The Quest for Peace and Justice Exhibit

On January 18, 2021, we honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Also, on this National Day of Service, we realize the importance of working together, hand in hand, to make lives better in our communities, our country, and around the world. 

In this effort, middle and high school students have created The Quest for Truth and Justice exhibition. For this exhibit, students were encouraged to reflect upon King's 1964 acceptance speech, "The Quest for Peace and Justice," as he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. Art is a powerful tool, and in the hands of these students, it expresses, educates, and reveals our shared struggles, hopes, and dreams.

How Much Waste Do You Generate?

Do you know how much trash you are making at home? Well, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American generates 4.51 pounds of waste per day. Of that daily average, plastics are a rapidly growing segment of municipal solid waste (MSW). Think about all the wrap, containers, things and stuff that you toss around the house. So how much do you really generate? Let’s find out and let’s do something to lessen our impact.

We are asking you to join our Citizen Science project about trash and plastic waste by conducting a Household Waste Audit. It’s easy, albeit a little messy, but you can make a difference. Instructions and resources are right here. When you finish your audit, send us your data and let us know what you will do next to help the planet.

No Bake. No Sew. No Go.

Are you ready for winter break? We are. We have put together a special kit for families to take, make and create. Starting on Monday, December 21 we will have these FREE kits available for curbside pickups from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of our Masked Monday program. Check back throughout the week for additional Home Free projects and special events.

Dive In With Us - H2O Today Tapestry Project

Do You Believe In Magic?

Well, we do believe in magic here at the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery because without the help of many elves, our work would not get done! To honor all those elves, we have created a special hands-on kit full of activities for you to take and make. It’s also filled with materials for you to reuse and repurpose (It’s kind of our thing here). So you can stop by S.C.R.A.P. Gallery every Monday from 8-noon or we have some other stops in Cathedral City including Nicolino’s Italian Restaurant and Tortillas. These kits are free and can be picked up curbside.

Things To Make Today!

How Does Monday Look For You?

Feeling A Little Batty?

Are you feeling a little batty? We are too, in the best way possible. We like bats and we are happy to celebrate Bat Week, October 24-31 by hosting an art contest. Get creative, resourceful and learn a little bit more about how our flying mammal friends help our environment.

Pick Up It Up For International Coastal Cleanup Month

For the month of September, people around the globe are joining together to bring awareness about ocean pollution and their picking that trash up too.

Even though you may not live close to a coastline, what you do with your trash has an effect, but you can do something about it from your own home. Join the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery as we partner with the 5 Gyres Ambassadors’ TrashBlitz.  Do a Home Audit. It’s easy and it helps the 5 Gyres Institute fight ocean plastic pollution.

https://www.trashblitz.org/

This is SMART! Senior Makers + Art

Get ready for International Dot Day with this at-home art project!

Mask Challenge

Help us deliver masks for kids with original kid designs.

Gratitude Project - Giving Back On September 11

September 11th is Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance. On this day Americans across the country are called to volunteer in their local communities in tribute to the individuals lost and injured in the attacks, first responders, and the many who have risen in service to defend freedom.

Gratitude is the quality of being thankful; a readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.

Let our essential workers and first responders know we care with cards, artwork and messages of gratitude. Create an illustration, photo, drawing, or graphic that will be delivered to members of our community. Use whatever materials you have around the house.  

Email a photo of your artwork and entry form/permission slip to info@scrapgallery.org or mail to S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, 68743 Perez Rd. D-16, Cathedral City, CA 92234.

DEADLINE September 14, 2020

Your artwork will be shared on all S.C.R.A.P. Gallery social media platforms.

The Weather Channel - So Cool It's Hot

We were up early to talk about our programs with Stephanie Abrams at The Weather Channel.

Take The Pledge To Reduce & Eliminate Single-Use Plastics and get a free bamboo straw!

Pledge to make plastic a thing of the past!

Every July, over a million people around the world participate in Plastic Free July, a challenge to refuse single-use plastics for one whole month. If you can do it for just one month, you can do it for two months and then three months and so on and so on.

Why? Avoiding plastic for any amount of time is a great thing to do – but that alone won’t end our addiction to plastic. When individuals choose not to buy or use plastic, they remove plastic from their lives. But what we really need is to eliminate problematic plastic, specifically single-use plastics. Single-use plastics are goods that are made primarily from fossil fuel–based chemicals (petrochemicals) and are meant to be disposed of right after use. To do that, we need to work together to push communities, companies, and countries to go plastic free.

Take The Pledge To Reduce & Eliminate Single-Use Plastics and get a free bamboo straw!

Stop Pollution of the Ocean by Contaminants

1. Pledge 1: Use eco-friendly cleaning products.

2. Pledge 2: Dispose of chemicals properly.

3. Pledge 3: Avoid foods treated with synthetically manufactured pesticides.

4. Pledge 4: Do not discharge sewage from boats into coastal waters.

Plastic Free July - Step Up To The Plate!

Eight million tons of plastic end up in our ocean every year. The plastic breaks down into tiny pieces called microplastics which are small enough to enter our food chain. Is that something you want on your plate? Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the plastic pollution solution. As part of our month-long, fact finding mission into all that is plastic, we are kicking things off with
a virtual exhibition called Step Up To The Plate where you show us what's eating at you about plastic? What can you do? What's on your plate?  Use our blank plate template or create your own. Email us a photo of your completed plate to karen@scrapgallery.org.

Masked Mondays

We are excited to announce our curbside service starting in July. Every Monday from 8 to 11 a.m., drop by the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery and pick up one of our Ready-To-Go Recycle, Camp S.C.R.A.P. or Surprise kits. Wear your mask for safety and show us your Superhero for the Environment status. One kit per person. Kits are free, but donations are always appreciated.

Cootie Catcher Dreams

It’s a mix of origami and fortune telling. It’s also a rite of summer, the cootie catcher. Here is our version.

1. Print, cut and fold!

Dive In - World Oceans Day Invite

“You may never see the ocean. You may never touch the ocean. But the ocean touches you every day.”
—SYLVIA EARLE

Junk Drawer Challenge

You may have heard the phrase, “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure”? Well, we really mean it. That’s why we are challenging you to turn trash to treasure in our Junk Drawer Challenge.

Create something new out of the things you find in your junk drawer at home. 

The rules are simple:

• It can be functional or not.

• It can be large or small.

• It can be made of many or few parts.

• It can be just a great work of art.

DEADLINE June 30, 2020
Upload this entry form along with a photo of your finished object by June 30, 2020 and our panel of junk drawer enthusiasts will award top “prizes” for:

1. Best Use of Junk

2. You Made This with That!

3. Wow! That Came Out of the Junk Drawer?
   
   To enter and for more information: karen@scrapgallery.org

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Adopt-a-B!

Do something sweet for bees and our environment. 

We have a variety of "B" houses - bees, birds, bats and butterflies!

All these houses have been hand-decorated by local kids and artists as part of our Bee Our Guest exhibition. For $25 we will send you your preferred species abode and adoption certificate. You can support pollinators by purchasing a B-House at our store.

Birds, bats, bees, butterflies and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food. They also sustain our ecosystems and produce our natural resources by helping plants reproduce.