Last year, Shirley Chiu came up with the Recycle Circle Project during an airplane ride and this year, Art with Heart is the happy beneficiary of that idea! The Project encourages professional designers to create works of art from unused material samples. The art is then sold to the public and 100% of the profits are donated to a local nonprofit that advances the creation of art and works with children.

Shirley says that the main idea for the project stemmed from a love of creative thinking and the art of making things. She knew that many designers had boxes of unused materials that were too beautiful to throw away and decided to motivate them to do something about it. Knowing that artists work well under a deadline, Shirley spends all year collecting donations of materials, then gives the independent designers 8 weeks to create a piece of art for the holiday sale. Each work is beautiful, unique and created from recycled materials.

This year’s Recycle Circle Holiday Charity Show will be held at ai Design Studio at 81 Vine Street, Suite 308 at the cross streets of Western & Vine in downtown Seattle. Artwork can be purchased on Friday, Dec 11^th from 5 to 9 pm or Saturday, Dec 12^th between 11 am and 3 pm. Last year, almost all of the art sold out, so get there early for the best selection!

Shirley and Art with Heart would like to send a special thank you to all of the independent designers who created work, as well as the design firms who donated materials to make this year’s event a success.

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