic hardship live a life of the lowest quality. 

We believe that uniting with other organizations, creating community service programs and volunteer opportunities helps to create a stronger and healthier community.