Students in Oakland schools are invited to participate in the 2014 ReCreate Art Contest, Oakland’s annual recycled art competition, presented by Pro Arts.

Participants use discarded or reused materials in a creative application of the 4Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot. All students in grades K-12 are eligible to participate, and encouraged to attend free workshops at local Oakland Public Library branches to learn how to turn trash into artistic treasure. They’ll build with bits, sculpt from scraps or construct with odds and ends.

Pro Arts is an Oakland-based regional organization that encourages change in and through the arts to invigorate our communities.