The Recology King County AIR Program is a four-month art and educational residency that provides King County artists administrative support, a stipend, and access to discarded materials from the waste stream to create artwork. During the four-month residency, artists scavenge at the Recology Material Recovery Facility, the North Seattle Transfer Station, and the Recology Stores for materials to make their art.
Read more about the Recology AIR program here. For more information, contact Maria Phillips or Amanda Manitach.
2026 Artists
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Janelle Abbott (@janellerabbott) is an artist and designer behind the sustainable fashion label JRAT, known for its transformation of reclaimed and found materials to create unique, zero-waste garments and objects. Densely pleated, boldly clashing, and unexpectedly rhythmic, Janelle’s work is scrappy, unapologetic, and a testament to just how much time and energy it takes for real humans to produce every consumer product we engage with. “I am excited to step outside of fashion and explore the methodologies I’ve developed for transforming textile waste, within the context of new materials, objectives, and outcomes!—Janelle Abbott”
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Eirik Johnson (@orcawatch) is a photographic artist whose conceptually-grounded work examines the intersections of contemporary environmental, social, and cultural issues in America and beyond. Through presentation formats that range from photobooks to experiential photo and sound-based installation, Johnson’s photographic projects explore the marks and connections formed in the friction of this complicated relationship. “During my residency, I’ll be spending time listening and looking, making sound recordings of the orchestra of machinery that moves along and sorts all of the materials. I will also create a series of photographic still life works in conversation with one another and with the sound works I create.—Eirik Johnson” |