Artists will be provided access to studio space for a three-day period — November 2 – 4 — and the completed works will be displayed at an opening to be held November 7 at Summit Artspace in the Project Gallery as part of the November Downtown Akron Artwalk.

By supporting artists who work with recycled materials, ReWorks, Summit County’s solid waste management authority hopes to encourage people to reduce, reuse, and recycle materials and promote new ways of thinking about art and the environment.

The works of art will be available to purchase at the opening and proceeds will be split evenly between the artist and ReWorks. ReWorks will use its share of the proceeds for educating the public on potential reuses of latex paint and how to safely prepare it for proper disposal.