Southeast Creative Reuse Collective Holds Largest Gathering Yet
Leaders, board members and staff from the twenty three creative reuse organizations that attended the conference at ReCraft in Greenville, SC.
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Southern Creative Reuse Collective held its largest-ever conference this month in Greenville, a sign of growing interest in upcycling and repurposing to advance sustainability, support creativity, and make art more accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Hosted by ReCraft Creative Reuse Center at its Greenville store from Oct. 17-19, the third-annual conference brought together 23 organizations from across the Southeast.
Creative reuse centers divert unwanted, gently used art supplies from landfills by providing them to artists, educators, families, and community members for creative projects. By seeking and accepting donations and offering them at affordable prices, the organizations give those unwanted materials a second life.
Founded in 2024, the Southeast Creative Reuse Collective connects organizations throughout the region, helping them share resources, exchange ideas, and support one another’s work. The collaboration helps members strengthen their individual organizations while expanding the collective impact of creative reuse across the Southeast.
Organizations represented at the summit included :
Conway Creates: Conway, S.C.
Dabble Creative Reuse-Center, Manassas, Va.
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