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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/art.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='San Francisco Artists Make Art from Trash' data-article-id='33'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10417'>Trash and garbage are other words for waste things that people no longer want or need.</span> <span data-start-time='10417' data-end-time='16000'>In San Francisco, they are also words for art.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='16000' data-end-time='30250'>A local recycling company, called Recology, created a program to give artists the opportunity to re-use unwanted objects.</span> <span data-start-time='30250' data-end-time='41229'>Artists are paid to work for four months on transforming things like old tires, toys and paint.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='41229' data-end-time='45896'>Ma Li is one of the artists at the center.</span> <span data-start-time='45896' data-end-time='54333'>She is working on a project that includes plastic bottles, cardboard tubes and cloth.</span> <span data-start-time='54333' data-end-time='63792'>Ma Li is turning them into a moving sculpture with stars, flowing air and dancers.</span> <span data-start-time='63792' data-end-time='73583'>Ms. Li says she learned recycling from her parents while growing up in China in the 1980s.</span> <span data-start-time='73583' data-end-time='83479'>It was a time when the country was poorer and more concerned about saving money than it is today.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='83479' data-end-time='94917'>San Francisco artist Michael Arcega works with recycled wood and old leather belts, all saved from the garbage.</span> <span data-start-time='94917' data-end-time='102063'>My project is based on pseudo-anthropological research on the people of the Nacirema.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='102063' data-end-time='109833'>Michael Arcega explains that Nacirema is American spelled backwards.</span> <span data-start-time='109833' data-end-time='117354'>His artwork shows what he says is the wasteful culture of the American people.</span> <span data-start-time='117354' data-end-time='123896'>Still, he says looking through the trash is not easy. </span> <span data-start-time='123896' data-end-time='130708'>It is hard to separate what is useful and what is really garbage.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='130708' data-end-time='138563'>A gallery in Los Angeles is displaying some of the art from the San Francisco project.</span> <span data-start-time='138563' data-end-time='150833'>The show includes pictures made from pieces of labels, sculptures from old metal, and saws that have been cut to look like trees.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='150833' data-end-time='159625'>Each year more than 5,000 children and adults visit shows created by the artists.</span> <span data-start-time='159625' data-end-time='171813'>They also attend educational tours that allow the public to talk to the artists and learn important lessons about recycling.</span> <span data-start-time='171813' data-end-time='179917'>Los Angeles gallery owner Liz Gordon says artists have a history of recycling.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='179917' data-end-time='192688'>People who didnt have the resources to be able to go out and buy supplies found supplies and have been using found objects and assemblage for many, many years.</span> <span data-start-time='192688' data-end-time='197938'>Artist Ma Li says these art works have a message.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='197938' data-end-time='210792'>So everyone can come together to actually make little change in their daily life and behavior to actually try to save the environment and resources.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='210792' data-end-time='215063'>Mike Sangiacomo heads the recycling company.</span> <span data-start-time='215063' data-end-time='220792'>He says he hopes to see as much waste as possible reused.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='220792' data-end-time='236333'>Along the way, if some of it is made into some fun pieces of art and draws peoples attention to the issue, we think its a great way to do something thats good for our business, good for our community, good for society.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='236333' data-end-time='246313'>And the project shows how a little imagination can change one persons trash into anothers art work.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='246313' data-end-time='248667'>Im Marsha James.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/tool_used_to_cut_wood.m4a'><span>tool used to cut wood</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/group_of_people_or_things.m4a'><span>group of people or things</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/long_hollow_objects.m4a'><span>long hollow objects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/relating_to_using_somethin.m4a'><span>relating to using something again</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=236 data-hint-location='45896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/what_does_tubes_mean.m4a'>What does tubes mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='long hollow objects'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/tool_used_to_cut_wood.m4a'><span>tool used to cut wood</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/group_of_people_or_things.m4a'><span>group of people or things</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/long_hollow_objects.m4a'><span>long hollow objects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/relating_to_using_somethin.m4a'><span>relating to using something again</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=237 data-hint-location='16000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/what_does_recycling_mean_.m4a'>What does recycling mean? </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='relating to using something again'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/group_of_people_or_things.m4a'><span>group of people or things</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/relating_to_using_somethin.m4a'><span>relating to using something again</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/long_hollow_objects.m4a'><span>long hollow objects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/tool_used_to_cut_wood.m4a'><span>tool used to cut wood</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=238 data-hint-location='45896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/which_of_the_following_was.m4a'>Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a material that Li uses?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='paint'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/cloth.m4a'><span>cloth</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/cardboard_tubes.m4a'><span>cardboard tubes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/paint.m4a'><span>paint</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/plastic_bottles.m4a'><span>plastic bottles</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=239 data-hint-location='83479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/where_does_arcega_find_the.m4a'>Where does Arcega find the materials that he uses for his art?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='garbage'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/walmart.m4a'><span>Walmart</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/garbage.m4a'><span>garbage</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/michaels.m4a'><span>Michael's</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/donations.m4a'><span>donations</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=240 data-hint-location='109833' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/what_does_the_artwork_of_m.m4a'>What does the artwork of Michael Arcega show?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='wasteful culture '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/pop_culture.m4a'><span>pop culture</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/wasteful_culture_.m4a'><span>wasteful culture </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/innovation.m4a'><span>innovation</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/harsh_culture.m4a'><span>harsh culture</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=241 data-hint-location='16000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/recology_created_a_program.m4a'>Recology created a program allowing artists to <span class='blank'>re-use</span> objects.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='re-use'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/demolish.m4a'><span>demolish</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/destroy.m4a'><span>destroy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/create.m4a'><span>create</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/reuse.m4a'><span>re-use</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=242 data-hint-location='102063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/nacirema_is__blank__spel.m4a'>"Nacirema" is <span class='blank'>American</span> spelled backwards.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='American'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/american.m4a'><span>American</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/algeria.m4a'><span>Algeria</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/armenia.m4a'><span>Armenia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/argentina.m4a'><span>Argentina</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=243 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/trash_and_garbage_are_word.m4a'>Trash and garbage are words for <span class='blank'>art</span> in San Francisco.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='art'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/food.m4a'><span>food</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/pollution.m4a'><span>pollution</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/art.m4a'><span>art</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/32/music.m4a'><span>music</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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