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Sunday, May 01, 2011

Someone else's discarded paint can be on your walls

RECYCLING: Performance artists prove you can cheaply redecorate.

http://www.adn.com/2011/04/29/1837267/someone-elses-discarded-paint.html

By MIKE DUNHAM mdunham@adn.com

Published: April 30th, 2011

MARC LESTER / Anchorage Daily News

http://www.adn.com/2011/04/29/1837267/someone-elses-discarded-paint.html

John Perez, a technician at the hazardous waste facility at the Anchorage Landfill, collects discarded latex and water-based paint. Drums of that paint will be solidified with bentonite before being disposed of in the landfill. The hazardous waste facility also operates a paint reuse program there and at the Central Transfer Station in ... http://www.adn.com/2011/04/29/1837267/someone-elses-discarded-paint.html

Charles Oakley and Jorge C. Bailey are "spray can artists." You may have seen them at the Saturday Market, Alaska State Fair, Three Barons Fair and other venues. In what they describe as "performances," they create detailed pictures of mountains, whales, guitars, planets and such -- all in roughly eight minutes.

And they do most of it with paint that someone else has thrown away.

"About 60 percent of our art uses recycled paint," said Bailey.

The artists appreciate the eco-friendly aspect of their medium. And they like the fact that they get it for free through the Municipality of Anchorage Hazardous Waste Reuse Program.

So can anyone else.

The program, contracted to Emerald Alaska, a branch of Seattle-based Emerald Services, gives away orphaned paint and more at the Anchorage Regional Landfill near Eagle River and the Central Transfer Station near the Old Seward Highway and International Airport Road.

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