Home » Santa Clarita News » Arts and Entertainment » CalArts, Chiquita Canyon Team Up For ‘Found Art’ Contest

CalArts, Chiquita Canyon Team Up For ‘Found Art’ Contest

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is unveiling a new art gallery featuring ‘found art’ — works primarily comprised of components that have been discarded in the trash.


Sponsored Articles


Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox.

CalArts partnered with Chiquita Canyon for their sixth annual Found Art Scholarship Program and is set to announce the recipients of more than $8,000 in scholarships at a gallery exhibition featuring student artist creations.

“This Found Art scholarship program with CalArts is a great way to artistically demonstrate the reuse of materials that have been discarded by society,” said Mike Dean of Chiquita Canyon. “Every year, we’re so impressed with the creativity expressed by students.”

 

Chiquita Canyon’s Found Art Scholarship Program was designed to demonstrate the unique artistic creativity of CalArts students, according to officials.

The competition, now in its sixth year, challenges students to create a piece of art utilizing items found items from Chiquita — students interested in entering the competition had the chance to visit the landfill to select items to use in their works.

Guidelines state that at least 80% of each piece must be comprised of materials collected at the landfill.

The works will be judged by a panel of representatives from CalArts and the local arts community.

KHTS AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio

CalArts, Chiquita Canyon Team Up For ‘Found Art’ Contest

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

About Devon Miller

Devon Miller was born and raised in Santa Clarita. He joined KHTS Radio as a digital marketing intern in September of 2017, and later moved to news as a staff writer in December. Miller attended College of the Canyons and served as the Associated Student Government President. Miller is now News Director for KHTS, covering breaking news and politics across the Santa Clarita Valley.